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He abruptly stood up and I bit ainst his pajamas They stretched sohe was definitely up
“Point well made,” I said “Tomorrow it is”
Although Nate had agreed to wait to have sex until we played out our little “strangers in a bar” fantasy, I could tell he was disgruntled For some reason his irritation made me want to torment hirabbed his hand alked down to breakfast, trailing the fingertips of my free hand over the skin on his forearm exposed by his T-shirt
Walking down the stairs, he frowned atthat deliberately”
“Are you saying I don’t get to touch you at all until toht?”
“No” He suddenly stopped and pressed ainst the wall of the stairwell, histheir way up h
“Nate” I gasped, looking down the stairs to make sure the entrance was empty
“You tease ainst my lips “I tease you tenfold in return”
I fought with the desire floodingour very nice inn owner My concern won out and I reached for his wrist under my dress and forcefully removed his hand with a flash of ire in my eyes that made him smirk in triumph “Not here”
“Just playing your gahad happened
There was only one other couple in the dining hall that early in the reeted us hello as we grabbed some coffee from the buffet area
We’d just taken a seat at a table when Aydan came out of the kitchen and bea?”
“Yeah,” I said, fighting off a yawn “I’ it, actually But this will help” I raised my coffee cup
“So will some food” She handed us each a menu “I’ll be back in a minute to take your order”
We were looking over the ss, potatoes, and bacon; pancakes, ood breakfast is here” I glanced over at my husband, who see the egg white frittata, aren’t you?”
Nate used to indulge more food-wise but he’d found, as we all found, that he couldn’t metabolize crappy food as well as he used to So he only indulged every now and then
“Aye” He nodded, his eyes twinkling with aed me that he had more willpower than I did
“I’ the waffles with bacon,” I immediately decided
Nate laughed and leaned over to caress the top of my ass, which thankfully was hidden from anyone else’s view by the back of my chair “You eat whatever you want, babe We’ll both enjoy the fruits of that labor”
I should have glared at hi me up in the breakfast room of this quaint inn, but I couldn’t, because it felt like I had uy who ave him a soft smile
For soaze turn liquid with heat, and he impulsively leaned over, cupped my face in his hand, and kissed me Hard Deep Quick
When he let h to be embarrassed that he’d just Frenchedto eat their breakfast I could only blink, dazed,for more “What was that for?”
“Because I love you” He shrugged, like it was most obvious answer in the world
Before I could say anything else, the sound of Bailey Hartwell’s raised voice met our ears from somewhere near reception “It’s ridiculous, that’s why!”
Nate and I shot each other ah I kneere both listening in Nosy buggers
Her voice was lower now, and the fact that we hadn’t heard another voice reply suggested she was on the phone “Vaughn, we have a house,” she hissed “We don’t need anotherWhy would you sell it? It’s beautifulWe don’t need to buy a house together to be togetherit’s a waste of er stretch of silence “Okay, if you’re that intent on wasting money, why don’t we just strip the house out and ht on the waterStop being ro to be practical, you know it confuses meStop it, I’m at the inn” Her voice dropped even lower Her breath see to pay for that, TrehnOkay, fineI love you, too, you handsome bastard”
That seemed to be the end of the conversation, and I turned to Nate, laughter bubbling in my throat “That sounded familiar”