Page 42 (2/2)

“Because we’re not going to have guilt sex”

He twitched his nose as he slipped his glasses on again, narrowing his eyes in confusion “Wait Are you using ainst me?”

“No…but you were right” I smiled at his uber-serious expression and pointed south at the pup tent in my shorts “Obviously, I want you But I don’t want you to feel guilty or dirty when you leavewill ruin a friendship faster than sex And I…don’t want you to hate me”

“I wouldn’t hate you”

“Asher, your personal grading systeive yourself a D or an F” I grabbed my keys and wallet from the mini console table by the door and leaned in to bite his lower lip “We deserve an A If that means ait, we’ll wait”

He opened his mouth and closed it Twice

“Thatanyone has ever said to me,” he whispered dreamily

I grinned “Ha I can do better than that But we’re friends, so I won’t Come on I’ll take you to your car”

He nodded, casting a scrutinizing gaze around the living area “I should help clean up the boxes and—”

“I’ll do it later Don’t worry about it” I held the door open, then joined hirade today?”

Asher beamed at me “A Definitely an A”

My s I waited till I’d skirtedto me He turned me inside out and made s I didn’t have the right to ask for

Not yet anyway But I’d get there

The rest of my weekend was pretty uneventful I watched baseball with Ezra, graded papers, and studied I was deep into an equation using binoht Well, it was dinnertime for me, but close to bedtih for me to worry