"Thank you for the pie," I tell Joseph as we stand in front of my bedroom door.
I still can't believe he paid one hundred dollars to get a peach cobbler pie for us to share one slice.
He winks at me. "It's nice that you left the rest for housekeeping."
I shrug, not knowing what else to say.
Joseph touches my cheek with the pad of his thumb.
We stare at each other as he lowers his lips to mine. I'm ready. I want this.
A door slams across the hall. Joseph chuckles and glances back.
Alex makes it a point to bump Joseph as she approaches the stairs. He moves past me and opens my door.
"Good night, Reece."
"No 'baby'?" I joke.
"I have a feeling that we'll be interrupted again if I show any affection," he says as I enter my bedroom.
When I turn to respond to Joseph, he's closing the d
