Only Ever Us by J.H. Croix

Author:J.H. Croix [Croix, J.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.H. Croix

Chapter Twenty

Mae

It was kind of miraculous, but I actually enjoyed dinner. It was really good to spend time with Rowan again without that giant secret between us. I appreciated that he understood it was my story to tell him, and I could’ve kept the secret if I chose. I knew it would have gotten in the way for us in the long run, though.

That was the very reason I shut him out back then. Of course, that version of me had been younger and a little less bitter. After what happened, I hadn't known what to do other than batten down the hatches, literally and figuratively.

Rowan insisted on staying a full hour after he finished his beer because he was driving us home. When we got to my house and he walked me to the door, I was pretty sure he was going to leave without kissing me.

“Oh no you don't!” I reached for his hand as he started to step back.

He tried to play it off. “What?”

“You're not leaving. Not without kissing me,” I declared.

He stared down at me in the darkness. It was cold enough out that I shivered.

“Inside,” he ordered, pointing at the door behind me.

I quickly fished my keys out, and we walked in. After greeting Sassafras, I turned and looked at him. “We already kissed. Why are you not kissing me good night?”

For the first time tonight, Rowan looked a little lost. “Mae—” he began before stopping abruptly.

“No, no, no, no!”

“No, what?”

“Don't let this be an excuse to pretend you can't touch me. We had a really good kiss in the parking lot, and then the other night in the kitchen.” I flapped a hand in the direction of the kitchen.

He shifted on his feet uncomfortably. “But—”

Great, just freaking great. He couldn’t manage more than a single word without sputtering. “But, what?”

“What?”

“Oh, my god. You know I'm not some innocent virgin.”

“Mae! Don't talk about it like that.” His eyes were kind of wild.

“Rowan, don't.”

This was firing me up in a weird way. I wanted to scream, and I wanted to cry. But more than any of those things, I wanted to kiss him. So I did.

I grabbed his jacket and yanked him to me as I stepped closer. His back thumped against the door when I leaned up and pressed my lips to his. It started out kind of messy because my aim was off, and my mouth landed on the corner of his lips.

Leaning back, I murmured, “See, it's fine.”

Rowan held still, his eyes searching mine. The air fairly crackled with tension, and then we were kissing again.

He didn't treat me like I was fragile, but unfortunately, he did put a stop to it. At which point, I was seriously hot and bothered. “Are you really going to go home?” I protested between gasps.

“Yes,” he said with a sigh.

I could feel the hot press of his arousal against my hip. “Rowan, come on.”

He looked pained. “This is our first date, since our last three dates.

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