The Valentine's Hate by Sidney Halston
Author:Sidney Halston [Halston, Sidney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2022-12-27T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Seven
Brian
âWeâre late!â Lizzie said, jumping off the bed, tripping on all the tangled sheets and clothes strewn around the room.
âWhat time is it?â He stretched and watched the woman gather clothes into her arms, frantically. Theyâd spent all afternoon getting to really know one another. Heâd tasted herâfinally. She sucked him offâfinally. And eventually, they fucked themselves into slumber. Both naked and sleeping on opposite sides of the bed.
âI have to be dressed and at the restaurant in twenty-five minutes and you have to be at your thing in forty-five minutes. I still need to shower and get ready.â
âSo really, youâre late. Iâm fine.â
She glared at him and he chuckled. She looked good all post-sex glowing, even if she was frazzled and frantic.
âI know a way to make things faster,â he said, with a toothy grin. He jumped out of the bed and before she knew what was happening, he lifted her up and threw her over his shoulder in a firemanâs carry.
âAnderson!â She giggled. Giggled! Heâd made âstick up her gorgeous Cuban assâ Lisette Alonso giggle. It felt like a monumental achievement.
âIf we shower together weâll save time and water and Iâm all about planning and conservation.â
âBaby, I canât have sex with you again. Thereâs no time.â
Baby? Sheâd called him âbabyâ and it had been absentmindedly, in a sweet, non-sarcastic way. Mostly, heâd always been Anderson or âasshole.â This change disconcerted him. He cleared his throat before setting her down and turning on the shower. âNo sex. Just a shower. Promise.â
She didnât seem convinced, and he knew it was probably because his nether regions had started to take over at the sight of her nakedness. He ignored the way she looked at him, disbelieving anything he was suggesting. âIgnore that,â he said, pushing her chin up with his forefinger to meet his gaze. âHereâs the plan. Iâll walk you to your dinner,â he said, lathering her hair with shampoo. âIâll stay for a drink. Then Iâll go to my thing.â
âAre you washing my hair? This feels very . . . not fake.â
âWeâve crossed so many lines, what damage can hair washing do?â He reached over her and took the bar of soap and dropped it on her hand. âHere, make yourself useful.â
She shrugged and then started to lather him. It was both very intimate and also strangely normal, as if they did this every day. He lathered up his own hair next and then used the handheld nozzle to remove the shampoo from her hair, followed by his.
âYou donât have to come with me. It was short notice and you have your own thing.â
âItâs fine. I donât mind,â he said. âThat way the ex can see that youâre taken.â For some reason he wanted the ex to know this information. Even if temporarily, she was taken, and the ex needed to move along and any thoughts of a reconciliation needed to vanish from his mind.
They finished and he turned off the shower as they stepped out together and towel dried.
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