Page 26 of You Make Me Feel

“In two weeks, on the seventeenth . . . at eight. You want to come?”

“Why wouldn’t I, baby?”

God, he was saying everything right. “O-okay.”

I was tensing up again, and he noticed. “Relax. I got’chu. I won’t do anything to hurt you.”

I tried to do as he said as he massaged my thigh. The higher he went, the more nervous I got. However, when he began making his way back down, I took a deep breath, exhaling all my tension. He showed my other leg and foot the same attention, then allowed me to get up and put my leggings back on. Once I did, he wrapped his arms around me from behind and laid his hands on my stomach. I closed my eyes and wished things were different. Maybe Oliver and I could have actually gotten to know each other and dated before diving into this foolery.

I turned around in his arms. “Thank you for that. I was slightly uncomfortable, but I know it will become natural with time. Can I offer you the same courtesy? Can I massage your back?”

“I didn’t do that for anything in return.”

“I know, but I want to give you something in return. Is that a bad thing?”

“No.”

I began unbuttoning his shirt as he stared at me. His gaze seemed to be penetrating my soul. I couldn’t maintain it. I had to look down at what I was doing. When I finished unbuttoning his shirt, I slid it off his broad shoulders. He wore a wifebeater underneath, but dear Jesus of Nazareth, this man was fine as shit. I didn’t know how he hid all this under this long-sleeved shirt, but praise God for His many blessings. I could see the definition with his shirt on, but I had no clue his shit was on this level.My God today.

Sliding my hands under his beater on his bare abs, I could see the goose bumps invade his skin. I lifted his shirt and pulled it over his head. After that, I pulled his glasses from his face. I set them on my dresser as he went to the bed and lay on his stomach. My eyes didn’t want to part with all that dark chocolate lying on my sheets. Somehow, I accomplished the feat and grabbed the lotion, squirting some in my palm, then rubbing my hands together to heat it.

I placed my hands on his shoulders and rubbed them gently, feeling how tight his muscles were. The desire to get in bed and straddle him had reared its ugly head, and I almost succumbed to it. It would have made it easier to reach the areas I was trying to get to, but maybe I would do that next time. I rubbed his shoulders, doing my best to make him feel as good as he made me feel. When I heard a soft moan leave him, I was happy. However, it only made me want to work harder to hear those sounds from him again.

When I finished, he turned over on his back and smiled slightly. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. So, are you going to miss me tomorrow? We aren’t going to the office for you to jack with my computer.”

He chuckled, and my eyes widened. I playfully slapped his chest. “I knew it. Iknewyou were fu . . . I mean messing with it.”

“I wanted to be in your space without seeming weird.” He stared at me silently for a few seconds, then said, “You don’t have to filter yourself. I like that about you. I like everything about you. So when would you like to clue everyone in?”

“After my appointment. That way, they will have all seen us together at least a few times. I’ll mention you to my mama again.”

“Again?”

“Yeah. She saw me smiling as I texted you Monday before my dad’s surgery. When I told her who you were, she already knew you.”

“She did?”

“Yeah. She said you handled the church’s computers.”

“Humph. I guess people do pay attention to me.”

“She asked if I liked you because I was blushing.”

“Well, I’ll be damned.” He sat up, grabbed my hand, and pulled me to the bed. “Get in. I don’t bite unless you want me to.”

I smiled slightly, then crawled over him and lay next to him. He pulled me into his arms and angled his body to where he could stare into my eyes. I stared right back, knowing that I was foolish for doubting this. I should have been doubting Jarod’s punk ass. However, my only concern was that Oliver’s presence didn’t speak to me. Only after I started getting to know him did he become more attractive to me.

He gently caressed my cheek as he stared into my eyes. “I can’t wait to openly show you how much I care for you, Kinisha. And for the record, I’m gon’ miss the hell out of you tomorrow. I might go by the office and fuck up your computer for the hell of it.”

I pushed his shoulder as I laughed, then said honestly, “I’m gonna miss you tomorrow too.”

Chapter 10

Oliver

My time with Kinisha yesterday had wrapped up way too quickly. We lay in bed talking, laughing, and staring at each other for hours. She was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen, and now, she was all mine. While I knew our desires were somewhat one-sided, I also knew with time, they wouldn’t be. When the idea hit me to ask her to be mine to help her save face, I thought I was losing my mind. In my mind, it sounded desperate as hell.

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