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I’m just happy because I like it when you call me Joshua,” he said, smiling. His fingers brushed the hair at the top of my forehead and he kissed me gently.
There was something so intimate in the way he was with me I had to change the subject.
“What’s this, Joshua?” I asked, looking away from him, picking up a dog-eared copy of Under a Flaming Sky from the upside-down box he used as a nightstand. I flopped onto my back. “I didn’t know you like to read.”
He scooted down to lie next to me and propped himself on his elbow. “I like to read about fires.”
I held the book over my face. “Is it any good? What’s it about?” I smiled at him. “Will you read me a chapter?”
He took the book from me and leaned over the other side of the bed. “It’s about a firestorm in Minnesota, back in 1894.” When he came back up, he was wearing glasses.
I blinked at him as he flipped to the dog-eared page, scooting to sit up against his pillows.
“Shut the fuck up,” I said, staring at him.
He looked over at me. “What?”
“You wear glasses?”
“Just for reading. Why?”
Just when I thought the man couldn’t get any more attractive, he goes and puts on motherfucking glasses.
“This is a joke, right? You are not allowed to get hotter than you already are. I forbid it.”
He set the book down across his lap and grinned at me. “You like the glasses, huh?” He bounced his eyebrows. “Want me to keep them on the next time?”
I giggled. “Yes, please.”
He pulled the glasses down and then put them back on. His eyes got wide. “Oh, wow. Look how pretty you are!”
I laughed and moved his book, climbing over his lap until I straddled him. His sweatshirt rode up my thighs. Then I held his cheeks in my hands and peppered kisses all over his face. He closed his eyes and let me, beaming like a happy little kid.
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