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considered that before.
Becca: You mean sex? That kind of benefit? Like what happened the other night?
Gideon: You know what I mean. You said you've been thinking about it since it happened.
Becca: But don't you think that'll complicate things?
Gideon: Aren't things already complicated?
In another situation, I would have told the guy talking to me about this to fuck off. But I knew Gideon. I knew he wasn't just saying these things to mess with my head or get in my pants. He'd already been there anyway.
The thought of having a friendship like this was refreshing. It was like walking into a relationship with all your cards on the table. There weren't any questions, we knew where we stood and what it all meant. We knew exactly what we both wanted. Sure, it could get complicated, but it didn't have to be. We were friends, great friends, so why couldn't we also have this?
Becca: You're right.
Gideon: So what are you doing right now?
Becca: Nothing, I'm in bed.
Gideon: Mind if I come over?
Becca: I think I'd like that a lot.
Gideon: Then open your door. I'm right outside.
I rushed to the front door and unlocked it. As it swung open, Gideon stepped in, cupped my face, and kissed me as if his life depended on it. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and let him carry me up to the bedroom.
Chapter Ten
Gideon
I was sitting at the head of a long conference table in one of the rooms of my brother's headquarters. Sitting along one side of the table were the Slaters, three brothers with a growing business they planned to move to Canyon Cove.
Working on Mason Abernathy's eco ranch became much more high profile than I expected. I was getting calls from so many different companies with an eye on relocating to the area that I had my pick of who I wanted to work with. It made my time at City Hall with Becca more difficult, but I loved being with her so much that I couldn't stop going.
The Slaters were one of the people who reached out to me based on Mason's ranch. They created a new type of engine technology I didn't fully understand, but I was looking forward to learning more about it from them. They were down to earth guys who grew up in a poor neighborhood, very similar to Gabriel and I. We were all dressed in jeans and kept the meeting more casual than my other presentations.
I kept my phone muted but on the table just in case I got an important phone call or text. At least that was what I kept telling myself. Every few minutes, I checked the phone to see if Becca had texted me what time I should come by. She was the only important call I wanted.
It had been a week since we changed from just friends to friends with benefits. To me, the only thing different about our relationship was that instead of texting each other each night, I was now spending the night with her. It was a great arrangement, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to wanting more.
Things with Becca were different than anyone else. I wasn't lying when I told her I didn't want a relationship. I had had enough of them. I was tired of being that guy who was falling in and out of love faster than most people changed their underwear. Becca didn't deserve to be on that list.
She was different. She was a change from every other woman I had ever been with before. I didn't want to destroy what we had. I didn't want to ruin our friendship. But every night, I wondered how things would change between us if we just admitted to ourselves that we weren't just friends anymore.
"You haven't heard a word I said, have you?" Jake asked.
I glanced up and found Jake looking at me with a knowing smile. In his mid-thirties, he was the oldest of the brothers. I laughed, feeling embarrassed for a moment. I shook my head and pushed the phone a little farther away from me.
"I'm sorry," I said. "I'm expecting an important text."
"Oh, I bet I've had important texts like that before," he said. "What's her name?"
I cleared my throat as I looked away. I was buying
Becca: You mean sex? That kind of benefit? Like what happened the other night?
Gideon: You know what I mean. You said you've been thinking about it since it happened.
Becca: But don't you think that'll complicate things?
Gideon: Aren't things already complicated?
In another situation, I would have told the guy talking to me about this to fuck off. But I knew Gideon. I knew he wasn't just saying these things to mess with my head or get in my pants. He'd already been there anyway.
The thought of having a friendship like this was refreshing. It was like walking into a relationship with all your cards on the table. There weren't any questions, we knew where we stood and what it all meant. We knew exactly what we both wanted. Sure, it could get complicated, but it didn't have to be. We were friends, great friends, so why couldn't we also have this?
Becca: You're right.
Gideon: So what are you doing right now?
Becca: Nothing, I'm in bed.
Gideon: Mind if I come over?
Becca: I think I'd like that a lot.
Gideon: Then open your door. I'm right outside.
I rushed to the front door and unlocked it. As it swung open, Gideon stepped in, cupped my face, and kissed me as if his life depended on it. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and let him carry me up to the bedroom.
Chapter Ten
Gideon
I was sitting at the head of a long conference table in one of the rooms of my brother's headquarters. Sitting along one side of the table were the Slaters, three brothers with a growing business they planned to move to Canyon Cove.
Working on Mason Abernathy's eco ranch became much more high profile than I expected. I was getting calls from so many different companies with an eye on relocating to the area that I had my pick of who I wanted to work with. It made my time at City Hall with Becca more difficult, but I loved being with her so much that I couldn't stop going.
The Slaters were one of the people who reached out to me based on Mason's ranch. They created a new type of engine technology I didn't fully understand, but I was looking forward to learning more about it from them. They were down to earth guys who grew up in a poor neighborhood, very similar to Gabriel and I. We were all dressed in jeans and kept the meeting more casual than my other presentations.
I kept my phone muted but on the table just in case I got an important phone call or text. At least that was what I kept telling myself. Every few minutes, I checked the phone to see if Becca had texted me what time I should come by. She was the only important call I wanted.
It had been a week since we changed from just friends to friends with benefits. To me, the only thing different about our relationship was that instead of texting each other each night, I was now spending the night with her. It was a great arrangement, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to wanting more.
Things with Becca were different than anyone else. I wasn't lying when I told her I didn't want a relationship. I had had enough of them. I was tired of being that guy who was falling in and out of love faster than most people changed their underwear. Becca didn't deserve to be on that list.
She was different. She was a change from every other woman I had ever been with before. I didn't want to destroy what we had. I didn't want to ruin our friendship. But every night, I wondered how things would change between us if we just admitted to ourselves that we weren't just friends anymore.
"You haven't heard a word I said, have you?" Jake asked.
I glanced up and found Jake looking at me with a knowing smile. In his mid-thirties, he was the oldest of the brothers. I laughed, feeling embarrassed for a moment. I shook my head and pushed the phone a little farther away from me.
"I'm sorry," I said. "I'm expecting an important text."
"Oh, I bet I've had important texts like that before," he said. "What's her name?"
I cleared my throat as I looked away. I was buying
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