“Yes. I’m sorry. And if you’ll still have me, I’d like to try and work this out. See where this relationship takes us next.” She swallowed hard, the seconds that paused beneath them feeling as if they passed for an eternity.
“Oh I’ll still have you Stephanie.” His voice lowered, smoothing over her nerve endings. Easing her fears and making her melt. “I’ll have you any way I want you.”
“Promises, promises,” she murmured, a little smile tickling the corner of her lips. Relief flooded her at the familiar teasing, the sexual promise that hung between them.
“So tell me, what are you wearing right now?”
She glanced down at herself. “You want the truth or what you really want to hear?”
He chuckled. “I want the truth.”
“Boring old sweats and a tank top.”
“Color?”
“The sweats are blue, the tank top red.”
“Of course.”
“Of course what?”
“You always wear red. It’s your signature color.”
Stephanie liked the fact that he noticed. Not every man she’d dated had paid attention. How they could’ve missed it, she didn’t know. “It is my favorite color.”
“I figured.”
“What’s your favorite color?”
“Whatever you’re wearing.”
“Flattery will get you everywhere.” She laughed.
“Mmm, so I’ve heard. Tell me what you would’ve said you were wearing.”
“Oh, I would’ve said nothing at all.” She smiled and wandered back into her bedroom, plopping down in the middle of her unmade bed.
A strangled choke sounded over the phone. “I like that version better than the truth.”
“No surprise there. So what are you wearing?”
“You want the truth or what you really want to hear?” Justin threw her words back at her.
“The truth.”
“My underwear. I’m about ready to go to bed.”
“What color?”
“Pervert.” He chuckled again. “Black boxer briefs.”
All the air seemed to leave her at the image of Justin sitting in his bed, nothing but a pair of black boxer briefs covering his magnificent body.
“I wish I was there with you,” she admitted in a small voice.
“I do too, babe.” He sounded gruff and more than a little aroused.
“If I were there I would tear off your underwear and have my way with you.”