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I stared at his message knowing that I was probably going to agree.Not much, Grant. It won’t take much.

Chapter 10: Grant

“Come on, Jess. Let me pick you up, you know you want to.” I tried to coax Jessica into letting me pick her up for the surprise I had for her today.

It wasn’t much of a surprise, but a special place that was close to my heart.

Yet, Jess was determined to meet me at my place and have us leave from there.

“Grant,” she laughed. “It’s fine. I’m perfectly capable of coming to you.”

“But—”

“You worry too much, you know that?”

It wasn’t worrying as much as wanting to know every single part of her. No amount of begging was going to change her mind. I found it odd that she tried that hard to keep me away from her place, but I chalked it up to everything being new between us.

At least that I understood.

“Alright, alright. I give in. You can meet me here,” I relented.

“Good, I’ll be there in about an hour. Does that work for you?”

“That’s good.”

“See you soon, Grant.” I could hear the smile in her voice.

“See you soon.”

Hanging up the phone, I dropped onto the sofa and stared at the device in my hand. I knew it wasn’t a big deal to have her come here, but I wondered if she was trying to keep me out of her life for a specific reason.

We’d suddenly crashed into each other’s lives again, so I couldn’t really blame her for being hesitant. But I was still irritated by it.

Sighing, I rested my head against the back of my sofa. Maybe I was reading too much into something that probably wasn’t even there.Jeez, I’m losing my mind.

I took a moment for myself before getting up to clean my apartment. The place was a mess, and I thanked whoever was out there that it was too dark for Jess to notice last night.

Last night. Smiling, I continued to clean up while the thought of Jessica’s body entangled with mine ran through my head.

There wasn’t much I could’ve asked to improve our date, except for that. I couldn’t wait to do it again, and again. Then hopefully again.

A knock sounded at my door not long after I put the last of my clean laundry away. Opening it, I was met with the sight of the most beautiful woman I was sure that ever lived.

Jessica stood there, dressed casually but damn did she look sexy as sin.

“Every time I see you, I feel like a horny teenager again.”

She cracked up laughing. “You’re telling me that there’s a difference?”

“Maybe not.”

We stood in the doorway, and it surprised me just how nervous I was to see her again. The urge to kiss her, grab her, throw her over my shoulder, and march right into my bedroom and never come out was extremely strong. So much so that it was all I could think about.

But what if last night was just a spur-of-the-moment thing for her, and she was not ready for anything more?Yep, I was definitely overthinking it.

“Am I ever going to be let in, or am I banned for life?” Jessica sweetly but sarcastically asked.

Embarrassed, I opened the door a bit more and gestured for her to come in. Jessica surprised me when she walked past me, leaning up to give me a soft kiss before walking all the way in.

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