Guarding His Heart (Forever Love 4)

“I can’t just go to Walgreens and pick up the pill when we land.” I said with a laugh. “It requires a doctors’ trip and a prescription.”

“Then get one next week.”

“Why?”

“Because I want you to.”

“What do you care?” I asked softly. “I thought you weren’t interested in seeing me as more than an assistant in Los Angeles.”

“Well, I’m not looking for a relationship, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still have fun, right?”

“Fun?” I repeated softly.

“Yeah, I mean I’m down for friends with benefits if you are.”

“You want to be friends with benefits?”

“Or assistant with benefits.” He grinned. “Does that work for you?”

“I don’t know.” I bit my lower lip and stared at him. Could I really do this? One fling in New York and then going back to the normal way of life was one thing, but sleeping with him and working with him might be completely different. It was a huge risk to my career and my heart.

“What would you like? We can create a list of rules so both of us is happy.”

“I guess that could work.” I nodded, my head running a hundred miles a minute. “If we do this then no one can know. I don’t want people in the office talking about me behind my back.”

“That’s fair.” He agreed. “So no public affection or lovemaking.” He paused. “However, I would like to make love in the office.”

“That seems like it goes against the rule of no public lovemaking.” I frowned, though I was starting to feel excited.

“When I said public, I mean other people seeing.” He grinned. “You better believe I’m f**king you over my desk on Monday morning.”

“Will that be before or after your coffee?” I giggled, starting to feel excited.

“Both.” He raised an eyebrow at me. “Okay next rule, no expecting phone calls or blowing up each others phones with texts.”

“Sounds like a good rule to me.” I agreed.

“No expecting to stay over every night.” He said again. “And no expectation of dates and going out and meeting the family.”

“Or friends.” I added, thinking of Lisa. There was no way I wanted him to meet Lisa, I had no idea what she’d say to him.

“Yes, no friends.” He nodded quickly and I felt a little hurt.

“Okay, so we have to keep it private at work and not expect any access to each other’s private lives.” I said slowly. “Anything else.”

“You need to get on the pill.” He grinned at me. “Please.”

“I’ll think about it.” My heart started beating fast at the thought of what we were embarking on. Was this really going to work? Could we work together and be friends with benefits without anything blowing up in or faces.

“Is there anything you want from me?” He asked softly. “Any particular manscaping or anything?”

“No.” I shook my head and smiled. “I like you just the way you are.”

“Great.” He sat back and sighed. “You’re too sweet, Hannah.”

“And you’re too hard.” I smiled at him with a sultry expression as I rubbed his c**k slowly. He groaned and I laughed. “I think you should take care of that soon.”

“I’ll take care of you soon.” He growled and I laughed as the plane hit the tarmac.

“So I’ll see you tomorrow?” Leo kissed me lightly as I got out of the cab.

“Sure.” I nodded and yawned as I grabbed my bag. “I’m all ready for the beach.”

“Good. I’ll call you before I come and pick you up.” He smiled and looked at my apartment building. “It looks nice in there.”

“It’s a dump.” I laughed. “But it’s fine, it’s my dump.”

“Maybe I can see it sometime.” He said softly and I could see the cabdriver rolling his eyes at us.

“Yeah, maybe.” I nodded. “Have a great night, Leo.”

“Night, Hannah.” He smiled and I walked away from the cab with my bag. Why was he mentioning seeing my place? Hadn’t we just said in the rules that we didn’t want to get too close and intimate?

“But you have to f**k somewhere, Hannah.” I mumbled to myself as I climbed up the staircase to the apartment. “It will either be your place or his place, it’s not like you’re going to be renting hotel rooms.” I shook my head at myself as I realized that there was a possibility that Leo and I would have sex in my bed and on my couch. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. I wasn’t sure that I wanted to have that memory when things ended. Because ultimately it would have to end. Friends with benefits wasn’t something that could last forever. I wasn’t sure that I wanted to have memories of coming on his face in my own bedroom.

“I’m home.” I called out into the apartment as I opened the door. “Oh my God, what happened?” I shouted as I surveyed the mess. “Lisa.” I screamed as I dropped my bag on the floor.

“Hey,” Lisa walked out of the kitchen with a grin on her face. “What’s up Slutty nurse?”

“Lisa, what is all this mess?” I groaned as I surveyed the trash and shopping bags. “What’s going on?”

“Oops, sorry. I was about to tidy up.” She made a face. “But I got sucked into a Murder She Wrote marathon on TV.”