I promise not to thy off the handle, "Ethan said, a small smile curvie over his lips. He reached forward and tugged at one of my carls, "Thank you, by the way.


    My shoulders sagged. What was happening now? "For what?"


    "Thank you for being so open-minded about this. It was Sethi who answered, but almost inmediately after saying it he walked mway to get dressed, leaving me alone with Ethan in the kitchen ngalil.


    Ethan stepped towards me, stooped down, dropped his arms gently on my shoulders, and locked his wrists together behind my head to pull me to him. Once I was close enough he shoved his hands into my hair, holding me in ce as he captured my lips with frantic, open-mouthed kisses that made my knees weak,


    When he pulled away, I whimpered and tried to initiate the kiss again, but he refused. His hands tightened an instant in my hair, pulling so that my head bowed backward. The heat in his eyes as i watched him scorched me from the inside out. After his hands pulled away, I kept my head in that position, waiting... hoping he would kiss me again, but he didn''t.


    His


    pleased expression told me I did something right.


    One of his arms dropped and wrapped around my waist, his other hand caressing the contours of my face. I closed my eyes, getting. lost in his exploration, but his voice interrupted my descent into Happnd,


    Keep your eyes open."


    My eyes popped open instantly.


    "You''re so beautiful," I whispered as I stared into his eyes.


    His mouth twitched but didn''t morph into the smile I wanted to see. This was intense. He hadn''t really done anything, yet the atmosphere around him had morphed into something I couldn''t put my finger on. "And you are so fucking sexy," he whispered back to me. "Tve missed you. Four days is definitely too long. Seth felt like you''d abandoned us."


    I tried to pull away and protest, but Ethan''s grip tightened. "I told you both I had to study and the double shifts were k figured if I came here we wouldn''t be sleeping and I needed that."


    killing me. I


    -You should know better than any of us that this rtionship isn''t based on sex alone. We can be around each other and not have


    I rolled my eyes. "You clearly haven''t looked in the mirrortely," I grumbled.


    Ethan chuckled but sobered quickly. "Move in with me."


    Not this again. "Ethan="


    "Just think about it. Seth''s lease is up in a couple of months and I''ve been talking to him about it too."


    "I don''t think your apartment is big enough for all three of us."


    "Well, then we find another ce."


    I don''t


    Je ced a hard, silencing kiss against my lips. "Just think about it. Please."


    Tishred in running wine Ath my brain. Framed in eyebrow. To de probably be persuaded.


    Dchan that looked warthy down at me this Ume. Persuaded h 12


    1 stood up on my tiptoes and whispered dirty things-things I was hard he had to pull away to clutch his stomach. He wiped the tears again. "I thought you were gonna ask for a quickie, but that-that


    My mouth dropped open. "You''re joking!"


    He shook his head. "Those ah-role y costumes are pretty specifics


    "What I miss? Seth asked,


    "Cassie has a cartoon porn fetish and wants to-role-y."


    y partially serious about-in his ear that had himughing so lim his eyes and tried


    to get back to his serious démeanor


    make Happen. Til need a few days."


    His short ofughter Interrupted him.


    I gasped in outrage and pped him in the chest. "It''s not cartoons, ''s anime!"


    Another bout ofughter attacked Ethan and I turned to Seth for some understanding, but the way he was dressed almost killed me. "Whoa. You look amazing!"


    "Thank you," he said, his eyes twinkled with mischief. "Don''t try and change the subject though. What type of cartoons)


    "Artime! Ani-may!"