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“I’ll have to take a look.” I angle her chin so I can press my lips to hers.
I’m an inch away, her uneven breaths ghosting over my lips when I hear Madison.
“I don’t think they need your help.”
I take a step back, and at the same time, Adalynn walks a few steps forward, her hand on the bottle of sprinkles, when the doors leading to the front of the bakery swing open.
Adalynn clutches the bottle of sprinkles to her chest, that fake smile of hers in place, when none other than Amy Holloway sweeps her eyes from me and back to Ads.
“Justin is getting antsy,” she explains. “I didn’t want him coming back here and umm… interrupting.”
The glint in Adalynn’s eyes tell me that I really need to ask her what book Amy was reading because her walking in on us back here seems to confirm something.
“We found them,” Adalynn says, shaking the bottle for good measure.
“I’m going to grab that icing you mentioned,” I tell Adalynn, heading toward the walk-in cooler because I can’t face Amy Holloway nor anyone else right now.
Women have it so easy, hiding their arousal. Mine is a baseball bat in my jeans. Adalynn can explain the flush of her cheeks away as a result of the heat in the kitchen and her working so hard to make sure everyone has a good time tonight.
I’m in the cooler for no less than five minutes before I’m capable of convincing my cock that it will not be getting any action at the bakery tonight.
Instead of trying to stick around and make polite conversation, I opt to just leave the bakery, but Adalynn is back in the kitchen when I step out of the cooler.
“That look in your eyes isn’t helping me right now.”
She chews on her bottom lip for a few seconds before responding.
“And that doe-eyedwhatever do you meanlook doesn’t help either,” I add. “That innocent persona you seem to have mastered turns my crank like you couldn’t even begin to understand.”
Her eyes drop below my belt.
“Adalynn,” I warn. “You’re fucking trouble.”
She doesn’t open her mouth to chastise me, and that tells me that the line between everyday interactions and the ones we have in the bedroom are starting to overlap with each other.
I grab her hands when she lifts them to my chest, leaning in to press my lips to her temple.
“I’ll see you later,” I promise, before leaving her alone in the kitchen.
Madison grins in my direction when I make it past the display case.
“Have a good night, Chief Tucker.”
I grind my back molars as I nod in her direction, smiling at everyone when they voice the same well wishes, as I make my way toward the front door.
Madison Kelly is trouble, and it makes me wonder if she’s somehow on my team, pushing Adalynn in my direction. If that’s the case, then I owe that woman everything. I’ve spent years wishing for something I was never able to convince myself I deserve. This last week has turned my world upside down in the best possible ways.
If she even had the slightest hand in that, I’m forever in her debt.
Chapter 22
Adalynn
It hasn’t been until recently that I understood all of Madison’s questions.
I had no answer when she asked how I’ve been able to keep my hands to myself where Cash is concerned for so long.
I had to literally will my body to stand still rather than run to him yesterday evening when I came out from the back to find him standing near the display case. It felt natural to go to him, and that’s when I knew I was in trouble.
