“Yeah.”
“Well, consider me your very own Lambykins,” he retorted, kissing my neck and I chuckled before tugging on his beard.
“In all seriousness, Scooby, is that okay?”
“That you’re a virgin?”
I nodded.
“Fuck, yeah, it’s okay. But you know it means the stakes are higher, right?”
“How so?”
“I’m gonna be your first, which means, I’m sure as hell gonna be your last,” he said, leaning down to kiss me gently.
“I can live with that.” I smiled against his mouth. “Does this mean I’m your old lady?”
He leaned back slightly. “Who told you that?”
“I had a few visitors today.”
“Do I want to know?”
I gave a quick rundown of the ladies visit and he dragged his hands down his face. “Jesus fucking Christ. They need to mind their goddamn business.”
“You can’t be mad at them,” I said.
“Why the hell not?”
“Because they’re kind of the reason I came to my decision.” He crossed his arms and scowled, and I nearly burst out laughing. “Are you trying to intimidate me?”
“Fucking hell, Rowan, no, I’m not trying to intimidate you.”
“Oh, good, because it’s not working.” I smiled up at him, squeezing his arms. “For your information, they had some really nice things to say about you.”
“Oh, I bet they did.”
“They did. Especially Violet. Did the two of you ever date?”
He let out a snort. “Fuck, no. Jesus, why would you think that?”
I shrugged. “She’s just really pretty and seems to adore you, so I wondered.”
He relaxed his arms, wrapping them around me. “Not that I was interested, but she was Sundance’s princess, so she was off-limits. But the thing about Letti, is that she’s cool as fuck, so she wheedled her way into being one of my best friends. So, yeah, we’re close. But she’s also young and totally not my type.” He gave me a squeeze. “You are.”
“I wasn’t angling for reassurance, honey. It was just a question.”
“Love it when you call me ‘honey,’ honey.”
I grinned up at him. “I’ll do it more often, then… honey.”
“What else did the Primal Housewives of Monument have to say?”
I chuckled. “Is that what y’all call the women?”
“Either that or the Primal Hotties.”
“Oh my god, Ilovethat,” I breathed out. “I want to be a Primal Hottie.”