Page 155 of Accidental Theirs
She pouts a little, pinching my cheek. “Yes. I like you, Damien.”
“I, uh, I like you too.” My cheeks feel like they’re on fire, and she laughs, cups my face with one hand to kiss me softly.
“You’re cute. Like a little boy sometimes, confessing a crush.”
“Oh, it's more than a crush.”
She gets up on one elbow. “Oh? Do tell.”
“I’m not telling you shit. I’m pleading the fifth.”
“This isn’t court.” She laughs, sitting up cross-legged and nude.
It’s distracting, but I manage to keep my eyes on her face.
She frowns a little. “Do you think Dom is okay?”
I frown back. “Are you thinking about Dominic right now?”
She flushes deeper. “No, it’s not like that. I just mean... he’s seemed a bit off.”
“He’s always a bit off.”
Dominic is a bit unhinged.
She barks out a laugh. “Not like that. Just... like he’s going through something.”
“We're all going through something, aren’t we?” I feel a little defensive.
This is hard on all of us, not just Dominic.
Her face softens. “I’m sorry. I just... I don’t have anyone else to talk to, except for Roland and Marie, and even they don’t get this.”
“It’s complicated.” I pet her hair back from her face.
“It’ssocomplicated. But I’m glad you’re a part of it.”
“You are?”
“Of course, I am.” She pouts again, and I kiss her bottom lip.
She smiles, and my chest aches.
“I’m glad to hear it. Sometimes I feel...”
She climbs on top of me, straddling my lap and cupping my face to make me look at her.
“You can tell me anything.”
I huff. “I feel a little out of place. You have history with Dominic and Sebastian...”
“I have history with you, too.”
“It’s not the same.”
“It’s better,” she insists, and I frown at her.
“How so?”
