Too Much Man by Katy James

Author:Katy James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2021-10-04T18:15:07+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Gavin was sitting at the kitchen table reading the news on his phone when Piper finally made it downstairs. He suspected she was generally an early riser and felt smug that he had worn her out.

“Good morning, sleepyhead,” he said as she shuffled into the room, pink hair a tangle down her back. “I hope you didn’t have to get up for work.”

Piper blinked at him, then rubbed her eyes. She was adorable and he wanted to drag her back upstairs until nightfall.

She shook her head. “Nope. I told the crew I’d be in a little late.”

Gavin arched one eyebrow, and she blushed furiously.

“Not because I thought we... I mean... I just scheduled the morning off!”

He took a sip of the orange juice he’d found in the fridge, enjoying teasing her a little too much. “You want me to believe you didn’t take a few hours off because you knew I’d wear you out last night? Tell it to someone who wasn’t there.”

He had woken her not long after round one for another searing tumble, then she had done the same to him sometime in the middle of the night. And then someone had woken the other around dawn, he wasn’t sure who. Each time he’d thought it couldn’t feel any better, and each time he’d been shaken to his core.

Piper rolled her eyes and started grabbing the makings for a pot of coffee. “It’s not fair,” she grumbled. “You’re a professional athlete. You have stamina.”

“I didn’t hear you complaining last night.”

She turned and stuck her tongue out at him. “Probably I was too worn-out.”

He liked this. Seeing Piper in the morning, messy and half-awake, their easy banter. He liked her.

He might have a problem.

He felt an unfamiliar urge to talk about last night, and discuss where they stood with each other. He wasn’t usually one to analyze relationships, which hadn’t exactly helped his failed marriage. But now he found himself in the uncomfortable position of wanting to discuss things, to make sure they were on the same page. His desire to please Piper was...well, it was a little unfamiliar. He’d never been great about asking what his partner wanted, emotionally speaking. But he couldn’t please her if her wants were a mystery. He wanted to know what she was thinking, dammit. About them, and about their agreement. Was it possible, after last night, that they could let go of what was between them so easily?

“Piper...” he began, not really sure what he wanted to say. In any case, she ignored him.

“Are you hungry?” she asked as if he hadn’t spoken, although there was no way she hadn’t heard him. She stared into the refrigerator. “I could make some eggs. Or oatmeal.”

Fine. He got it. She hadn’t signed up for deep analysis of their nonrelationship. They’d agreed to have sex, nothing more.

He set his glass down carefully on the table and took a deep breath. What was wrong with him? He was leaving. He was going back home, to his real life, and to an opportunity he absolutely could not pass up.

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