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“I’m gonna need to get a gym membership if you do much more experimenting, baby.”
Taryn shrugged and said, “I’ll just feed Cora, then. No worries.”
“Hey, now. Let’s not be hasty. I’m willing to sample your experiments. They’ve all been great so far.”
“Evan, you’re so selfless. I don’t know what to say,” she said, her voice laden with sarcasm.
He ignored her tone completely and said, “What can I say? I’m a giver.”
“So modest, too,” she added drily.
“I don’t think you realize, but the mushroom guy has the hots for you.”
“No way,” she said. “I’m just friends with his sister. She was at the bar with us on Halloween. I don’t think. Really?”
“Yeah,” he confirmed. “I have to say, he had me feeling a little possessive. I’m normally not, but there’s something about you.”
“Wow. I had no idea about Bruce. Weird,” she said. “There’s nothing for you to worry about there. I’m not into guys who wear patchouli.”
“Mhm,” he said as they continued to walk.
“Evan,” she said, realizing he had grown silent. When he turned to look at her, she said, “I’m yours. Realistically, I’ve been yours since you tossed that box of books down the stairs at me.”
She saw something flare in his eyes and felt the light grip he had on her hip intensify for a moment before he spoke. “We’re done at the farmer’s market.”
Taryn asked, “We are?”
His tone firm, he said, “We are. When we get back to the apartment you’ve got five minutes to do whatever you’re going to do with all those vegetables and then I want you in my bedroom, naked.”
Her eyebrow raised, but she still felt her body respond to his words. “Do you?” she asked.
As he steered her toward the car, his tone conversational, he said, “You once told me that you enjoyed when I took total control. That’s what I had in mind, if you’re interested.”
“Oh,” she said, feeling a flush rise up her cheeks. “I’d be very interested in that.”
The easy pace they had been making toward the car sped up ever so slightly. She wondered what he had in mind. She couldn’t wait to find out.
He interrupted her thoughts and asked, “Should I stick with things that we’ve already done together or did you want me to push your boundaries?”
She thought about it for a minute and then said, “I would be okay with trying new things.”
They stopped on the passenger’s side of the SUV and he opened the door. When she slid inside, he looked at her steadily, cupping her chin in his hand.
“The same rules apply. If I’m hurting you, if you’re uncomfortable, or if you want me to stop, tell me immediately.”
The other night they had discussed things they wanted to try in bed, and things they’d never ever want to try. She guessed that he had steered them into that particular conversation in preparation for this.
“I’ll stop you,” she agreed.
He leaned in and gave her a quick, hard kiss on the mouth. “Good.”
The drive back to the apartment was relatively quick. Neither of them spoke. She figured they were both anticipating what was to come.
When they separated in the hallway between their two apartments, he gave her another brief, hard kiss on the mouth and then said, “Five minutes. I don’t want you to be wearing anything when you walk into my bedroom. Take your clothes off and leave them in the living room.”
A little less than five minutes later, she stepped into Evan’s bedroom unclothed, nervous and more than a little aroused. A moment later the bathroom door opened and he stepped out. He had changed back into a pair of gym shorts and had taken his shirt off.
The air almost crackled in the room. She had never seen that intense look on his face before. The way that he looked her over with such entitlement made her nipples tighten in response. He moved toward her slowly, his eyes still appraising her.
