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“So her spoon at hi I think you know exactly what you are saying”

“I do?” Aziz reached down to caress her thigh and leaned over to take her fingers into his mouth

“You…you must”

His tongue swirled around her finger before he gave it a wet suck Laine felt her cheeks groarmer The way he looked at her while he did it…it was just how he looked at her across the table, or when they passed in the hallway

“Hadiya will be back soon,” she muttered

“You haven’t tasted ”

Laine set her bon and took his large hand in both of hers She took in two of his fingers at once up to his knuckle, tasting the sweetness of the batter and the salt of his skin Now Aziz started to laugh His eyes widened as he watched her suckle on him

“Ew,” Hadiya protested as she walked into the kitchen “I hope you washed your hands, Aziz!”

Laine giggled and turned away

“I washed before we began,” Aziz said defensively

“You’d better get out of here before my friends arrive” Hadiya shook her head and rolled up her sleeves to wash up “Laine can stay”

“This is unfair to me,” Aziz said

“You are a man It isn’t proper for you to spend the afternoon with a party of young wo motion with her hand

Aziz sighed dramatically and headed for the kitchen door, but paused for a moment to catch Laine’s eye His twinkled ive him a shove

“One can hardly pry him from you,” Hadiya said as she took over the bowl Aziz had abandoned She had a lot to prepare before her friends came, and Aziz had been the opposite of helpful “Is he more than your client now?”

“I don’t really know” Laine shrugged and then said so Emma had told her once “They say the best way to kill a relationship is to take its temperature”

“How grihed and continued on with her work in the kitchen Laine stayed close to offer a hand wherever Hadiya needed, since she’d turned down Aziz’s offer to have his chef do the work Hadiya liked to do things for others with a personal touch

Laine thought back on her own sister’s words as she cooked She loved the little flirty moments with Aziz, but they ca Yet, the two of thelances, their furtive touches She ht look up in the middle of her work on a room to see Aziz’s eyes on her, and she would si her body naked and finding it a beautiful sight If Aue