I didn’t give that an answer. Mostly because if this was a dream, then I was gonna take full advantage of every second I had. I darted out from behind the counter and strode to him, putting my lips on his before I could stop myself.
Dean let out a long breath before his hand cupped my cheek, and he pulled me closer.
“To be clear,” he murmured against my lips, “if one of us was dreaming, it would be me.”
“Nope. Me. Definitely me.”
He laughed as I pulled him back to me.
“You taste better than I remember,” he groaned. My hands tightened on his shirt just as he pulled away. “But we’re stopping.”
“What? Why?” I nearly whined. “If you instigate a no sex on the first date rule, I might cry.”
“I . . . might be.”
“Do you know how horny I am? Do you know what pregnancy is doing to me?” My voice rose in pitch as I spoke.
“I just don’t wanna only focus on sex. Especially not after how we started things.”
“It’s not like I can getmorepregnant.”
“I know it’s inconvenient, but I wanna see if I can remember how to be the guy I used to be.”
I closed my eyes even though I wanted to argue further. I would need my dildo tonight. “That’s a very good point, but I’m not happy about it.”
“I may be terrible at this. You’ll have to bear with me.”
“I once dated a guy who fell asleep on the first date. Trust me, the bar is low.”
Dean laughed and shook his head. “You need to raise it a little higher than that.”
“I’m just saying. I’ll be happy with your piercing and you paying attention to me.”
He winced. “Don’t say things like that to me right now. It’s been almost four months without any, and I’m suffering.”
“Orgasms. Cock. Inside me.”
“Grace,” he growled.
“I said you had a good point. I never said I would make it easy.”
“A date. Tomorrow. Let’s start there.”
“Fine. I do owe you coffee, and the flowers are blooming. We can go on a walk.”
“You don’t owe me anything. I’ll be paying for our date.”
“You’ll be paying when you have all the questions the next day. The townwillsee this.”
He sighed. “Yeah, I know. You’re worth it, though.”
I couldn’t stop the smile that made its way onto my face. It still didn’t feel real. Sometimes things worked out exactly as they should.
Maybe this was one of those times.
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