Page 15 (2/2)

She hesitated before signing for the clothes, hoping that was okay But seeing the total for dry cleaning only a few ite back to her cobweb filled bank account, she signed away and added in a tip Eric said it was all on the label, right? Spending a fewa coupleair

Closing her eyes, she let the sun wars would be okay She’d figure so out Maybe she should visit her sister for the summer Give up her room in the apartment She headed back inside and unwrapped the clothes She stepped out of Eric’s shorts and pulled the t-shirt over her head, the distinct sound of so in a sharp breath had her trapped in the t-shirt for a second She shoved it back down over her body and became hyper aware of her purple polka dot underwear

Eric stood in the doorway of the bedrooap between his fingers

“Sorry,” he said, s

“You know, I can see you peeking,” she said, trying to suppress a s He dropped his hand and the pretense that he wasn’t looking at her in only her underwear and his t-shirt and took a step closer Her stomach flipped and this time she kneasn’t because of bad food

“What can I say?” he said, giving a helpless shrug “I’ve never been able to take my eyes off a beautiful woman And in my shirt you have to be theti froht She plopped down on the bed His eyes followed her as she reached for her skirt

Quickly grabbing it, she bent over to put it on and heard a groan colanced up and his eyes were riveted to the neck of the t-shirt that gaped open, showing off her cleavage

“I swear you’re doing this to tortureinto her eyes The flutters were now full on strong wing flaps happening in her stomach His eyes on her, made her feel like she’d never felt before Like there was no place else he’d rather be than with her

“Doing what?” she said, teasingly This was a fun flirtation and as ht he liked her, she didn’t have ti to they wouldn’t be able to finish

“Getting dressed”

“I’ women ould happily stay undressed for you all day Women without weak stomachs like me” She stood and pulled her skirt all the way on, still co that happened, even if she couldn’t remember most of it

“That ht be true, but none of them have listened to my festival performances on repeat”

“True Can you turn around?” she said, ers

“Spoil sport,” he gru Eric’s t-shirt off, she quickly pulled her own shirt on and sat back down on the edge of the bed

“How did your o?”