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taking interest in a large walk in closet, which was also extremely bare. From what I knew of Teagan, which was not much deeper than his major in college, he was a very simple guy. How had we spent so many hours kissing rather than talking? His bedroom didn’t even tell me what his favorite book was.
    “ So,” I said as I snapped my fingers together. “What do you want to do now?” He gave me a slight smile and put his arm around me, snuggling his mouth into my hair.
    “I want you to take off your shir t again,” he said slowly as he trailed his finger along my collarbone.
    I squirm ed away from him and laughed. “That tickles.”
    “Ah, maybe we should find out all of your tickle spots now that we are alone in a private place,” he suggested with a big grin.
    “No, no. I will take o ff my shirt! No tickling.” I raised my hands up in surrender and he chuckled. He took the beer out of my hand and propped both bottles up against the wall. He turned me around to lay so we faced each other on his bed. We both started touching each other’s faces and his hands followed the curve of my side. When he leaned in to kiss me, I forgot that I knew nothing about Teagan. I succumbed to the desire to be the center of his attention for as long as he wanted me. His kiss was slow and gentle but after several moments, the kiss grew deeper. He lifted the hem of my shirt and gave me a confident look as he stripped it off over my head. He didn’t look at my chest. His eyes remained on mine. He grabbed my waist and murmured, “So soft.” I felt the heat fall from my belly all the way to my toes. He chuckled. He must have felt the same spark.
    “You ’re blushing,” he said with a cocked eyebrow.
    I buried my face in his shoulder and meekly said, “I’m sorry.” He began to rub my back and I felt a sense of calm come over me. The past three days were automatically pushed out of my mind as I listened to the slow breath coming from his rising chest. I didn’t think of Darcy and what she was going through. I didn’t feel the broken distance from my brother. All I could think about was Teagan. He nipped at my shoulder while he rubbed his hands up and down my arms. Someone saw me. Someone wanted to hold me. Someone finally wanted to care. We started to pleasure each other through touches, murmurs, and intimate kisses everywhere.

Nine
    Run Away
    As I wo ke to the naked body beside me and the annoying alarm clock shrilling through the bare room, I groaned.
    “Fuck ,” Teagan said under his breath. I immediately shot off the bed and slammed my hands down on the annoying clock, hoping to silence my swirling brain. How much did I drink last night? After recalling the night before, I shrugged off the feeling of disappointment. Teagan didn’t have a condom so we couldn’t have sex. That was good, I guess. Being safe was a good thing.
    We discovered every inch of each other’s body with our hands and mouths, sans a condom, until we were both too exhausted to continue. The living room party drew us of the bedroom. We joined the small crowd until we both stumbled to the bed, laughing at each other’s missteps. He grabbed me and fully unclothed me. I was so tipsy, I didn’t protest.
    “I already don’t want to go to work.” He cleared his sleepy voice and looked over at me. “I want to sleep in the nude with you all summer long,” he said as he stripped the sheets off of himself.
    “That’s good since it ’s ninety fucking degrees in this place with no air conditioning.” I sighed. “Alas, Mr. Gallagher, you need to get going! It’s your first day of work, Mr. Irishmen.”
    I snuggled up against his back as he tried to sit up and started rubbing his hands over his eyes. He looked over his shoulder at me and grinned.
    “Go back to sleep ,” he whispered in a gentle Irish morning accent.
    “ Hmmm.” I sighed.
    He chuckled and I blocked out the rest of the bustling noise coming from Teagan and the other roommates by