Convenient Love - Asrai Devin (top ten books to read .TXT) 📗

was a little disappointed when he came home forty-five minutes later. She cursed herself for not asking that his mom not tip him off. She held her breath waiting for him to storm down the hall. Ten minutes later his heavy footsteps made her heart pound in her chest.
His door opened and he flipped the light on. Penny sat up in the bed. "Hi."
He jumped half a foot. "Shit. Hell. You scared the life out of me Penny." He slammed the door before sitting on the bed, his hand over his heart. "What the hell are you doing lurking in the dark? Does my mother know you're in here? Or did you sneak in the window?"
"She knows. I knocked on your front door then asked her if I could ambush you. Well, ambush was her word."
"You just don't get it do you?"
"No, not really. I don't get why you see all these differences. We are more the same. We have to sacrifice for our families. We work hard. We're intelligent. We're sexy. And we love that stupid store."
"I live with my mother. I have faded furniture that was around when I was born."
"I live with my mother. And my dad sits in a chair that he's had since 1979. Speaking of which, he and my mom want to retire early and travel. I can't run the store alone." She touched his cheek. "I need you."
"As an employee."
"As a partner. If we look at the store alone, I couldn't buy it by myself. Between the two of us ..."
His shoulders drooped. She was close.
"I don't want to be only business partners. I don't know how you feel about working with me and coming home with me as well. I know I'm not perfect. You like to go out and I'd rather stay home."
He didn't respond. He didn't even move.
Penny started to get off the bed. "At risk of annoying you, I'll leave you with that. And I don't believe any of your BS with Monica."
His hand shot out and grabbed her. "We could compromise." His voice was hoarse, as if he struggled to contain himself.
"On what?"
"Going out and staying in."
Penny lifted her head and met his eyes. They shimmered like tiny pools of water. She stepped toward him.
"I live with my mother. I can't change that."
"I wouldn't ask you to. I still have years of school left."
"When you are done you won't want to leave?"
She sat on his lap and leaned her head on his shoulder. "I only wanted to leave because I thought I had nothing here. I was wrong. You are here."
He lifted her head and pecked her lips several times. She laughed. "Kiss me properly."
"I don't know how. I've never kissed anyone before. Will you show me?"
She pressed her lips against his. He remained stiff. She shoved his shoulders. "Shawn. You aren't playing fair."
He laughed. Then, he framed her face with his hands to bring her close. She met his kiss, with parted lips and her tongue sought his mouth. His hands skimmed up her sides under her shirt, pulling it away from her. The skin on skin contact caused Penny to shiver.
"Too fast?" he inquired, brushing his lips over her forehead.
"I've been dreaming about this moment for five years. I don't think it can be too fast. But, uh, I should tell-"
He pressed his fingers to her lips. "I know." She was a virgin. She had been waiting for him. It was so cliché. She hadn't planned to, it merely happened. "We aren't going that far tonight, Penny."
"Why? I'm willing. I'm ready."
"I want to make it as good as I can. That takes time. For now, I want to hold you. What will your dad think if you don't come home?"
"He knows where I am. I'm an adult. What will your mom think?"
"She knows where I am. I'm an adult."
"What you are is a smart-ass."
"That's why you like me. Come on and lay with me."
They snuggled into his single bed. Penny kissed his nose.
"Penny?"
"Yes."
"I love you."
"I know babe."
"It still needed to be said." He was right.

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Publication Date: 03-22-2011

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