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He just laughed, carefully descending the stairs with my daughter secure in his arms.
Platters of sushi were laid out on the kitchen bar, and Joey’s bouncy seat was set up beside Elliot’s stool. He latched her in and turned on the music.
I blinked at him in surprise when he sat beside me and spread his napkin across his lap. He noticed me staring and turned to me with an eyebrow raised.
“Do you not want sushi?” he asked.
“You’re going to eat dinner with me?”
“Yes. Is that a problem?”
“No, of course not.”
In the weeks we’d lived here if Elliot was home in time for us to share dinner, he held Joey while I ate then we switched off. We hadn’t ever truly shared a meal except for the tacos in his car the day before.
He exhaled through his nose. “We’ll try it. She’s happy hanging out, and I would like to have dinner with you tonight.”
“Okay.” I leaned back to look at her. She wasn’t paying any attention to us, sucking on her fist and gazing at the toys dangling from the bar arching over her. “I would really like that.”
I was two pieces of sushi in when Elliot decided it was talking time.
“Have you avoided me all day because you’re embarrassed about what happened last night?”
I swallowed a mouthful of rice and tuna so fast I had to take a long drink of water to dislodge it from my throat.
“Obviously,” I uttered. “Why wouldn’t I be?”
He scrubbed the scruff on his chin. “At least you’re honest.” Then he snagged me by the nape and tilted me into him so we were face to face, nose to nose. “You have nothing to be embarrassed about. If anyone does, it’s me. I wasn’t in my best form.”
“Your form was fine. I was the one who attacked you.”
He huffed, his hot breath feathering across my mouth. “You might believe I’m a cyborg, but I promise my normal response when a beautiful woman kisses me is not to stand there like my battery needs to be charged.”
“Do beautiful women usually kiss you out of the blue?”
“Not often enough for me to be prepared for it.”
I laughed, and his cheeks rose as he grinned. We were too close for me to see all of it, but the mirth shining in his eyes was enough to send heat through my veins.
“I won’t kiss you again without warning,” I whispered.
“Please do. I’ll be read—”
I pressed my lips to his, and his reaction was instantaneous. He pulled me into him, his fingers tangling in the back of my hair, his other hand on my hip. Tugging my head back, he took control, devouring me in slow, deliberate caresses, aligning our mouths like puzzle pieces, locking us together.
The groan that rumbled up from deep within him was enough to melt me into a puddle. I pressed closer, clutching at his shirt, and opened my mouth to him. My belly was hot, and my breasts were heavy and tingling.
Oh shit.
My breasts were tingling. That wasn’t good.
Elliot pulled back when he noticed I wasn’t kissing him anymore and cupped my face in his hands. “What’s wrong?”
“I…we…” It was too late. I felt it, my tank sticking to my nipples as milk leaked out. I’d flown far too close to the sun, making out with my boss without regard to the fact I was only wearing a nursing tank. No bra. No pads. “I’m wet.”
Another rumble from his chest. “That’s a good thing. I don’t understand why you look like you’re seconds from passing out.”
I closed my eyes, wishing Icould’vepassed out. “Not there. Well, I’m wet there too, but…god, Elliot. I’m so fucking embarrassed right now. Could you just not look at me so I can run out of here with a shred of dignity?”
