Naughty

At lunchtime he left Denny to make his daily trip the bakery. Not only did he get to see Autumn, he got to have some awesome food, and she was one hell of a cook. Really delicious food, and he was all over that kind of deliciousness.

Seeing the shop busy, Carter walked in, and stood off to the side as Autumn and Hilary served customers. She didn’t look put out, or annoyed. Autumn was smiling, chatting with customers, and simply being herself.

He loved watching her.

When he had first seen her, she’d been a seventeen-year-old, struggling with school, and her place in the world. He had thought her to be really beautiful. A beauty that was on the outside as much as it was on the inside. The years had only done her justice, maturing her beauty.

Fifteen minutes later, and she finally caught sight of him. The shop was pretty much empty, and she let out a sigh. “Sorry about that,” she said.

“Is it always this busy?”

Hilary snorted. “Yeah, lunchtime is one of our busiest times. Carter, can I have your address?”

He frowned.

“My car. It’s been making some really weird crunching noise. It’s kind of making me nervous, and I don’t drive well if I’m nervous.”

“Sure.” He grabbed one of the napkins and a pen, writing down his address. “Bring it in anytime.”

“Excellent. I take it the service is top notch?”

“You won’t get a better service.”

“Awesome.” In the kitchen behind he heard a couple of beeps. “My turn. You stay here, serve this handsome man. I will go deal in the kitchen with their incessant beeping.”

Autumn chuckled, watching her boss disappear.

“She’s trying to pretend not to play matchmaker.” She looked at him. “With her car on the outs, does that mean our Sunday is cancelled?”

“Not a chance. I’m not changing anything. Any more cars will just have to wait. I’ve got a few I can hold off doing.”

“I can’t wait. It’s been a long time.”

“So much for our phone call away, huh?” he asked, laughing.

“I’m not disappointed. Our two times together have been magical, and last night was fun.”

“Speaking of fun, guess who stopped off at my shop today?” he asked. Carter wasn’t going to tell her about it, but he couldn’t keep a secret from her. He didn’t want it to look like he was hiding something.

“Do I want to know?”

“Yep.”

“Someone famous?”

“Nope.”

“I don’t have a clue.”

“Summer.”

“My sister?”

“Yes, your sister decided to come to my place and ask me out to dinner.”

“Oh, what did you say?” she asked.

He frowned. Leaning on the counter, he crooked his finger for her to come in close. “Why would I even say yes, when about two weeks ago I’d say, I was balls deep inside you.” Pressing a kiss to her lips, he smiled. “You need to have a little more faith in me than that.”