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Aria got to her feet and moved toward him. Even though she was nervous, she wrapped her arms around his waist. “Thank you.”
“You’re thanking me?” he asked.
“Yes. For coming with me. For … having faith in me.”
“Aria, you’re helping them out. Trust me. The shelters get full easily and it’s not always easy to house previous fighting dogs. It can be difficult.”
“It’s not just that, you don’t tell me that I’m taking on too much. You have confidence in what I’m doing, and you believe in me. That is … it’s nice.”
“I’m not going to like your mom, am I?”
She shrugged. “You might love her.”
“Anyone who hurts you, I’m going to have a big issue with.” He pressed a kiss to her lips. Aria ran her hands up his back, holding him close.
She loved being near him, feeling him. Another moan spilled from her lips and he growled.
“Aria, I better go,” he said.
She pulled away and looked up into his eyes. “Why?”
“Because…”
“What if I wanted you to stay?” she asked, nibbling her lip.
“I could make up a bed.”
She pressed a hand to his chest. “No. What if I … wanted you to stay with me?”
“Aria, what are you saying?” Grant asked.
She had been thinking about this a lot in the past couple of weeks. When she was with Grant, he made her believe she could do anything, be anything. There were no limits to what she could achieve, but it wasn’t just that. He made her feel so many things—aroused, alive—and she wanted to be with him, even if she was terrified.
“You know what I’m asking.”
“I’ve got a good idea,” he said.
She nibbled her lip and stared at his chest. “I want … do you want … to sleep with me?”
This was so hard. Heat flooded her cheeks. She had never been so embarrassed before. Scrap that, she had, but normally that was in front of witnesses. Only Grant got to see the pleasure of her humiliation today.
“You’re asking me if I want to have sex with you?” Grant asked.
“Just forget it. It doesn’t—”
She was stopped as he took hold of her hand and placed it on his cock. Even through his jeans, she felt how hard he was. She gasped and looked up at him, a little taken aback.
“Aria, I want to fuck you. I want to make love, have sex, whatever you want to call it. I want to be with you.” He tilted her head back. “But I also know you’ve never done this before and I don’t want to do anything that you’ll regret. For the first time ever, I want to take my time with you.”
“I’m ready, Grant. Trust me. I know what I want.”
He nodded. He looked at the dogs. They were already snoozing, and so he took her hand, and her heart began to race as he walked upstairs.
They were really doing this. Walking upstairs toward her bedroom. This was going to happen. She was excited and a whole lot of nervous.
Arriving in her bedroom, she turned toward him. Grant closed the door.
“Do you want to turn out the light?” Aria asked.
