“Why were you thinking about training me like a guinea pig?”
“If you weren’t affectionate, I would have had to train you. But luckily you are, so I don’t have to buy those cheese crackers you eat by the fistful as part of a reward.”
“Only with you.”
Sunny arched her eyebrow in question, and Seb explained.
“I’m only affectionate with you, sunbeam.”
Damn, right to her heart. How was she going to cope with this man now?
To prove how affectionate he was, Seb chose that moment to tip up her chin with his thumb and lean in and kiss her lips. It was closed-lipped but still perfect.
“Food’s up.” The middle-aged server announced and broke them apart when she placed heaping plates of breakfast foods on the table. When she was gone, she turned to Seb.
“Who’s joining us? There’s enough here for five.”
Although Sunny had invited Clover to join them, Clover complained and pointed out the difficulty of all three of them fitting onto Seb’s bike. He’d offered to go home for his truck, but her sister had slouched off to the back porch. Sunny promised to bring her home some pastries from Paige’s place down the street.
“Just us. I’m hungry.”
He sure was. While Sunny only ate two of the fluffiest pancakes dripping in syrup, Seb put away the other three, plus the plate of bacon, eggs, and biscuits, and then he started on the pile of toast.
She had it so bad for him when she realized she was thinking about how sexy he looked, eating so carefully and neatly.
“If you keep watching my mouth, we’re gonna cause a scene right at this table when I put you on my lap, Sunny.” He rasped, draining the last of his coffee.
Sunny was thankful her ass was seated, because it felt as though the entire diner swayed.
There had been so many things she hadn’t been able to say to Seb while he was only her friend, but those restrictions had been lifted, hadn’t they? So, she smiled and traced a pattern on the back of his veined hand as she told him. “You have a very kissable mouth. I’m going to be watching it a lot.”
The heat that entered Seb’s eyes was swift and sexy to watch.
As much as he affected her, she affected him, and she felt airy to realize it. She held physical power over her man. Her touch and words could elicit a reaction from him.
“I’m serious about causing a dirty scene, baby, so help your man and try not to eye-fuck my mouth until I have you somewhere alone, yeah?” he said. His thick voice was so rough and low. Sunny shivered all over, nodding her head.
“Stop being a seductive little harlot. Got it.”
He groaned and rubbed his face, muttering. “She’s gonna drive me mad.”
Sunny took it for the sweetest compliment.
“It’s only what you deserve, Sebastian Priest, after I did all the running until you caught me.”
“Damn straight,” he agreed in a rolling growl as he leaned into her, giving her the smell of his gorgeous cologne as he caught her around the back of her neck, bringing Sunny’s nose tip to his, “you got us here, baby, I’ll take us the rest of the way.”
She wasn’t sure what that meant, but Sunny would catch a taxi with Seb and go to the ends of the earth with him without so much as one question asked.
Finally, there was no pretense between them.
She could feel what she felt and share all those feelings with the man she adored down to the soul. She’d known Seb for as long as she’d been alive, but there was still so much to learn about him. She’d known the boy and friend. Now, she had to figure out the boyfriend.
The air crackled as they stared at each other.
Seb’s eyes were so fathomlessly dark that she fell into them and didn’t want to climb out again.
Sheknewhe was thinking the same without having to say a word.
