She walked up to Layton, laughing, as she closed his mouth with her finger.
I tried to smile. “Layton, I didn’t know you were standing there. ”
He walked up to me and took me into his arms. He kissed me so passionately it almost felt like all the air left my body. He slowly pulled his lips away from mine. The smile crossing his lips caused me to giggle.
“Will you do me a favor?”
“Anything,” I whispered.
“Go back upstairs and get that vibrator. ”
I let out a chuckle and held up my clutch. “I don’t think it will fit in here. ”
He smiled. “Put it in something else. ”
Oh my God. I can’t believe I’m going to even entertain this idea!
“Mr. Morris, are you planning on being naughty later?”
He closed his eyes and then slowly opened them, capturing my eyes with his. I sucked in a breath at the smoldering look in his eyes.
I stepped back and made my way upstairs to get the Lelo vibrator, my heart pounding the whole way.
By the time I got into Layton’s truck, my heart was slamming in my chest.
I can’t believe I went back upstairs to get a vibrator, for Christ’s sake! I’m never reading another one of Courtney’s books again.
Layton got in, shut the door, and gave me a panty-melting smile.
Jesus…he is so damn good-looking. I need someone to pinch me ’cause I have to be dreaming.
“I can’t believe I did that!” I felt the blush on my cheeks.
Layton placed the back of his hand on my cheek and slowly moved it down. “My God, you’re so beautiful. I can hardly believe you’re here with me. ”
Oh. My. God. I can barely breathe, and my stomach is in knots.
“I was just thinking the same thing about you!” I said with a giggle. “Hey, why did you go outside earlier?”
Layton shook his head and laughed. “Jesus, Whit, it’s bad enough, just seeing you in that sexier-than-hell dress, but when you tell me you can’t wait for me to take it off and see what’s underneath…there’s no way in hell I am going to be able to wait to get you back home. I called and booked a hotel room in Austin. ”
My mouth dropped open before I let out a laugh. “Layton, do you know how happy you make me?”
He leaned over and kissed the tip of my nose. “I hope to always make you happy, baby. Come on, let’s go get our groove on. ”
“I can’t get my groove on in this dress!”
“Fine, let’s go mingle around in a room full of tight-ass investors and maybe take a spin around the dance floor a time or two. ”
I smiled and laughed. “Sounds like the fun will be after dinner—at the hotel,” I said with a wink.
My feet were killing me, and I was pretty sure I was getting dirty looks from almost every woman in the room. It seemed like we had been here for hours already. Layton and I had danced a few times, and it reminded me of the dinners I had gone to for my father’s practice—or Roger’s investment dinners.
I was standing there, talking to a Melinda Ross, hearing all about her fiancé and how he had been cheated out of a promotion because the boss’s son got it instead. I tried to seem interested, but I just wasn’t. I kept looking over at Layton, who was deep in conversation with the only man in the room wearing cowboy boots.
I couldn’t help but giggle. My cowboy.
Every now and then I would say, “Oh, really?” Or I’d nod my head like I was listening. Finally, Melinda must have followed my eyes to see whom I was staring at.