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His eyes stay on mine. “I got you.”

“I know.” I draw him back down to me. “Come here, Ezra.”

This time, I don’t leave any space between us.

Afterward, I’m curled against Ezra’s chest while his fingers move slowly along my back.

Two weeks ago, this crazy man moved all my stuff into his house, and I claimed a guest room out of spite.

Now I’m naked in his bed.

Life has jokes.

I lift my head when I feel his chest move beneath me. “Why are you smiling?” I ask, watching that familiar grin spread across his face.

His hand settles at my waist, and his grin gets wider. “Now that you done let me get that, you definitely mine. Ain’t no backsies.”

I stare at him before a laugh slips out. “Ain’t no backsies? How old are you?”

“Old enough to know your ass ain’t going back down that hall.” He pulls me a little closer, looking entirely too pleased with himself.

“You are so fucking possessive.” I shake my head, still laughing.

“And you knew that before you got in my bed.” He raises an eyebrow, daring me to argue with him.

I slap his chest, but he catches my hand and kisses my fingers. That tiny gesture hits me harder than the car, the chef or the candles.

I settle back against him, thinking about everything waiting for me tomorrow. I still need to find out what Ashlynn is hiding, name a restaurant and get back on the schedule at Vice.

Then there’s this possessive forty-one-year-old man who spent the day telling me I’m his woman.

After everything today and especially tonight, I'm definitely his woman. For the first time, I'm done fighting it.

Chapter 18

Six in the morning, and I was sitting on the side of my bed with a naked woman behind me instead of sending one home.

I looked out at the sun coming up, then back at Jru. She was on her side, tangled in the sheets, sleeping like she hadn’t spent two weeks avoiding this room.

A laugh slipped out of me.

I reached for my shorts, still looking at her.

Last night was different as fuck. I’d never been with a virgin, and keeping myself in check wasn’t easy. Had to slow my ass down, though. We had a couple awkward moments, but we figured that shit out. Wasn’t about to fuck up her first time being impatient.

If she thought her ass was going back to that guest room, she had another motherfucking thing coming.

Then I remembered the condom I never put on.

I paused with my shorts in my hand.

Well, fuck.

The possibility of getting her pregnant should’ve had me doing more than sitting there. Instead, I looked at her and thought about a little girl with that same smart-ass mouth.

Two of them telling me what to do in my own house.

I shook my head, grinning. That shit didn’t bother me nearly enough.