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"Then how can I say no?"
I felt shamelessly triumphant. I was going to see her in just a few hours. "I thought about you last night," I confessed.
Her mouth formed anO. "You did?"
"Yeah. I made a list of all the other places in the city you might like."
She swallowed hard and shook her head. "This isn't real," she murmured.
"What?" I asked.
"I'm dreaming this."
"Scarlett...”
She opened one eye and then the other. "Can I poke you?" she asked.
"Go ahead."
She touched my shoulder. "Oh, right. Yep, you’re solid. I’m not imagining this.”
“What exactly is so hard to believe?”
“You... Just... everything you do.”
I raised a brow. "I stopped following a while ago."
"I can't believe you looked things up because I might like them."
I opened my mouth to ask her why the hell not, but Bella stormed back in.
"I'm ready. My hands smell so nice. What is it?" she asked. She came between me and Scarlett and held her hands up.
I bent to inhale the fragrance. "Jasmine," I said.
"Daddy, can we buy it for home too?"
"Sure. I'll tell your grandmothers you like it. Ready to go?"
She nodded.
As Bella ran out of the kitchen, I zeroed in on Scarlett. "See you at eleven o'clock."
"See you," she murmured, a delicious blush spreading over her cheeks.
***
At eleven sharp, I stepped inside the inner courtyard holding two cups of coffee. One minute later, Scarlett arrived and looked around carefully, her eyes widening when she noticed me. Why was she surprised that I was here? Was she used to everyone just letting her down?
I held out both coffee cups and said, "Different roasts. You pick."
She grinned. "Oh, this is a game now, huh?"
"You pick it, and then I'll tell you what it is. Actually, no, let's make it even more interesting. You guess, and I’ll tell you if it's correct."
"Yes, sir. That sounds great."
Hearing her saysirsent another jolt below my belt. I was walking with a fucking hard-on around this woman, and it was driving me insane.
