Breaking Away

“When do you need to leave?”


He moved his hand into her hair, cupping the back of her head before kissing her temple. “I need to leave in about an hour. I gotta catch another flight back to Anaheim before flying out to Colorado.”

She moved her fingers to the nape of his neck, kissing his jaw before looking into his bright blue eyes. She moved her nose along his, closing her eyes as his lips met hers, kissing her slowly, taking her breath away. Her heart was pounding, her throat tight with emotion. No one had ever done something so sweet for her, and she didn’t know how to handle the emotions that were coursing through her. Tightening her arms around his neck, she hugged him tightly and decided that she never wanted to let him go. Ever.

“Lay with me till you gotta go?”

He nodded. “Of course. Lay down, I’ll go put everything up.”

Tears still stung her eyes as she squeezed him again before letting him go. She lay back in her bed, placing the heating pad on her belly as she watched him move around her apartment, putting things away before coming to her bed. Phillip then kicked off his shoes before undoing his belt, laying it on the back of the couch. Moving into the bed slowly, he cuddled up against her, moving her hair out of her face before pulling her close against his chest. He moved his lips along her temple and her forehead as she slowly closed her eyes.

“So are we going to this dinner together?”

She smiled as she snuggled closer into him. “No way, that would open up a can of worms that needs to stay closed.”

He laughed. “Yeah, it probably would. I guess I need to figure out a way to tell Claire we are fooling around, huh? Just in case your family lets it slip.”

She shrugged her shoulders, pulling back a little to look him in the eyes. “That is up to you. I can tell them that Claire doesn’t know, but I’m not sure that will keep them quiet.”

“I need to tell her anyway, don’t you think? I feel like shit lying to her all the time.”

Reese thought for a moment. “I don’t know, do you think so?”

“It’s up to you. I want to tell her, but if you are uncomfortable with it, I won’t.”

Reese looked away, moving her fingers up to play with his bow tie. “I mean, what would you tell her?”

“That we are friends, but we like to have sex. She isn’t dumb; she knows I have sex.”

Reese smacked his chest. “I know that, but I don’t like her thinking that’s all it is.”

She froze when she said it, because that was exactly what it was.

Right?

Fuck. What the hell was wrong with her? Damn hormones! When she looked up, Phillip was looking down at her. His piercing blue eyes watched her as he asked, “What are you saying? That it is more?”

She looked away and shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know. Blah, forget I said that. I just feel like that would freak her out, and she’d probably get pissed off.”

“Oh, she will be pissed. I’m preparing myself for that, and you should too. You’ll probably need to do damage control.”

“That’s fine.”

“So what do you want me to say?”

Closing her eyes, she took in a deep breath and said exactly what she was thinking. “I have no freaking clue.”

He chuckled against her hair, his arms coming around her a little tighter as he buried his nose in her hair. “Fine, when you know, let me know cause I have no clue either.”

“I will.”

“Good, now get some rest.”

She placed a small kiss against his jaw. She felt so safe in his arms, so complete. She was still in pain, but it didn’t matter because she was wrapped in his arms and he wanted to surprise her and make her feel better.

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