Page 4 of Accidentally in Love

I opened my mouth and let him gently place the dumpling inside. I bit into it and moaned at the taste of buffalo chicken wrapped up in crisp dough.

He grinned down at me and popped a dumpling into his mouth. “Love that sound.”

“Nolan!” I hissed.

He shrugged and swallowed. “What? Why do you care if people know we occasionally hop into bed together? We’re both adults.”

I glared up at him. “Because our siblings would start planning our wedding.”

He made a non-committal grunt in response.

Nolan wasn’t a man of many words. Unless those were dirty words and he was growling them while I was underneath him.

“What’s wrong?” he asked after a few minutes had passed without further comment. “You never turn down carbs.”

“Do you think I need to lose weight?”

He raised a dark eyebrow at me. “Is that a trick question?”

“No…”

“Avs, lose weight if you want to, but don’t do it because some asshole told you to. I’ve never complained about your doggy-style hand grips.” His eyes trailed down my body, and it was like tiny fires licking across my skin. “I always have a good time.”

I put a hand over my face. “Jesus, Nolan.”

He gave me that naughty grin that I loved and popped another dumpling into his mouth.

“Open,” he commanded again and held another one up to my mouth.

“What flavor?” I asked.

“Apple pie,” he said, and I let him feed it to me. I bit down on the delicious dessert and moaned again.

“Avery…” he trailed off and ran a hand through his thick beard.

“Yeah?”

“Any guy would fall over themselves to be with you. You deserve a man who treats you like his queen.”

“Then how come I haven’t found him yet? I’m getting too old for this. I feel like I’m gonna die alone with my cats.”

“You don’t have cats,” he argued.

I glared again. “Not the point.”

He squeezed my hand. “You’ll find the right guy, probably when you aren’t even looking.”

I nodded but didn’t believe him. I was pretty sure the man I wanted a future with was standing right in front of me. It really sucked when you were hopelessly in love with your friends with benefits.

“You want to come over tonight?” he asked.

“I’ve got nothing going on.”

He smiled at me. “Avs?”

“Yeah?”

“Wear the red lingerie.”