He spoke about San Diego and how he was actually considering moving out west permanently. Apparently, he had been living cross-country for the past year, and it was taking a toll on him. Besides, with the dunes out there, it would be the perfect location for him to start anew.
In the middle of his speech, he was sort of hinting that he might change his mind if something could make him stay, but as much as I liked having him around, making that kind of commitment wasn’t in the cards for me just yet and probably not anytime soon. Dating was one thing, but a real relationship involving hearts and all … I couldn’t do that, and it would be unfair if I gave him false hope. Therefore, I kept my mouth shut and pretended I hadn’t heard that bit.
It was inevitable that Cori would try to kiss me, and much to my dismay, I had to muster up the courage to kiss him back.
“Listen, can we do this slowly? I know it’s backward after we already had sex, but I need us to go slow, if that makes any sense at all.”
“We’ll rock it however you want it, Red,” he whispered against my lips. “Nice and slow sounds good.”
“Good.” Then we were on the same page.
Truth be told, I wasn’t ready for more than kissing, and if he was okay with that, then I couldn’t ask for more.