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One of them had to be uneducated enough to buy me something with glitter in it. Then I could take it over and share it with Jacki. That would get around the no buying glitter rule.
Dante let out a slow breath before he finally straightened and stood up. “I think paint sounds like a lot of fun.”
“It is.” Giving him a quick kiss on the mouth to help me remind myself why I didn’t want to be little at the moment, I smiled at Dante. “And I can’t get jealous and scare off people if I can’t tell them you’re mine. At some point, the twins are going to realize you’re sexier than I am and it’s going to be nuts.”
They were persistent.
Lips barely turning up at the corners as he started working on my pants, Dante nodded. “That is a very reasonable point. I am sexy.”
I wasn’t the one worrying about laughter, so I didn’t bother hiding mine. “And confident. They’ll like that too.”
There really were a lot of very rational reasons that I needed to be able to claim Dante as mine.
“And next year when we start traveling together, I can’t go to someplace romantic like Venice and pretend to have gone by myself. That’s just…no…I have to be able to brag that my wonderful partner kissed me on that bridge.” I couldn’t remember the name of it, but I was pretty sure we were supposed to kiss on a bridge. “And what about if we went to Paris? I’m not sure why that counts as romantic but it’s supposed to.”
Dante was trying to give me ayou’re crazylook but it didn’t work when he was taking off my underwear. “Yes, God forbid you travel to nice places on your own. No one does that.”
I threw up my arms as I stepped out of the rest of my clothes. “I know. I just didn’t have a choice.”
“You’re insane.” We were in agreement on that, so I couldn’t do anything but smile as he leaned in and gave me a kiss. “However, that might be because you’re a pod person, so we’ve got to check it out.”
“That’s the only thing you can do.” I wasn’t sure if that meant I should look serious or not, but I was having a hard time keeping a straight face, so I decided to keep my goals realistic. “I hope you enjoy the outcome of your search.”
His eyes were sparkling with barely suppressed laughter, and he didn’t seem to trust himself actually talking because he just gave me a firm nod and pointed to the bed.
“Yes, Dante.” That didn’t help his control any, but it did get me a spank as I climbed up on the bed for what would hopefully end up being a cavity search.
He’d found a tiny bit more restraint by the time I’d lain down on the bed, but it wasn’t much because he let out a long, slow breath before he sat down beside me on the bed. “Very good, Ruslan.”
Okay, he might be right, real names were weird.
“Thank you, Dante.” But it kept making him roll his eyes as he fought off laughter, so I was going to keep doing it anyway. “And please feel free to be thorough in your examination. I want you to be confident that I’m not a pod person.”
And the eyes went round and round again.
This was sexy enough that my grown-up side liked it and silly enough that my little side was nearly in giggles, so I hoped we’d find another reason to do it again.
“Thorough, huh?” He started at the top of my head, slowly caressing around my forehead before running his fingers through my hair. “Do you understand what that means? Pod people can hide things in unexpected places.”
Yes!
“I understand.” No smiles. No giggles. Nodding and seriousness. “I want to make sure you’re confident, Dante.”
Shaking his head as his eyes sparkled, he took another breath as he gently checked my ear. “Alright then. But I just want you to know that I have to take my search very seriously because you matter to me, and if you’re going to plan our vacations and tell people we’re dating, I can’t do this half-heartedly.”
Oh, I liked where his logic was headed.
“Yes, Dante.” That got me another lip twitch but something about the game shifted in his head because I could see passion sparking deeper and the laughter retreating somewhat. “I understand how serious this is.”
I really hoped it would be as serious as I wanted.
“I’m glad.” He leaned over and gave me a gentle peck as his fingers trailed along my jaw. “Open your mouth.”
It shouldn’t have been sexy.
It really shouldn’t have.
It was.
