Page 74 of Guarding the Singer

He nodded. They hadn't gotten around to sex yet. Sure, he'd spent time loving her with his mouth the other night and they'd slept in the same bed everynight after it, but they hadn't done more than that. It didn't make sense when she had work to do. She had to save her energy to perform, but they spent those nights together, his hands on her, using his hands to massage and soothe.

He helped her, but he was also learning what made her feel good. Not just with sex, although she'd found her release a number of times from his mouth and his fingers. Once riding his leg and hands on her breasts, playing with her sensitive nipples.

The sounds she made and the way she looked at him when he held her in his arms?

Yeah, he wanted that over and over again.

He never wanted it to stop.

He just didn't know how he was going to make that happen.

After the movie finished filming, he'd have another job.

He didn't know exactly when, but there would be another job.

And when that came in, he'd been gone.

It wasn't like when he was in the Marines and spent months away at a time.

And Selene? After the movie, she had a new album to record. So she'd do all the promotion for the movie when it came closer to the release time and then there were performances that would come up from time to time. He didn't know how they'd keep things together beyond this time in New York.

It was part of the reason that he'd given her the pleasure but hadn't taken it for himself.

He could keep things separate.

He could keep himself from... nothing.

He couldn't keep himself from falling for her.

That ship had sailed. He wanted everything with Selene.

The problem was he couldn't give it to her.

He kept touching her, slipping his fingers through her hair, pressing kisses to the crown of her head and holding her close.

"She's asleep."

He looked up toward the bedroom door and saw Cali standing there.

"Really?"

She nodded and walked around the arm of the sofa and gestured to the coffee table. "Do you mind if I sit?"

He looked at Selene first, trying to gauge how well she was sleeping.

Cali sat down and smiled at her friend. "She's sleeping. And it's deep."

He looked at her with a question in his gaze.

Cali stuck her tongue out at him.

"You might be in love with her, but I've known her for years, Hotstuff. You can trust me on this."

He nodded, knowing that he could.

Cali tipped her head to the side and smiled. "You two look good together."

He smiled at her words.

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