Yes! Go home. What a grand idea.
"I will go home when I am ready."
I scoffed at his stubbornness.
"What was that?"
Oh God. I bit down on my knuckles.
"What was what?" Kova acted clueless.
"I just heard a noise…" Katja’s words lingered in the air.
"Oh that? It was me. I, ah, was adjusting myself and kicked my phone by accident."
"You are aroused." Her voice took on a seductive tone that made my stomach curl with nausea.
"You know it is hard when I wake."
"Let me take care of that for you."
I closed my eyes and prayed for them to leave already.
"Not necessary. Let us go home now."
"No, I insist," she said. My heartbeat thundered in my ears; no way would Kova allow anything sexual to happen, not with me in the room, or with my remnants on him.
"Katja," he growled.
"Konstantin. Baby, you know all you have to do is call me and I would run over."
"Katja," he warned over a rustling sound. "Now is not the time."
"Since when?" she teased.
"I am serious," he barked. "Go home and I will meet you there. I just need to lock up; I will be right behind you."
She was quiet for a moment. "What is going on with you?" This was the first time I truly ever heard Katja angry. "You have not let me touch you in weeks like this. Do you not want me anymore?"
I perked up. Kova remained abstinent for weeks? Why
?
"It has nothing to do with you. I have been under an enormous amount of stress. I am really feeling the pressure right now. That is all."
Each word was clipped and short. If he was telling the truth, I wished he'd open to me the way he opened up to her so easily. It was like pulling teeth to get him to communicate with me.
"You act like you do not want me anymore," she said with a note of dejection in her voice. I almost felt bad for her. Almost.
He sighed deeply. "You know that is not the case. I just have a lot going on."
"It has been a while for us and I need you," she whined again. I wished she'd stop doing that.
"No, now is not the time."
"Did you just push my hand away?" she said, enraged. My jaw dropped. Pushed her hand away from what exactly?
"Yes, I did. Now go home, Katja, I will be there soon."