“But I’m a good actor, right?” He winked at me and I continued to glare at him. He was a terrific actor. He had had me fooled completely. I could still feel my heart in my mouth from when he told me a bus hit her.
“So why did you get so upset when people brought up Angelica?” I frowned. “You got so mad and kept leaving.”
“I was about to propose to Angelica before she cheated on me.” He sighed. “I was devastated. And I’ve never trusted another bitch again.”
“Excuse me?” I punched him in the arm, hard. “Do not call women bitches.”
“I know. I’m sorry. Forgive me?” He pulled me close to him and kissed my nose.
“Nope.”
“Please?”
“Nope.”
“It was a bad joke.” His lips moved on to my cheeks.
“Yes, it was.”
“I won’t joke like that again.” He kissed around my mouth.
“You better not.”
“I’m glad you’re here with me.” His voice was soft and gentle and I looked up into his eyes and saw care and concern. “If anyone had to play my fake girlfriend. I’m glad it was you.” And then he kissed me. And I melted against him because even though I was angry, I still loved him and craved his touch more than anything. I kissed him back passionately and moaned as his hands found my br**sts. I knew I shouldn’t forgive him quite so easily but inside his stupid little joke made me smile. It was so over-the-top and horrible and so not funny that it made me think that maybe we did have a future together after all. Because how many people could suck as badly as we did with our senses of humor?
Chapter 15
“Do you still think I’m an ass**le?” Harry whispered in my ear as we walked up the stairs to his bedroom.
“Yes.”
“An ass**le that’s going to get sex tonight or an ass**le that’s not going to get sex tonight?”
“We’ll see.” I grinned at him and yelped as he slapped me in the ass.
“You should have seen through my story, Sarah.” He grinned. “Because really what guy is going to turn down any sort of sexual experimentation?”
I laughed then because it was true. “You know I had been wondering about that when you kept bringing up the fact that you weren’t interested in trying all those new moves and positions.”
“I can show you how much I like new positions tonight, if you want.”
“I don’t want.” I ran up the rest of the stairs and into his bedroom, laughing as he caught me and pulled me down onto the bed with him. “Harry, don’t.” I giggled as he nuzzled my neck. Then he moved his face up to mine and looked me in the eyes. All of a sudden his body stilled and his gaze was intense.
“It was a stupid joke, Sarah. I won’t do that again.”
“You better not.” I sighed. “I felt so bad for you.”
“And you don’t still feel bad for me?”
“No, not as much.” I laughed.
“You have no heart.” He grinned down at her. “Maybe I’ll call the Wizard.”
“The Wizard?” I looked up at him in confusion. “What Wizard?”
“The Wizard of Oz, duh. He’ll be able to give you your heart back.”
“Did we switch brains tonight?” I looked at him in amazement, surprised that he had a sense of humor similar to mine. “Did some sort of Freaky Friday thing happen here?”
“I can’t be as goofy as you?” He lay down next to me and smiled.
“You’re goofier than me right now.” I laughed. “I’m not sure if you’re putting it on to try to get into the back of my pants or if you are normally this bad.”
“Back of your pants?” He raised his eyebrows at me.
“You know,” I whispered. “The backdoor.”
“The backdoor?” he whispered back at me dramatically.
“You know.” I rolled my eyes, exasperated. “Anal.”
“Oh.” He burst out laughing. “You think I want to do anal with you?”
“Wasn’t that the point of the story?”
“No.” He paused. “Though, if you want it to be, it can.” He grabbed my hand. “I wanted to lighten the mood but I got carried away. Angelica was my first and only love. I don’t know that I ever really got over her. I didn’t want to focus on that.”
“Yeah.” I tried not to sigh. I didn’t want to talk about Angelica anymore. I felt the stirrings of jealousy run through me again. “So instead, you made up a ridiculous story that could have been a Lifetime movie.”
He laughed. “I’ll pass on Lifetime. I think I’d sell the rights to HBO or Showtime instead.”
“Uh huh.” I rolled my eyes and him. “Harry,” I yelped as his hand inched its way under my shirt. “Harry.”
“Sshh.” He grinned at me. “I’m trying to have my wicked way with you.”
“It’s not going to work.” I stopped his hand. I wanted to ask him more about his evening with Angelica. I had an insatiable need to know more. And I was scared. I was scared that I would tell him I loved him if we made love.
“Sarah.” He grabbed my arms and pinned them above my head. “Are you sure?” He held both of my wrists with one hand and moved his other hand back to my br**sts and rubbed his palms against my ni**les. It seems to me that you’re hoping for something.” He grinned as he pinched my already hard ni**les and I wriggled beneath him.
“Harry,” I inquired steadily. “Did you know that Jane’s aunt was on ‘The Biggest Loser’ and lost a hundred pounds?”
He stopped what he was doing and looked at me in confusion. I sighed in relief. I wasn’t sure that I would have been able to keep resisting him. “What are you talking about?”
“Jane’s Aunt Lulu back in Miami got picked to be on ‘The Biggest Loser’ and she made it to the finals. She lost a hundred pounds.”
“Uhm ok? This is important to me because?” He frowned and I grinned.
“I was thinking that perhaps we could do our own biggest loser competition.”
“Why?” He looked me up and down and I flushed. “You don’t need to lose any weight and I’m happy as I am.”
“Thanks for the lie.” I grinned happily at his words. “But I wouldn’t mind losing a few pounds.”