She knew he was right, and she certainly didn’t want Ginny or her dad seeing them in this compromising position. She was confused as it was on where she stood with her emotions. She needed time to process everything without having her dad and Ginny in on this, jumping to conclusions.
“Don’t worry,” he said against her mouth and pulled back. He wrapped his arms around her and brought her closer to him, then kissed her again. The kiss lasted several seconds until she finally pulled away and rested her forehead on his chest.
“This wasn’t just sex for me, Reese.”
He gripped her chin with his thumb and forefinger. “I know. It wasn’t for me either.”
This felt like things were happening lightning fast, but she didn’t want to slow down. “I’m worried about what Ginny and my dad will say if they find out.” They hadn’t had time to think, let alone talk about them knowing, and she didn’t think she wanted to go there right now.
“Don’t worry,” he said again and kissed the top of her head. He caressed her cheek, and moved away from her. She stood there in the center of her room with the sheet wrapped around her, realizing she’d just had sex with Reese.
The future scared but warmed her. Overall, it was one confusing situation that she hoped didn’t backfire.
12
Reese had woken up early and left before anyone else was up. He not only had things to finalize with the divorce, but he also didn’t know what in the hell was going on with him and Lake.
Closing his eyes as he sat in his car in the parking lot of his attorney’s office building, he thought about last night. He’d been hungover when he got up this morning, but he’d remembered what they’d done very clearly. He shouldn’t have been with her, at least not without talking to her, getting to really know her, and making sure she was okay with it all.
Instead he’d been drunk, saw her gorgeous ass watching him, and knew she wanted him as badly as he wanted her. All common sense had left him. They may have a large age gap between them, some kind of pseudo-taboo thing going on because she was his sister’s stepdaughter, but to him none of that had mattered.
But did he want to jump into one relationship right after getting out of another just a short time ago?
Be honest with yourself on how your marriage really was.
The relationship with Brittany had been done long before he signed those divorce papers. Yeah, he’d known that, felt it, and there was no lost love between him and his ex. Did he love Lake? He couldn’t say he was in love with her, because they weren’t at that stage in any shape.
Did he want to know her more, want to be able to fully invest his emotions for the woman who controlled his thoughts since he’d really seen her as an adult? Yeah, he really fucking did, and that should scare him instead of intrigue him.
Before sleeping with Lake last night he hadn’t been with Brittany in over a year. That’s how bad things between them had been. Hell, he hadn’t ever cheated on his ex either, so going over a year without sex had been hard, although the emotional shit going on in his personal life had faded that other stuff to black.
But until he’d been with Lake, desired her like he’d desired no other, not even Brittany, he hadn’t been interested in getting with any other woman, not even his own wife.
Brittany was the opposite of Lake. His ex was a superficial, coldhearted and selfish person. The short time he’d been in Calvin’s house and had known Lake, he knew she was sweet and good. It was strange to have these kinds of emotions so quickly for her, but he also had learned in his life not to take things for granted, and if they felt right then they probably were.
He’d go back to Ginny’s place, talk with Lake, and see where they stood.
He just had to make sure his desire for her didn’t get the better of him, because making her see that what they were doing wasn’t wrong would be hard if he couldn’t keep his dick in his pants.
It had only been a day since Lake had slept with Reese, but she hated that things felt weird inside of her. Although Reese had acted fine, caring and loving even after what they’d done, he’d still left shortly afterward. She couldn’t help that she feared a part of him regretted what they’d done.
And those thoughts led her to feeling embarrassed, angry, but most of all sad.
She didn’t regret what they’d done, and she felt those suppressed feelings for Reese rise up.
Now Lake was at the house alone, thinking about Reese and how things were going to play out. They needed to talk about this definitely, but she had no clue how to broach the subject, or exactly where they stood.