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Wolfe
Shit, shit, shit.
If there’s anything that ruins post-coital bliss, it’s the knowledge that the condom broke and we’re stuck in an isolated cottage in whiteout storm conditions.
Rowan’s eyes widen, sapphire blue turning slightly deeper as she stares at the mess between my legs. She shakes her head, eyes still wide with shock. “The pill made me really moody and gave me headaches. I stopped taking it when I broke up with my ex.”
“You stopped taking it?” I frown.
“Well, it’s not like I was having sex with anyone,” Rowan snaps, turning away from me. She glances between her legs, sucking in a long breath. “I don’t… What do we do?”
Pulling the broken latex off my cock, I stand up and toss it in the garbage. “Not much we can do. Hopefully by the time the storm clears we can get back to the main castle. Dr. Williams might have a morning after pill or be able to get some in town.”
“Okay.” Rowan frowns, counting on her fingers and whispering to herself. She glances at me, straightening up. “I just got my period recently. I’m pretty sure I’m not ovulating. I think the chances of…” She doesn’t say the words getting pregnant, but they hang heavy between us. Rowan takes a deep breath. “I think the chances are low.”
“Still.”
“I’ll still take the morning after pill. Of course. I’m not trying to make my life more complicated than it already is.” She huffs out a laugh, putting a hand to her forehead. Clearing her throat, she reaches for her top and clutches it to her chest, as if she doesn’t want to be naked with me right now.
It stings and I’m not sure why.
“Bathroom?” she asks. “I’d like to take a shower.”
I jerk my head to a door adjoining the bedroom and watch her scuttle toward it, still hiding herself behind her sweater.
I glance down at my cock, letting out a long breath. That was probably a dumb idea. I shouldn’t be having sex with anyone right now, and especially not a woman I just met.
Especially not when there’s a possibility she could get pregnant.
Fuck.
Flopping onto the bed, I scrub my face with my hands. I let my cock get the better of me. It’s been begging me to act on these desires since the first day I met Rowan. Now what?
I shouldn’t have done that. I shouldn’t have given in. I should have ignored the thumping in my chest and the burning desire to have a taste of her. I came to the Summer Palace exactly to avoid this kind of thing. To spend the month by myself, sorting through the mess in my mind. To weather the storm that October brings for another year.
The bathroom door opens, and Rowan emerges in a cloud of steam. She has a fluffy white towel wrapped around her body. The deer-in-headlights look in her eyes has ceded to a more closed-off expression, and she gives me a quick nod.
“Go ahead.”
We don’t say another word as I walk by her in the bathroom, and although her cheeks are pink, she doesn’t meet my eye.
She regrets this. Wishes we hadn’t slept together.
She’s probably right. It was a dumb idea.
By the time I’m done showering, Rowan isn’t in the room. I find her in the main space, in front of the fire sipping her forgotten drink. She glances back at me, nodding.
“Any food in this place?”
“Mostly non-perishables.”
“At least there’s alcohol.” She gives me a smile, but it’s not quite as bright as it was an hour ago.
I sit down opposite her, picking up my own discarded drink. I jerk my chin toward her. “You okay?”
“Fine, why?”
“You regret what we just did?”
