One Night Stand(57)
“Come for me, Liv.” He groaned and then I felt his body shuddering as he increased his pace and exploded inside of me. He collapsed next to me on the bed after a few seconds and then kissed me on the cheek.
“Promise me something Liv.” He whispered in my ear.
“What?” I asked him softly as he kissed the side of my face.
“Don’t leave the bed until we both wake up.”
“Okay.” I nodded, my heart soaring as he pulled me into his arms. “I won’t leave the bed until we both wake up.”
“You can leave if you need the bathroom though, I don’t want you to wet the bed.” He said lightly with a laugh and I slapped his arm as I laughed with him and closed my eyes. I wasn’t sure how he’d done it, but I was feeling a million times better about our situation now. I had faith that we’d figure out a way to make this work. He liked me, he really liked me and his staying and asking Alice all those questions had to mean that he wanted to see where we could go in our relationship. He was ready to give us a chance now. He had to be.
Chapter Eleven
“Morning.” Xander’s voice was warm as I opened my eyes.
“Morning.” I blinked and looked at the clock on the wall. “Wow, we slept the whole evening away?”
“I guess you were tired.”
“You didn’t sleep?”
“Not until night.”
“Oh no, what did you do?”
“Watched you.” He said and then laughed. “I didn’t expect that to sound so creepy.”
“It does sound a bit creepy, doesn’t it?” I giggled and my heart soared as he stared at me and leaned down to give me a kiss.
“I’m not a creep.” He kissed me harder and ran his hands through my hair. “I promise.”
“Hmm, I’ll take your word for it.” I laughed. “You did kiss my ass yesterday.” I flushed at the memory.
“I think I did more than kiss it.” He winked at me as he ran his fingers down my stomach and between my legs and rubbed gently.
“Xander.” I groaned and pushed his hand away. “Not now.”
“Okay.” He laughed and played with my breasts instead. “Did you sleep well?”
“Yes, I did? You?”
“Great.” He nodded. “I figured out the secret.”
“What secret?”
“The secret to making sure you’re not gone in the morning.”
“What’s the secret?”
“Have sex with you in your apartment.” He grinned and I laughed.
“You’re an idiot.” I ran my fingers down his chest lightly and played with his nipples.
“A sexy idiot.”
“I guess.” I leaned forward and kissed his chest lightly and he rubbed my back. “So what do we do now?” I asked softly and he froze. I looked up at him with a slight frown and studied his face. “Everything okay?”
“Yes of course.” He nodded.
“So what do we do now then?” I asked again.
“I’ll do whatever you want me to do, Liv.” He kissed the top of my forehead and leaned back.
“Whatever I want you to do?” My heart thudded, those weren’t the words I wanted to hear.
“Yes, if you don’t want me to go through with the engagement, I’ll end it.” He nodded.
“What do you want to do?” I cocked my head and studied his face. Didn’t he want to end the engagement? I could feel my body growing warm. I should have been happy that he was willing to do what I wanted, but I wasn’t. I didn’t want him to do what I wanted him to do. I wanted him to do what he wanted to do. I wanted him to be the one to decide to call off the engagement. I wanted him to be the one that made the decision because there was no other option in his mind.
“I don’t care.” He shrugged, his face indifferent. “Whatever will make you happy.”
“Why do you like me, Xander?” I asked him softly. “I mean asides from me leaving you in the hotel room. Why do you like me?”
“I was intrigued by you the moment I saw you at the church.” He stroked my hair. “And I thought you were beautiful and sexy as hell. And sassy too. And then you called me Mr. Tongue and I thought that any girl that has the confidence to hook up at a wedding and then give me a nickname had to be a girl I wanted to get to know better.”
“I see.” I said and sighed. I didn’t know what I was hoping he would say.
“And I’m still intrigued by you. I’m more intrigued by you now, than I was before.” He kissed me. “So tell me, Liv. What do you want me to do?”
“You said that you met up with Luke and Gabby and Henry that day?” I said and decided to ask him the questions that had been puzzling me. “How do you know Luke?”