Page 101 of Did It Have To Be Gnomes?!
I nodded, but I pressed on his chest to stop him for a second. “But you don’t even know what salary I’m offering you or anything like that.”
He placed his hand on the side of my neck, rubbing his thumb over the pulse point there. “I loved working with you this past weekend. It was a lot of fun, and I honestly hate my job. I hate using all the poisons and all of that stuff. I hate killing faeries. I love the fact that we’ll get to take those gnomes to a sanctuary after we finally catch them.”
“If you hate your job, are you sure you even want to be an exterminator then? I’m sure we could find you something else. I know you looked, but maybe I can call some people I know, and since you’ve had the same job for the last decade, I’m sure more people would be willing to hire you. I don’t want you to settle.”
He grinned. “God, you’re sweet. I really want to help the faeries the way you do. So yes, if I get to save faeries, plus get the bonus of working with you, I don’t even care what the salary is.”
“Are you sure? Are you positive I’m not putting pressure on you?”
He barked out a laugh. “I love that you’re worried about me, sugar butt, but I promise you I wouldn’t accept unless I wanted to.”
Searching his eyes for a long moment, I finally saw the truth in them. Normally, I could just read someone to see if they were telling the truth. Doing it this way and having to fully trust someone else to be truthful was a strange feeling. A little uncomfortable, if I was being honest, but also… nice.
I sent him a small smile. “Okay then. Welcome to Carry A Faerie, Win.”
He gave a bow of the head. “Thanks. Can I seal it with a kiss?”
I swallowed and nodded.
His gaze softened, and he cupped my cheek, offered a smile, and leaned back in to press the sweetest, softest kiss on my lips. The touch was so tender, so full of affection, it made my heart pound and my chest grow tight with emotion—but only my emotions since I couldn’t feel his.
And that only made me want to get closer to him.
Our kiss went from tender and soft to almost frantic as it deepened, and I twisted to face him more fully on the couch. Win’s arms wrapped around me, and he tugged me closer as one hand slipped under the back of my shirt.
He broke the kiss long enough to ask, “This okay?”
I nodded. “Mmmmphhh.”
He chuckled. “I don’t know what that means.”
I laughed. “It means yes, Win. Please touch me. Don’t stop.”
He let out a choking noise before diving back in to capture my lips in an urgent kiss. Our tongues brushed, sending chills down my spine, and when he broke away and started kissing down my neck, it lit my body on fire.
I grabbed the hem of his shirt and tugged on it, so Winter quickly whipped it over his head, dropping it to the ground. He grabbed the bottom of my shirt and moved his eyebrows up and down, making the goofiest face I’d ever seen. It took me a second to figure out what the hell he was doing, and I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Are you trying to lift one eyebrow?”
His sigh turned into a chuckle, and he leaned his forehead on my shoulder. “Oh my god, was it really that bad? I thought for sure I was doing it that time.”
I laughed again, cupped his cheeks, and pulled his face up so I could look at him. With a straight face, I said, “It was the most ridiculous facial expression I’ve ever seen.”
He blinked, then barked out a laugh. “You shit.” He tackled me onto my back, and I landed on the soft couch cushions with a loud laugh. His fingers found my side, tickling me and making me squirm before I captured him with my legs and playfully bit his shoulder.
We both laughed as he settled in against my hips, and I dropped my legs to make more room on the couch.Man, I really should’ve bought a bigger one.I was able to hook one leg around his calf as I stared up at the beautiful man who, for some unknown reason, seemed to really want me.
Sola really had brought me a lot of luck because having him here with me was a literal dream come true.
Win hovered over me, shaking his head, still chuckling softly, a huge grin on his handsome face.
As our laughter quieted, I stared into his ice-blue eyes, and the amount of affection I saw in them was almost overwhelming. We hadn’t been spending time together for very long at all, but I’d known him since we were kids and this weekend had been intense and scary. He’d been there for me in more ways than I’d ever expected of anyone, in more ways than I even realized.
I could only hope he could see—feel, sense—how much he already meant to me in such a short amount of time.
Reaching up, I brushed my fingers through his hair, then gently tugged on the back of his neck. “Come here.”
He covered me with his body, and our mouths met again in a deep kiss filled with so much tenderness and a whole lot of want. I grabbed onto his back, pulling him even closer until I felt his erection brush against mine.
