Page 74 of Love Sanctioned

“I didn’t tell you that for you to tell me that.” I grinned in the dark.

“Doesn’t matter. I believe in being as honest with you as I possibly can be. His fat ass is hiding, probably in plain sight too.”

“I just want this to be over, so we can just be. Is that too much to ask for?”

“And it will. We’ll be straight, I promise. Boring ass breakfast or lunch dates on Saturdays and Saturdays. Prepping for my son’s arrival.”

“You’re gonna be mad as hell when a girl pops out,” I said in a knowing tone.

“I won’t be mad. We’ll just consider it on edge.”

I didn’t respond immediately, instead turning and burying my face into his neck. He smelled like deep green flannel with settled notes of spiced citrus. I kissed his neck several times before wrapping my leg around his waist. I had tension inside of me and so did he. I could feel him.

“You can’t get no dick tonight, Syn.”

I giggled into his neck.

“I wasn’t trying to get any. Can I give you a face mask?”

“The fuck you wanna do that for?”

“Because you’re filled with tension, and since you said I can’t get any dick, we’ll pamper it out of you.”

His laughter filled the room. “Yo, what? I’m not the one who went through some shit today, Syn.”

“You’re not, but when you’re stressed, I can feel it. So if you’re stressed and I’m stressed, how do you expect me not to be stressed?”

“You said stressed too many times.”

“Which should tell you how stressed I am. So that’s a yes?”

“Fine, man. Gimme both of your phones.”

I laughed as I scooted to the edge of the bed to get off. I was still in a little pain, but not enough to sit still and stare at a wall. Doing that would cause the most pain. “Really?”

“Yup. Hand them over.”

I did as he asked, handing him the phone in my hand. “My other one is under the pillow. Now lay on your back.”

I rushed into the bathroom and quickly grabbed the sheet mask packets. When I returned, he was staring into the screen of one of my phones. I knew it was one of mine because it had a case. He didn’t put a case on his phone, so when he tossed them across the room, they shattered on impact.

“Why don’t you have a lock on your phone?”

“Because I have nothing to hide.” I grabbed a facial wipe and climbed back on the bed and straddled him.

He dropped my phone on his chest and I had his eyes. They watched me while I concentrated on what I was doing.

“You know you’re beautiful as fuck, right?”

I lowered my face and kissed his lips. “Thank you.”

Once I was done with the towel, I set it on the nightstand and sat back down on his lap. I was trying not to be distracted by his hands caressing my thighs. Not only that, but he was watching my every move and it was so sexy.

I ripped open the packet for the sheet mask and pulled it out.

“Is this shit gonna burn?”

“No.” I pulled out the wet gel pieces and sat them against his face. Of course I had to fold the jaw part a little because of his beard, but it was done. The funny thing was, even though he was so against it, he relaxed and closed his eyes.