“Well, that was the respectable side of me. The not so respectable side wants to tell you that you look sexy as fuck and I want to pull that dress off of you with my teeth. Not to mention, it’s making me fucking crazy thinking about all of the men that will be staring at you.” I get up and stand in front of her towering over her petite frame and I pick her up into my arms like she weighs nothing and pin her to the wall, lining my cock up with her center. A gasp escapes her lips as I begin to rock against her. “The disrespectable side wants to take you over my knee and spank the fuck out of you for wearing this slutty little dress while I’m not around to put anyone in line.”

“But—”

“Hush,” I tell her before leaning down and running my tongue up her neck. “I also want to remind you that while your friends may want to attract every man within five miles with a working dick, you, Gabrielle Calloway, have a man waiting for the night to be over so he can eat your ass.”

Her mouth drops open and I seize the opportunity to slide my tongue between her lips. She sighs into my mouth and I devour her kiss before she pulls back. “You aren’t actually worried, are you?” She looks up at me, her eyes soft as she traps her bottom lip between her teeth.

I smile and shake my head. “No baby, I’m not worried.”

“Because I’m crazy about you, I would never…” she shakes her head, “entertain anything.”

“I know.”

“I love you,” she tells me and I nod.

“I know that too.”

She pinches my arm and gives me a playful scowl. “Say it back.”

“I love you more,” I tell her as I nuzzle her ear before setting her down. I smack her ass as she scurries back to the bathroom.

The words are on the tip of my tongue, and I almost swallow them down but I figure now is as good of a time as any. “You know, maybe it’s time to break the news to Harper.” Silence. “Baby?” I call again. I’m sure she’s speechless seeing as I haven’t broached this subject and I’m choosing to bring it up twenty minutes before she leaves for the night.

She walks out, her eyes wide and unblinking. “Like…tonight?”

I shrug. “You don’t have to but it might be easier to tell her after a few shots of tequila.”

She blinks her eyes in rapid succession and I roll mine in response. “You spend three hours a night sexting me and complaining how horny you are when you don’t sleep here, I thought maybe you’d want to finally clear the air.”