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I felt the sairl who tasted like honey and hI did with Poppy was slow and careful It was thoughtful stepstoward each other until wewas deliberate and done in a way that ht

I never considered howa single finger on them It had been shy It had been hesitant It had been tentative … and then it changed It got deot needy It became desperate and frantic in the best way Without the use ofmore than le bit of her I could I couldn’t hold her, so I had to keep her in place with passion and the allure of what else aiting

I almost lost it when she wrapped her ar inside ofthat I should pin her to the counter, that I should put rind the throbbing flesh behind hs, but I didn’t I kept ave her the kiss she asked for, the one that I hoped let her know that I was dead serious about being ready for whatever aiting for us She was the only thing I really felt like I had a handle on anymore … and I’d barely touched her

I texted Poppy to let her know both the puppy and I escaped the night unscathed and asked if she wanted me to drop him off at her place or her work Happy was still too little to co the day I didn’t want to kennel hi around the shop because of all the chereed that he needed to be a little bit older and definitely better trained before he could spend his days wandering around the garage and the fenced-in lot around the warehouse She replied that she was hohnuts on the way over

She looked as tired as I felt when she opened the door So at the puppy while sihtly colored box in led ed at herthe sunshine for the first time It was beautiful and that itty-bitty hint of happiness frolowed from inside of her, reinforced the fact that she orth every effort caring for her was going to take

"I think you’re trying to fattento get her to take care of herself I had no clue what she looked like before Rowdy and her sister brought her back to Denver to heal, but I doubted she was built like a strong wind could blow her over The smaller she was, the easier it was for her to disappear, and I didn’t want that for her I wanted her healthy and strong enough to withstand whatever life was going to throw at her I wanted her to fight, not fade away

She put Happy down and took the box as I held it out to her She looked at it, then up at me She nibbled nervously on the inside of her lip before asking softly, "Do you want to coo to work?"

Hell yes I did I wanted thatme in without question or hesitation, but I couldn’t I had an appointher-end builds and I couldn’t afford to blow hi He was a repeat customer, one that liked to spend money on the especially hard-to-find classics

"Can’t Gotta see a ive you a call after work, and if you’re up to it I’ll swing by and we can work on getting Happy some much-needed manners" I chuckled "He snores and takes upthat sain, that barely-there suess I’ll see you later"

I was going to be dead on h the pain if it ot to spend tio but stopped short when her fingers wrapped aroundout to touch me more and er hesitated to lay her fingers lightly on entle touch all the way through roan as her eyes heated and got soft and warm She balanced the box in one hand and reached in and pulled out a decadent-looking chocolate doughnut with the other I brought her a full dozen because I had no clue what kind she preferred, so I covered all the bases

"Take one with you You can’t go to ithout soary confection froers, where soesture of offeringbecause she wanted to take care of me in returnmy eyes on hers, I took a step closer to her, and slowly, so slowly, so that she would have plenty of time to move her hand away, I loweredin the air in front of mine I heard her suck in a breath, watched the way itther, but she didn’t tell me to stop and she didn’t pull away as I carefully and deliberately slickedwas a burst of sweetness in my mouth, but her creamy, velvety skin was even sweeter She exhaled slowly as I ran the tip of ue across her knuckle and down into the sensitive vee between her fingers I flicked it back and forth and gave the innocent space a very dirty kind of kiss The frosting was long gone but I wanted the ie of what I could do to her, do for her when she was ready for it, to linger in her mind for the rest of the day If I could ers, she had to know that kind of pleasure I could bring her when I got ood stuff would be orth the risk she was going to have to take by letting me in

When I was done, I brushed a kiss across the back of her hand like soht have been ridiculous and antiquated but the gesture ht drop the bakery box and pull me inside the apartment so she could have her ith me