“I’m glad you like it. I don’t plan to let you out very soon.”
“Oh, and what do you have in mind to make that happen?”
“I have a few ideas.” He moved his mouth up my neck, teasing the sensitive skin with his lips. When I felt the tip of his tongue, I shuddered. If there was a better feeling than being wrapped in this man, I didn’t want to know it.
“Do you want a drink?” he asked.
“Yes. First things first. You should drink tea.”
He looked perplexed. “Why?”
“Preemptive measure against a cold.”
“Babe, I’m fine.”
“I want to make sure you’re fine tomorrow too.”
His gaze softened. “Okay.”
Adrenaline pumped in my veins. When I was with him, I was able to let go in a way I never had, and just have fun.
And my belly? A crazy number of butterflies roamed around. I’d almost pushed the incident with Hank out of my mind.
“You ever work from home?” I asked him.
“Rarely.”
“If I lived here, I think I’d never leave. But I can work from anywhere.”
“You always wanted to be a reporter?”
“I’ve always wanted to write. Well, books, but you know, I got this job and sort of put everything else on the backburner.”
“You should try it,” he said with a smile that was contagious. What was it about him that made it so easy not just to voice my dream, but also imagine what it would take to go after it?
***
Ryker
“How long have you lived here?” she asked while we were waiting for the water to boil in the kitchen. I hadn’t even known I had tea, but Heather found everything in one of the drawers.
“Two years. Lived further away before, but I wanted to cut the commute as short as possible.”
“Is this one of Hunte
r’s buildings?”
“No. They don’t do too many residential projects. I just saw an advertisement for this. After checking it out, I came back with my siblings and Hunter to get their opinion.”
“You do everything as a group, huh?”
“A lot of things, yeah. I just trust them, so I know they’ll tell it to me straight.”
“What do they say about me?”
“That you’re just what I need.”
“And what do you think?”