She picked up a tool and handed it to me.
“How about we do that this evening at closing and work out the details of the marriage?” She stood close, looking up at me with those bright blue eyes as she ran her hands across my abs and down to the hem of my shirt.
I gave her a peck on the lips. “That sounds like a plan.”
CHAPTER ELEVEN - SARAH
My nerves were shot after the confrontation with Nancy, but I could tell by Hunter’s body language and tone that if Monk hadn’t been between them to hold him back, Hunter might have done something he regretted. I didn’t think he had any kind of violence in him, but when a man is pushed and the drama includes his child, there’s no telling what kind of emotions might come over him.
I couldn’t believe the looks of his ex. She’s done some hard living for sure and her resting bitch face would put Cruella’s to shame.
Angie finished up with a customer as I returned. After they took their donuts and left, she gave me a knowing glance. “You seem a bit flushed and your lipstick is half gone. Did you kiss him?”
“Maybe.”
I hadn’t told her the real reason he’d wanted me to come by and told her instead that he’d used the proposition as a ploy to get me over for a date after all. I had to listen to her ‘I told you so’, but it was better than her freaking out over a fake marriage.
“Mhm, I knew you taking those pastries were an excuse to see him.” She nudged me with a teasing smile as I stepped around to go into the kitchen. “You likeee him.”
“So what if I do, I’m not getting my hopes up.” I was going to have to take whatever we had a day at a time because it was based on an arrangement and what boiled down to lust. I didn’t want to fool myself into thinking it was more.
“Please, the man is coming around and fixing things. Then he invited you to dinner. He likes you.”
I thought about his impressive erection and clenched my thighs together to relieve the ache. He had liked me for sure. My face began to burn and I didn’t want Angie to read my expression and continue her bout of teasing. I went into the kitchen to decorate a cake for an order and left her to the front to deal with customers.
After work, Hunter walked over as soon as Angie was getting
ready to head out. I gave them a quick introduction and she held her thumb up behind his back and hurried out to her car.
“Does she know about the arrangement?” He watched out the window as she backed out and drove away.
“No. I told her you had a proposition, but I lied about it after I heard what it was. She’d flip out. Have you told anyone?” I wondered if he’d told his Mother.
“Monk knows. Mom knows I’m seeing someone. I didn’t want it to be weird.” He narrowed his eyes as if thinking of how to say what he meant.
“You didn’t want her to think you’re marrying a stranger, so if she thinks you’ve got a girlfriend and you up and marry her on a whim, at least she’d know you dated a little while first.” I gave him a sideways look. “That wouldn’t be weird?” We shared a laugh and he leaned against the counter looking worn out from the day.
“I’m tired. Someone kept me up way past my bedtime.” He stretched his arms and back and then went to sit down at a table.
“Poor baby. I’ll remember not to do that next time we have dinner.” I took the box I’d put aside for him earlier in the day out of the case, and brought it to him.
He grabbed my hand as I placed it on the table. “I’m not complaining and does this mean you want to do it again?”
“Maybe.” I pulled away and he peeked inside the box.
“What’s this?” He leaned down and smelled the apple pie I’d baked special for him.
“That’s for you and Tani.” I walked around to close out my register for the day as he closed it back up.
“You’re going to spoil us. Thank you. Tani is going to love it. We planted an apple tree, but it doesn’t get cold enough for them around here. It’s pretty, but doesn’t produce.”
“That’s a shame.” I liked the idea that he did things with his daughter like plant trees and build her tree houses. From the looks of their home they had lots of fun together. I wondered what it was going to be like moving in and if she’d like me. “I’m looking forward to meeting her – though I’m nervous as hell.”
I felt him behind me and then his arms came up to my sides and his mouth found my neck as I tallied up and put the money in my bank tote. I giggled and walked back to the kitchen slowly, letting him kiss my neck and knead my breasts as he followed. I tossed the bag on the counter near my purse and hopped up to sit beside it. He settled between my legs and slipped his hands around my waist.
“I like that you want to meet my little girl.”
“Well, I figure if I’m going to be around, it makes sense.” My head fell back as he kissed his way down my jaw and to my breasts until I lost my train of thought.