“Whatever!” I shouted back.
Even so, I made a mental note, when I came back after work, to bring him some of Willow’s cupcakes.
SIX
FIGURING YOUR SHIT OUT
“Do you think it’s wise that we…” I began, turning to Knox before I finished speaking.
Except I didn’t finish.
Taking one look at how his face was frozen, my heart stuttered.
We were in his kitchen, making dinner. I was on salad duty; he was seasoning the hamburgers he was going to put on the grill.
And I knew by that look on his face, now was not the time to shovel shit at him, something we’d both been finding was fun as all hell to do.
Instead, I put down the knife I was wielding, moved to him and slid my hands from his waist, up his back, pressing myself to him as I pressed him to me with my arms up either side of his spine.
“…that maybe we just keep us to ourselves for a while?” I finished quietly.
He didn’t touch me. Just stared down at me, his expression still frozen, his eyes shielded.
“This is just…it’s just…” Me, Luna Nelson, who really didn’t ever have any problem saying what I had to say, in the face of his, well…face, I was having difficulty finding the words. “You see, I like you. A whole lot.”
I felt his body instantly relax against mine.
Okay…
Um…
What was that?
Whatever it was, it was not for now, at least not right now, so I pushed through it. “And I kinda want this, just for a while, to be just us.”
His body relaxed more, and he finally touched me, putting a hand to my waist.
“I was thinkin’ the same thing, baby,” he muttered.
“I don’t want our beginning to be like Raye and Cap’s, with everyone in our biz. Though, at least they can’t hold a pool, betting on when you’ll give me the business like happened to the Rock Chicks, as that task has already been ticked off your to-do list.”
He smirked.
Hot.
“Or Jessie and Eric’s thing that’s happening now…” I continued and smiled. “With everyone in their biz.”
He bent his head so his lips touched my smile and pulled back.
“Definitely. And I’ve read the Rock Chick books,” he told me. “So I know we really don’t want anyone in our biz.”
Whoa.
He’d read those books?
“You read them?” I asked for confirmation.
“Not all of them yet. I’m up to Luke and Ava’s story.”
