Free From One Night to Forever by Synithia Williams

handsome, irresistible man is now living in the apartment right above you, and you have to keep your hands off of him.”
    “Excuse me?”
    “Am I getting closer?”
    She crossed her arms and glared. “No, you’re way off base.”
    “So you’re not upset that I’ll be your neighbor for the next few weeks?”
    “Yes…but not because I have to keep my hands off of you.”
    “Then your brother won’t mind if we continue what we started last night.”
    “Are you crazy? Reggie will go ballistic if we continue what we started. Starting by removing your arms and legs.”
    He sat up and flipped his legs around to her side. “Good, we’re in agreement.”
    Kacey stumbled back and frowned. “On what?”
    “That your very large brother will remove my arms and legs if he knows what happened. So we can’t have sex again. Even though we both really want to.”
    She narrowed her eyes and smirked. “Yes to the first part, no to the second. I told you this morning we weren’t having sex again.”
    He wiggled his brows. “But you want to.”
    His dark eyes sparked with amusement and desire. His lips slanted up in a jump-your-bones smile. Hell yes, her body wanted him again. That was the problem with bad-for-you men, they were always so damn tempting.
    She cocked her head to the side. “Shouldn’t you be worrying about the soon-to-be mother of your child instead of flirting with me?”
    Aaron’s brows drew together. “What are you talking about?”
    “The woman on the phone this morning. Janiyah I think is her name. The pregnant woman?”
    His face cleared up before he broke into a laugh. “Janiyah is my baby sister. She and her husband, who happens to be my best friend, are expecting. As far as I know, I haven’t gotten any woman pregnant.” His face became all seriousness. “If I
had
gotten someone pregnant, I wouldn’t walk away from her or my child. I don’t see kids in my future, but that doesn’t mean I’d abandon a child or its mother if the situation arose. I’m not that kind of guy.”
    “Your sister.” He nodded, and relief relaxed her shoulders. What the hell? She shouldn’t be relieved. So he hadn’t gotten a woman pregnant; it didn’t mean her eggs needed to celebrate. “Oh, well, congratulations.”
    He cocked a brow. “Is that why you bolted?”
    “I didn’t bolt.”
    “Yes, you did.”
    “Well, last night was supposed to be a one-night stand. Now you’re living in the apartment above the garage. This type of stuff only happens to me.” She rolled her eyes.
    He leaned his arms on his knees and narrowed his eyes. “Your one-night stands always end up living next door?”
    She chuckled and shook her head. “No, but impulsive decisions always blow up in my face. Going to your hotel room was a mistake.”
    “It sure didn’t feel like a mistake.”
    Not at all. Kacey crossed her arms again. “But you’re right, we can’t do that again. You’re working with Reggie, and I don’t have time for distractions.”
    “Because of school. It’s your last semester, right?”
    “How do you know that?”
    He shrugged. “Reggie talks about you. He’s proud of you. So much so that I think that, along with removing my arms and legs, he’d burn Bertha to the ground if I so much as touched you.”
    She stepped away from the bed. “Then we’ll be adults and move on. Like we were supposed to do anyway. Reggie is the official landlord, so if you need anything, get with him. I’m in classes during the day and I work at Momma’s Kitchen at night, so we probably won’t see each other much. That’ll make things easier.”
    “Sounds like a very solid, smart, adult plan.” His voice gave her the feeling he found the situation humorous.
    She gave a stiff nod. “Good. Well, I’ll leave you to it then.”
    “To what?”
    “Unpacking.”
    He ran his hand over the sheets. “You don’t want to help me with the bed?”
    Oh, she’d love to help him with the bed.
Stop it, Kacey, this is exactly