Purchased Husband by Noelle Adams

Author:Noelle Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: marriage of convenience
Publisher: Noelle Adams
Published: 2020-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

DAMIAN AND I LEAVE by nine since we have a late flight back to Atlanta. The flight is only an hour, and the mood is quiet and comfortable between us. When we arrive, he offers to drive my car back to the condo so I can close my eyes and let my mind drift for a while.

Things feel better between us now. I replay every word and detail of our conversation in the kitchen. Over and over again.

And I’m hung up on one thing in particular. One thing that feels significant.

I’m too confused to say anything about it, to ask the questions I need answers to. So when we get home, we bring our stuff in and say good night before going to our separate rooms.

He doesn’t make a move on me tonight. Of course he doesn’t. I told him very clearly not to.

He won’t make a move on me again.

But I can’t help remembering something he said.

I take a short bath, hoping it will relax me, and then change into a champagne-colored silk gown and get ready for bed. I even get under the covers and turn out the lights. But I can’t sleep.

My eyes keep popping open.

I finally can’t stand it anymore. I climb out of bed and walk barefoot down the hall until I reach the closed door of Damian’s room.

I knock on it four times and wait.

It flies open in just a minute, revealing Damian wearing nothing but a pair of black boxer briefs and a question on his face. “Clarke? Is everything all right?”

“Yeah. Sorry. I hope I didn’t wake you up.” My eyes drift down to his underwear, but I force them back up.

“No. You didn’t. What’s wrong?”

Now that the moment is here, I have no choice but to blurt it out. “Did you mean it?”

“Did I mean what?”

“Did you mean what you said before?”

“Probably. But baby, I’m sorry. I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He looks utterly baffled.

For some reason his confusion gives me courage. As does the endearment. “You said you weren’t being professional because I’d asked you to be real. Did you mean it? Were you... were you being real? When you kissed me. Was that... was that just part of an act?”

“No.” The word comes out softly. Hoarsely. He takes a step closer to me. “No, it wasn’t an act. I told you I never had sex unless I wanted it. It was real. I wanted to kiss you. I wanted to do more.”

“Really?” There’s a little bit of a squeak in my voice that’s sadly unavoidable.

His gaze soft and questioning both, he reaches out toward me but then abruptly drops his hand. “Yes. I wanted to. And I thought you wanted it too and that you were just nervous or uptight about taking the risk. I’m sorry if I misread the signs. I don’t usually make those kinds of mistakes. I’m not sure what got into me. But I did want you. I do. And it’s completely fine if you’d rather not let things get messy.

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