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Chapter 32

-Greer-

“Just as I thought; fuckingimmaculate,”Raf declared with a triumphant grin, strolling back into my bedroom after using the bathroom.

I laughed and tugged up a pair of denim shorts. I liked keeping my place tidy and organized; it helped extinguish the mental chaos I brought home from work.

“You really came here just to snoop, didn’t you?” I teased. Secretly, I loved that he’d stopped by for sex. I could get used to having that on tap.

His chuckle made me smile to myself. I then had a thought. “Actually, how did you get my condo number?”

“Walter told me.”

Walter, one of the building’s loyal security guards, hadtold him?“I don’t believe you.”

Raf’s head snapped up from buttoning his jeans. “I ain’t lying.”

“I didn’t say you werelying,I just meant that I’m surprised Walter would give out my personal information.”

One corner of his mouth twitched. “Well, he has seen me drop you off and kiss you senseless, so I figured he realized that we’re, you know, together.”

My heart melted at the way he murmured the last word. I wrapped my arms around his neck and snuggled close.

“You’re still getting used to that term, aren’t you?”

Vibrations from his hum resonated against my chest. “A little. It’s foreign for me.”

I kissed the soft, smooth skin on his neck, and I lingered there to inhale the scent that was exclusively his.

“This is new for me, too. Trusting someone enough to let them in… It’s hard,” I admitted.

We were both adults. We both had our own lives and careers and were used to living independently. So, to find a gate in those walls, no matter how small, and allow someone to step foot on the other side was monumental. And while we didn’t know each other’s deepest, darkest secrets, we shared somethingmore. A connection I couldn't ignore. Not now that my feelings for him were breathtakingly real.

“With you, it’s a little easier,” he confessed quietly, and kissed my temple.

“Stay for a bit?”

A smile lit his voice. “For as long as you’ll have me, baby girl.”

With my chest filled with warmth and my heart working overtime, I led Raf into the living space and offered coffee. My pulse kicked so damn hard while watching him work his way around my kitchen, opening cupboards until he found the mugs and the coffee machine pods.

He glanced back over his shoulder and froze. “What’s that look for?”

“Nothing.” I grinned. “Just enjoying the view.”

“Is that right? How is it?” He closed the cupboard by his head and leaned his ass against the counter.

“It’s sexy.”

A luminous grin broke through the serious line of his features, immediately transforming him from intimidating bad boy to the cutest man I’d ever laid eyes on. So bright, it upturned my heart and disrupted its natural cadence.

He stepped forward and lifted me onto the island countertop. “Best you get comfortable, then.”

A wicked glint entered his eyes. One that held promises of pleasure to come and recklessness in the way it would be delivered. When I snickered, he whipped off his shirt and tossed it at me.

I cast an approving eye over his tattooed chest. “Nowthisa woman could get used to.”

Raf chuckled and turned to load the coffee maker. “Keep on looking, mamacita. If it turns you on as much as it looks like it does, then I’ll benefit from it sooner or later.”

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