Page 72 of Misunderstood: In Love with the Nerd (Miss 2)

She smiled and crooked her head to the side. “No wonder they call you a genius.”

He shook his head. “I don’t care what they call me, just as long as you understand that love isn’t selective. It just is. You don’t question it. You just accept it. Thank the man upstairs and embrace it. Even at the cost of being hurt.”

“I was afraid,” she admitted. “Of being hurt. And I couldn’t bear it if I hurt you.”

“There is still a lot ahead for us.” He told her. “But I would rather risk the hurt of being with you than without.”

Her heart filled with joy as she listened to his words. He was truly more than she deserved, but as he said, she wasn’t going to question it. She was simply going to accept it.

Starting right now. She slid her arms under him and drew her body up against his and pressed him close. “Daniel?”

“Mmm?” He leaned forward and began nibbling her ear.

“I’ve been wondering for a very long time now what it would feel like to make love on your sofa.”

He chuckled and gave her ear a playful nibble. “Well, since my sister and her husband are just in the other room, I suggest we wait until her visit is over before we christen it with our love juice.”

Sonya’s libido kicked into gear merely from hearing him speak that way. However, she had altogether forgotten about his sister and the strange man in his bed. “I got the shock of my life when I saw your sister open the door. I thought she was your lover.”

He drew back looking startled. “Where would you have gotten an impression like that?”

Ashamed, she nevertheless admitted, “I eavesdropped on your conversation with her in the hall a while back. It sounded like you two were concealing an affair.”

“What?” He looked both shocked and horrified.

“Well, the conversation was about her sneaking over and not letting Jonathon know about her visit.” She looked sheepish as she admitted, “I saw her kiss you.”

“You saw?” His face didn’t lose any of the disbelief.

Sonya bit her lip. “Through the peephole.”

“You were spying on me?” And when she nodded, he actually had the audacity to look pleased. “I think I’m flattered.”

“Well, you can see how I came to the wrong conclusion.” She forced him to see her point of view. “I didn’t even know you had a sister.”

His brow quirked. “I believe I mentioned her to you before. I suppose that was before you took a sudden interest in me and my life?”

Her face became contrite once more. “Really? I suppose then.”

He laughed and fell back on the sofa drawing her with him. “Don’t look so belittled. I’ll forgive you this time and probably every other time when you’re less than attentive mind fails you. Kate and Jonathon have being trying to have a baby now for the past year. They have been unsuccessful until recently. To make matters worse, she has already miscarried two previous attempts within the first trimester. Doctor instructions were that she was to remain bed ridden for the first three months. She was quite upset that she missed my big night at the convention when I received my award, so she snuck out of the house to come and present me with a gift. If Jonathon would have found out he would have had her backside, as I too would have had I known her intentions.”

She felt a pang of disappointment when she recalled that was the special event when he asked her out and she in no uncertain terms told him no. “I’m sorry, Daniel. I should have been there for you that night.”

“I would have liked you there,” he admitted. “But not to see me accept the award. I simply wanted to be with you.”

Sonya sighed with contentment and snuggled up to him. “I promise.” She told him as she crawled up his chest and cupped her pelvis to his. “I’ll pay more attention from now on.”

His eyes lit up at the intimate feel of her womanhood brushing up and down on the front closure of his pajama bottoms. Cupping her cheek bottoms in his hands, he stopped her rhythmic movement and pressed her firmly against his organ. His breathing much thicker. “Just don’t stop being you.”

His mouth found hers and the kiss was deep and erotic and engulfed Sonya in a warm and moist cocoon of desire. “Daniel?”

“Mmm?”

“Do you think your sister would mind if we went back to my apartment for, say, half an hour?”

He drew back and gave her a sharp look. “Half an hour?”

Pleasure lit up her face and her female urge felt on fire. “How long?”

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