“And don’t worry about what Nita thinks. She is very aware of the fact that your afternoon lunch visits the past few years sometimes resulted in sex because I always asked her not to disturb us and winked at her.”
“No you didn’t…” I stopped when I saw the playful expression on his face. “James! You didn’t really, did you?”
“You’ll never know. And besides, everyone who walked by my office recently knows we just had sex. You were pretty loud.”
“I was not.”
He shrugged his shoulders. “I guess we’ll see.”
My face turned red. “I wasn’t loud.”
“You should probably get back to work, Miss Taylor. I have a ton of work I need to get done this week so I can marry you.” He sat back down at his desk.
“I love you.”
He smiled at me. “I love you so much.”
I walked out of his office with a huge smile on my face. It felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
Sierra cleared her throat when I sat down at my desk and leaned toward me. “Your hair is a little messed up,” she whispered and touched the side of her head.
“Oh, thanks.” I ran my fingers through my hair.
“Was it super windy outside or something?” she asked.
I had told them all that I was going to make a quick phone call after lunch.
“Yeah, the wind has really picked up.” Please stop talking about this.
“Weird. I always check the weather forecast, and I didn’t think there was a storm coming. I should have worn a jacket.”
“Sometimes they just sneak up on you.” My eyes were glued to my computer screen.
“You just had sex, didn’t you?” Tavon asked.
“What? Psh. No.”
Tavon laughed. “You just fucked James in his office.”
“I did not.” I ran my fingers through my hair again. I could feel Zach staring at me. He was clearly judging my relationship.
“Then why are you blushing?” Tavon asked.
“I’m not. It’s just hot in here.”
“And the sex hair?”
“The wind.”
Zach laughed.
I looked up, surprised that he was laughing.
“Make up sex is always the best,” he said. “Just makes you want to keep coming back for more.”
I rolled my eyes.
“Did you really just have sex in his office?” Sierra asked.
I sighed. They had caught me red handed. “Fine, you caught me.”
“You two don’t have much self control,” Tavon said.
“It’s not like we do it in his office all the time or anything.”
“Office sex seems like so much fun.” Sierra immediately blushed after saying it.
“Maybe I can help you make that fantasy come true?” Tavon said.
“I don’t think so,” she said. “I just meant in theory.”
“It’s fun in reality too.”
Sierra looked back down at her computer screen. “We work at an open desk pod. We can’t have sex here.”
“But you want to have sex with me?”
She laughed. “I didn’t say that.”
“We could do it in the copy room. Or the mail room. The possibilities are endless really.”
Sierra’s face turned more and more red each time Tavon spoke.
“So, everything’s good in paradise then?” Zach asked me.
“Really good, yeah.”
“Good. You know guys, the bathroom always works too,” he said, joining in Sierra and Tavon’s conversation.
I shook my head. I really didn’t think there was much of a chance that Sierra was going to hook up with Tavon. But I never thought that I’d hook up with my professor. And I never thought Tyler and Melissa would get together. Sometimes you found love in the most unexpected place.
Tavon stretched. “I could use a bathroom break right now, actually. If you wait a minute to follow me, no one will suspect you.” He winked at Sierra.
Sierra shook her head back and forth, but I watched her stare at Tavon as he walked away. I couldn’t help but think she was in way over her head with him.
Thursday
I woke up to the sun streaming in through the window. James was still sleeping peacefully. We had gone to bed after a shared shower, and his hair was slightly curly in that way I loved. It reminded me of being in the rain with him.
The past few days had been amazing. I was finally able to focus on how excited I was about the wedding. I bit my lip. I was incredibly nervous about the vows. We hadn’t talked about it again, but I was pretty sure he was going to say his own. I needed to come up with something. But no matter what I wrote down, I felt like it wasn’t good enough. Like he was going to be grading me on my response. I shook the thought away. He wasn’t my professor anymore.
I wanted to run my fingers down his abs, but I stayed still. I’m marrying James Hunter. I suddenly felt incredibly giddy. This is really happening.
My mom was coming tonight for my final fitting. James was putting my parents up in a hotel near our new apartment. I wasn’t sure why he always insisted on paying. Probably because I made him feel guilty for not inviting them to stay with us. I guess it was a little weird that my parents knew we were sleeping together. James still felt a little uncomfortable with the dynamic. But now that I was out of school, the age difference mattered even less. When we became husband and wife everything would be even less awkward. And my parents both loved James. He just wasn’t used to having that in his life.
He slowly opened his eyes and smiled. “Were you watching me sleep again?” He grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to him.
I laughed and rested my head against his chest, breathing in his heavenly scent. “I can’t help it. It’s hard not to stare at you.”
He tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. “Two more days.”
Two more days!
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