Page 119 of Tempt

“Andy said I should do it with ice cream.”

She laughs. “Smart kid.”

I take a bite, the cold making my mouth numb, then skim my lips over her skin.

“Move in with me.”

Her brows rise.

“I’m in love with you, Kat. I want you here with me.”

Her eyes move over mine, and they’re full of emotion.

Anticipation.

Hope.

All the things I’ve wanted from her, and more I never dared to dream of.

“I love you, too. But…I need to check a few things.”

The words bring me back to earth.

“Such as?”

“That you’re still good in bed.”

“Ah.” I relax a degree. “Well, let me set about proving that to you.”

I lift her in my arms and she laughs.

I carry her to my room, where I’ve wanted to have her for weeks.

Then I show her.

EPILOGUE

KAT

Three months later

“You think she’ll like it? Is it weird to have a six month living together anniversary gift?”

“Not at all. She’ll love it,” I tell Jules over the phone. “I’ll see you at the club tonight? I’m just picking up Andy at dance then we’ll be over later tonight.”

I rush toward the dance studio and in the doors.

It’s the end of January, but it’s been unseasonably warm and there’s barely a whisper of snow.

Inside, the dance moms are clustered around waiting for their offspring.

When Liv announces class is finished, the children head this way.

“Hey, Andy!”

He looks up, his face exploding in a huge grin. “Kat!”

His arm is long since healed, though his favorite teacher found ways to accommodate him.

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