Somewhere, it occurred to her that he was avoiding her question.
Then he began kissing her neck, and she realized she didn’t care that much.
She unbuttoned his shirt hastily, practically shoving it from his shoulders, and the rest of their clothes were discarded with a similar urgency. She forced his mother completely from her mind, and they had s*x on her bed, their movements slow, their kisses passionate.
They lay entangled in her sheets afterwards, cuddling, neither of them eager to escape the comfort. Her back was to his chest and he trailed light fingers across her skin.
“I missed you,” he murmured into her hair. “You know you’re mind now, right? Six whole days…”
“I have to work on Thursday,” she informed him regretfully.
“Five and a half days. I can work with that.”
“Mm. I’m l
