“Have I told you how gorgeous you look tonight?” she asked, kissing my neck.
I hummed. “In so many words, yes.”
“Well you look insanely gorgeous.”
“Thank you, Vera. You look and smell so good tonight.”
I made a point to smell her neck before kissing it, enjoying her intake of breath.
Sadly, our food arrived before I could continue smelling her. Her cologne was my kryptonite. We thanked our waitress before saying a quick toast.
“Cheers to new adventures.” I smiled and repeated the toast before connecting my glass with hers.
After our toast I brought her in for a kiss, letting it linger and enjoying the moan it produced from her. I’d always loved kissing, but kissing Vera was my favorite. She was so responsive anytime we kissed.
She pulled back and I frowned. “I was enjoying that, you know.”
She placed her hand on my thigh a little too high and squeezed. “Oh, I know you were. I can guess exactly how much too, but you need to eat something.
I rolled my eyes just as my stomach started to growl. She fed me a taco and I groaned at how delicious it was.
We spent the rest of the evening eating and talking and exchanging small touches, nothing too sexual. Rebecca never came back and no one else interrupted us the entire night. We even shared a few dances before I had too much and was begging for her to take me home, wanting to spend the rest of the night laying in her arms.
Chapter Thirty
VERA
“Okay, guys. Why don’t we take a break.”
We had been working on construction in the publishing building for months, and it was almost done. The guys had been working hard and deserved a long break. Okay, so I also wanted to spend more time with Cara, so what?
We hadn’t spent as much time together as I would’ve liked since Bali, but I figured she’d run for the hills if I asked her to move in.
Lesbian’s moved fast, but something told me Cara wasn’t wanting to go that fast. I’d worked hard to get her in the first place and I wasn’t about to lose her because I wanted to spend every waking moment with her.
“Serioulsy. You’ve earned it. Take a little longer and enjoy yourselves. Just don’t get drunk.”
“Thanks, boss. We’ll pretend you’re doing this out of the kindness of your heart and not because you want to sneak a quickie in with your chica,” Marco said with a shit-eating grin.
“Go before I change my mind, Cabrón!” He raised his hands in surrender and took off down the hall.
I rolled my eyes and made sure everything was shut down and safe before making my way to Cara’s office.
“Vera. Hi.” She smiled when I knocked on her door. When I passed by Eloise’s desk, it looked like she was out to lunch, too, so I loved that we had some privacy.
“Hi. Can I come in?” I asked.
“Of course. You don’t have to ask.” She stood up and walked over to me, shutting the door behind me and bringing me in for a hug.
I wrapped my arms around her waist, not wanting to let her go. It had only been a few days since we’d gotten to really spend any alone time together, but I’d missed her, and the way she was still hugging me, I could tell she had missed me as well.
“Hi,” I said when we parted.
She kissed me softly. “Hi.”
“Come back.” I wasn’t anywhere near done with that kiss yet.
She smiled when I cupped her jaw and brought her lips closer to mine before I connected our mouths once more.
