pleaded with him to make her come, cried out his name as she did. And she’d climaxed as hard, maybe even harder, than she had at any time while she’d had two men getting her off.
Maybe, just maybe he was in with a serious shot. As far as Steve was concerned, maybe was a huge step forward. He nudged her shoulder with his. “Hey, Pam.”
Pam turned to look at him, her eyebrows raised. “You called me Pam,” she said.
“It’s your name, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, but you call me Pammy to annoy me.”
Because apparently falling in love made him act like a complete tool. His smile turned rueful. “Sorry. It won’t happen again.”
Pam blinked in evident shock. Then her eyes narrowed. “What’s going on?”
I’ve fallen hard for you and it’s time I start being honest about it. Sober honesty was not Steve’s strong suit. That’s why he fell back on glib bullshit more often than not. It was a convenient mask for all the usual human confusions and weaknesses that no guy really liked to go around admitting to.
But he couldn’t be glib with Pam anymore. He couldn’t tease her and act like a douche if he wanted her to take him seriously. To take the possibility of them seriously. He recalled that look of longing in her eyes at the party, the one she’d worn when Corey and Erica’s love for each other had been so obvious. She wanted more than meaningless sex.
And so did he. For the first time, Steve admitted to himself that having a parade of one-night stands move through his life wasn’t enough for him. He longed for things too, the same way Pam did.
Propping on one elbow, Steve held her gaze and brushed a strand of sex-mussed hair out of her face. His heart thundered with the newfound knowledge of his vulnerability. If Pam didn’t even want to give him a chance, he didn’t know what he’d do. “Pam, I think we should talk about—”
“I heard you were both awake.” Steve’s confessions were quelled when Rob walked into the room wearing nothing but a towel and a few droplets of water from the shower. He took in the sight of them lying in the tangle of sheets and flashed them a grin. “Hope I gave you enough time.”
Pam stuffed her face back into her pillow and groaned. “Oh, no. Was I that loud?”
“Neither of you were whispering.” Rob winked. “Hope you don’t mind me using your shower. I have an early shift today.”
With all the nonchalance of someone supremely comfortable with his body, Rob ripped the towel from his waist and tossed it over a nearby chair. Then, completely nude, he started searching the floor for his pants.
And Pam watched him.
Steve scowled. Did the guy have to parade around like that? Did Pam have to watch with such lascivious interest? It had been okay last night, before Steve had realized how he felt about Pam. But now it wasn’t cool. Not cool at all.
“So you have to leave right now?”
Steve’s scowl deepened. If that wasn’t disappointment in Pam’s voice, he was a monkey’s uncle. His chest started to feel tight, like there was a big-ass python squeezing the air out of his lungs.
Finally locating his trousers, Rob chuckled as he pulled them on. “Yeah. I also used your phone before I jumped in the shower. Cab ought to be here in a few minutes.”
“Oh. Okay.”
“Hey.” Rob smiled at her, showing her those perfect white teeth of his. “I had a great time last night.”
Pam smiled back. “Me too.”
Rob leaned over as though about to kiss her. He caught the look on Steve’s face and faltered. Steve figured his scowl must look damn near murderous, because instead of planting one on Pam’s mouth, Rob merely pressed his lips to her forehead before straightening again.
“I hope I’ll see you around soon.”
Steve had to stifle the urge to stand up and punch Rob in the nose when he saw the way Pam’s face fell. The jerk was supposed to say he’d call her, that he couldn’t wait to see her again. Instead, he’d given Pam an obvious
Maybe, just maybe he was in with a serious shot. As far as Steve was concerned, maybe was a huge step forward. He nudged her shoulder with his. “Hey, Pam.”
Pam turned to look at him, her eyebrows raised. “You called me Pam,” she said.
“It’s your name, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, but you call me Pammy to annoy me.”
Because apparently falling in love made him act like a complete tool. His smile turned rueful. “Sorry. It won’t happen again.”
Pam blinked in evident shock. Then her eyes narrowed. “What’s going on?”
I’ve fallen hard for you and it’s time I start being honest about it. Sober honesty was not Steve’s strong suit. That’s why he fell back on glib bullshit more often than not. It was a convenient mask for all the usual human confusions and weaknesses that no guy really liked to go around admitting to.
But he couldn’t be glib with Pam anymore. He couldn’t tease her and act like a douche if he wanted her to take him seriously. To take the possibility of them seriously. He recalled that look of longing in her eyes at the party, the one she’d worn when Corey and Erica’s love for each other had been so obvious. She wanted more than meaningless sex.
And so did he. For the first time, Steve admitted to himself that having a parade of one-night stands move through his life wasn’t enough for him. He longed for things too, the same way Pam did.
Propping on one elbow, Steve held her gaze and brushed a strand of sex-mussed hair out of her face. His heart thundered with the newfound knowledge of his vulnerability. If Pam didn’t even want to give him a chance, he didn’t know what he’d do. “Pam, I think we should talk about—”
“I heard you were both awake.” Steve’s confessions were quelled when Rob walked into the room wearing nothing but a towel and a few droplets of water from the shower. He took in the sight of them lying in the tangle of sheets and flashed them a grin. “Hope I gave you enough time.”
Pam stuffed her face back into her pillow and groaned. “Oh, no. Was I that loud?”
“Neither of you were whispering.” Rob winked. “Hope you don’t mind me using your shower. I have an early shift today.”
With all the nonchalance of someone supremely comfortable with his body, Rob ripped the towel from his waist and tossed it over a nearby chair. Then, completely nude, he started searching the floor for his pants.
And Pam watched him.
Steve scowled. Did the guy have to parade around like that? Did Pam have to watch with such lascivious interest? It had been okay last night, before Steve had realized how he felt about Pam. But now it wasn’t cool. Not cool at all.
“So you have to leave right now?”
Steve’s scowl deepened. If that wasn’t disappointment in Pam’s voice, he was a monkey’s uncle. His chest started to feel tight, like there was a big-ass python squeezing the air out of his lungs.
Finally locating his trousers, Rob chuckled as he pulled them on. “Yeah. I also used your phone before I jumped in the shower. Cab ought to be here in a few minutes.”
“Oh. Okay.”
“Hey.” Rob smiled at her, showing her those perfect white teeth of his. “I had a great time last night.”
Pam smiled back. “Me too.”
Rob leaned over as though about to kiss her. He caught the look on Steve’s face and faltered. Steve figured his scowl must look damn near murderous, because instead of planting one on Pam’s mouth, Rob merely pressed his lips to her forehead before straightening again.
“I hope I’ll see you around soon.”
Steve had to stifle the urge to stand up and punch Rob in the nose when he saw the way Pam’s face fell. The jerk was supposed to say he’d call her, that he couldn’t wait to see her again. Instead, he’d given Pam an obvious
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