“I want to make this clear.” I rub my mouth and then drop my arm. “This arrangement isn’t a free pass to sleep together. No matter how…” Don’t say the word horny in front of her like we’re fourteen. I’m twenty-eight. She’s twenty-three. I restart, “No matter how attracted we both are to each other.” Her mouth falls and wavers into a shocked smile. “You just said out loud that you’re attracted to me.”

