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Her expression must have betrayed her because his smile slipped and his expression heated considerably. “Same here,” he muttered.
Julie’s throat went dry. It was just like him to try to get her all hot and bothered in a public place when they couldn’t do anything about it. And she was sick of him calling the shots.
“So what now?” Julie asked, hopping to her feet. “Jumping jacks? Pilates?”
Mitchell stood and began walking east.
“Hey, where are you going?”
“Fifth Avenue.”
“Is that where you live?”
“No, I live on Lex. But there’s better shopping on Fifth.”
“Shopping? I am not going shopping like this,” she said, looking down at her damp tank top and muddy legs. “Especially not Fifth Avenue shopping.”
“Relax, we’re not headed to Saks.”
“Then where?”
He named a generic women’s apparel store, and she wrinkled her nose. She might look ratty now, but she did have some standards. This was Manhattan, not Milwaukee.
“Don’t give me that snotty look. I’m not trying to dowdy you up,” he said. “You’ll only have to wear them one day.”
“What day?”
“Today,” he said, sounding exasperated.
“Oh, no. No way. I’m not going to change into anything until I get a shower.”
Mitchell stopped so quickly that she ran into his back. He turned and reached up a hand to flick something off her cheek. Probably dirt. Awesome.
“Me too,” he said huskily.
“Me too what?”
“I want to take a shower too,” he said patiently.
“Okay,” she said, trying to keep up. “So why don’t we just part ways and meet up later? I don’t need the crappy clothes.”
She didn’t question the fact that they’d be seeing each other later. That’s what couples did, right?
Mitchell’s hand slid around to the back of her neck. “I think you misunderstood me again. When I said I wanted to shower … I meant together.”
Oh.
Oh.
* * *
Julie almost always called Riley before any sexual encounter to get the latest tips and tricks.
But with Mitchell, the thought hadn’t even crossed her mind.
“This is nuts,” Julie said in a gasp as he pushed her against his apartment door.
“Hey, at least we made it all the way home and up the elevator,” he said, running his teeth along her collarbone.
