Page 69 of Here's to Now

“This,” I say, “isn’t wrong. Not even a little bit. We’re not doing anything we shouldn’t be doing. We’re both consenting adults. No matter whatever else is going on with us, in our lives, we’reallowedthis pleasure, and I think finding it in one another is the perfect setup. It’sokay.We are okay.Got it?”

Hesitation rings loudly in the air.

“Haley? You got that?”

She gulps once, twice as the acceptance starts to whirl around us. “Y-yes. I got it, Gaige. I understand.”

“Good.” I kiss her lightly once again and bring my lips to her ear. “Because I don’t want to just fuck you once, Haley. Possibly not even only twice. I’m going to want thirds and fourths and probably even fifths, and it doesn’t have to mean a single thing for this odd friendship we have. We don’t even have to talk about it outside of the act. I only want to find a moment of peace, and I can find that with you.Inyou.”

She whimpers at my last two words as I swivel my hips just slightly.

“Friends with benefits?” she whispers.

I smile, and she shivers as my lips graze her ear. I thrust into her again, relishing the sounds she makes as she falls apart around me.

“All the benefits.”

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