"It's never been a damn pick up line, Tori." He breaths, sounding and looking a little hopeless. Is he hopeless with me?
"Then what is it? Where did you even hear of something like that?" I laugh, but my smile feels wary. I'm sure I'm currently looking like I have a stick up my ass or something.
Ryder studies me, eyes softening as his shoulders slump.
"It's adulthood, with adult fun that comes with stress relief," his fingers brush over my knee, and that single touch mixed with the depth of his voice and lust in his eyes has my core tightening.
"I'm married, Ryder." I use his first name, the only name I should use from now on. It will be something different that I would have to get used to, but...
"For how long?" He asks, one eyebrow raised in question. It's not a rhetorical question
