Page 23 of Made for You
No mess. No entanglement. Just sex.
I reached for my phone before I could overthink it, my thumb hovering over his name—yes, I was as resourceful as he’daccused me of being. One quick call to Senator Rafferty, and I had three different ways to reach Gage. During my conversation with the good senator, I’d also learned he was keen to get Gage to run for local office. He’d outright said that if I had any sway with the infuriatingly hard to pin down cowboy, he’d more than welcome my efforts.
Interesting … and noted. But tonight, politics was the furthest thing from my mind.
Tonight, I was doing something I’d never done before: setting up a booty call.
Did folks still call it that?I wondered as I began typing, my hands shaking.
I tapped out the first line, then deleted it before trying again. God, why did this feel more difficult than negotiating with my brothers and their lackeys? This wasn’t rocket science or open-heart surgery—it was asking a man who very clearly enjoyed having sex with me if he wanted to keep doing it.
It was also something I’d never done before.
Had never even beentemptedto do.
I blew out a breath, bracing myself, and hit send.
Siena
I think we need to clarify some things.
Three dots appeared, then vanished, only to appear again. My heart hammered for what felt like eons but was probably only a few seconds.
Gage
That right, darlin’?
I sat up straight and squared my shoulders, my fingers flying over the virtual keyboard. He wanted to be coy?
Fine. I’d be forthright instead. No-nonsense. I’d stop giving my nerves power over me and just say outright what I needed from this man.
Siena
Whatever this is between us, it can’t be more than sex.
Those damn dots danced again, and this time it absolutely was more than a few seconds. I knew, because I counted. Out loud.
Gage
I’m sorry. Did I give you the impression it was more than that?
Heat flared in my cheeks, humiliation and relief tangling until I couldn’t tell one from the other.
Siena
Did I hallucinate you cornering me in the grocery store to ask me out on a date?
Gage
That was weeks ago.
Siena
Before you knew who I was?
And what? Now you want nothing to do with me.
Gage
