Page 62 of Bones

Once he’d caught his breath, he tossed his condom in the trash, then lowered himself down on the bed next to me. “Unbelievable.”

“It waspretty incredible.”

“No, it was more than that.” Wyatt kept his eyes trained on the ceiling as he admitted, “It’s never been like this before.”

“What? The fooling around?”

“Yeah.” His eyes locked on mine. “You know I’ve been with other women?”

I cringed at the thought, and it didn’t go unnoticed.

“Never mind... Bad timing.”

“No, I told you I wanted you to be able to talk to me, so talk. Tell me what you were thinking.”

“It never felt like this with them.”

“Is that a good thing?”

“It’s a very good thing.”

“Well, that’s good to know. But just so you know, I really don’t like thinking about you being with other women.”

“Why? You jealous?”

“Maybe.”

“You are.” A proud smile crossed his face. “I like you being jealous.”

I didn’t respond.

I simply cocked my brow and glared at him until he started laughing.

“Okay. Okay. Message received.” His laughter faded as he rolled to his back. “If it makes you feel any better, I wasn’t exactly happy about you going out with that Ben fella.”

“You had no reason to be jealous about him. I should’ve never gone out with him.” I eased up on my elbow and glanced down at him as I asked, “Did he do something to the club? Is he the reason why we’re in lockdown?”

“You know I can’t talk about that.”

“But I’m the one who brought him here.”

“You got nothing to do with what’s going on.”

“Then, why did Cotton ask me all those questions about Ben?”

“Elsie.”

“Fine.” I dropped back down on my pillow. “But I know he did something, and I would hate to think that he was able to do whatever he did because of me.”

“Already told you.” His tone grew stern. “You have nothing to do with this.”

I could tell that he was becoming aggravated, and that was the last thing I wanted, especially after the moment we’d just shared. So, I did the only thing I could. I dropped it. I curled up next to him with a sigh. The room fell silent, but only for a moment.

“Do you remember the Thanksgiving we had out at Cotton’s place?” I didn’t have to look at him to know he was smiling as he said, “All the kids were riding horses, and Darby and Susana talked you into riding with them?”

“Are you referring to the day that I rode a horse forthe very first time in my lifeand got thrown off into a huge mud puddle?”

“Yeah, that’d be the one.”

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