Then, when we were completely done, we collapsed next to each other.
Her head hit my thigh, and her sweaty arm landed precariously across my sweaty chest.
But neither one of us moved.
“That was awful,” she whispered. “I’ll move off of you in just a second. I can’t breathe.”
I snorted out a laugh, causing her arm that traveled up the length of my chest to slip slightly to the side. Only my large hand catching her small one kept it where it was.
I didn’t know why I did that.
Honestly, we were both really gross, me more so than her, and sweat was pouring off of me in waves because Madden insisted turning the heater on was the best move for our members—I disagreed. I felt like it was better to be too cold than too hot. But whatever.
Regardless of our states, I liked her exactly where she was.
If she’d move just slightly to the right with her head, my dick would practically be poking her in the face.
“Why do you think she showed up that late and expected someone to still be here?” she asked curiously.
If there was anything that would make the need go away that I was feeling, it was talking about my ex-wife.
“Honestly?” I asked. “Because she likes to make my life difficult. Showing up late would’ve made her the center of attention in the class. I would’ve had to acknowledge her, which I don’t do all that often.”
She hummed then stood so swiftly that I missed her almost before she was even gone.
“Do you want your water?” she asked as she moved toward our drinks.
“Yes,” I replied. Though, I would’ve rather had her stay where she’d been. Fuck being thirsty.
My eyes were glued to her ass as she moved toward the bottles, then on her tits that were practically spilling out of her sports bra when she made her way back.
She handed my water to me when she reached my side, and I reluctantly sat up, taking it from her.
I swallowed large gulps from my bottle before looking at her and realizing that her eyes were on me.
“What?” I asked, spilling the water slightly and feeling it run down the length of my chest.
She followed the length of the water, and then swallowed. “I was thinking we should probably turn off the lights to preserve the batteries since we’re probably not going to get power back anytime soon.”
She was right.
We were generally the last ones to get power since we were off the beaten path in the grand scheme of things.
Our town, though healthy and thriving, was also one of the smaller ones on the grid.
Fewer people equaled less urgency to get things rolling in the power department.
“Probably a smart thing to do,” I admitted. “But don’t you not do well in the dark?”
That had been why I’d turned on my phone instead of just leaving hers to light our way.
I knew that she had problems with the darkness, and I wanted to make it as comfortable for her as I could if I had the ability.
And I’d run out of phone battery all day long if it meant keeping her comfortable.
“Yes.” She paused. “Though, lately not with you.”
Something soared in my chest.
“Really?” I asked, feeling my throat rasp with the words.
She grinned and downed her bottle of water, getting up to throw the empty in the trash before coming back, with our phones this time, and watched as I turned my light off first before answering.
“I think that first time you helped me run outside in the dark, my mind associated you with nothing dangerous. As a protector more than a person I should be afraid of.” She paused. “I’ll tell you the why of the fear of darkness one of these days… just not today. Not in the dark.”
I grinned when she readjusted the shorts that she was wearing, which in turn made my cock hard. Again.
CHAPTER 11
I refuse to join a gym that would have me as a member.
-overheard conversation
FRAN
My heart was pounding, and I didn’t know why.
But there was something about being this close to Taos, listening to his rumbling voice in the darkness, that had my heart going wild.
And not in a bad way.
In a very, it hurts so good, way.
“One day you can tell me,” he agreed quietly.
I looked over at him just as I was in the process of turning off the light on my phone and saw the state of his shorts.
They were doing nothing to contain the bulging cock that he sported just before the entire room was plunged into darkness.
Now there was no light whatsoever surrounding us except for the red lights that spelled out “EXIT” above the front and back door, and the green lights that were on the security system and I wasn’t scared. I was quite the opposite.