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She’d worked up an appetite, given the monstrous orgasm she’d had in the ladies’ room just an hour ago.
Since then, Finn had encouraged her to try every dish that was brought to their table. Occasionally he’d send a zap of pleasure to her clit with the remote. Once during the appetizer he left it on so long she had dropped her fork and pushed her hand between her legs. She couldn’t help it. But he would only tease, letting the vibration push her higher and higher until she was ready to explode…and just before she got there, he would turn it off.
“I hope you saved room. We still have dessert.”
“Oh, I don’t know if I could eat another thing.” She patted her stomach.
“I wouldn’t worry.” He leaned in, his mouth just a whisper away from her ear. “You’ll
be working it off later.”
A tinge of excitement tightened in her stomach. With the little teaser he had given through his texts, she couldn’t wait until they returned to their room.
It had been the best day. She had killed at her pitch this afternoon. She had done so well that the couple signed on the dotted line without hesitation. Then she’d arrived at the restaurant for a date with the man she’d been in love with since childhood. And the more sex they indulged in, the hotter he became. Which couldn’t be possible because the guy was smokin’ hot already.
The waiter came to pick up their plates just as a man in a white chef’s coat approached their table.
“Chef Finn.”
“David.” Finn smiled and stood, embracing the young man.
“Chef, I’m so glad you called.”
They had gotten celebrity treatment from the minute they sat down at their table. They hadn’t even had to order. Their various courses, complete with wine pairings, had simply appeared.
“Everything was delicious, incredible. You’ve become a sensational chef.” He turned to her with a proud smile. “Veronica, this is David. Sous chef here at the Lake House restaurant and graduate of the Cooking for the Future program.”
Just as she stood, sweet vibration took over. She stumbled forward, her outstretched hand missed its mark, and she stifled a moan.
“Maybe we should ease up on the wine,” he said as he settled his hand at the small of her back.
David smiled and stifled a laugh.
She sent Finn a withering look, and he smiled back as if he didn’t have her pleasure in his hands. She was nowhere near drunk and he knew it. She didn’t want to forget a moment of this evening.
“Wonderful to meet you, David.” They shook hands.
“David is one of our most accomplished graduates.” With his head held high in pride, Finn clasped his shoulder.
“Because of you, Chef.” Deep admiration gazed back at Finn. “I wouldn’t be here without you.”
“You proved yourself through your cooking.” He shook his head as if David’s comment was preposterous. “I had nothing to do with it.”
As usual, Finn didn’t give himself the credit. Veronica wished could she make him see how much he changed people’s lives. Even her own.
She remembered as if it were yesterday, that freezing cold day in November when she was trying to decide what to do with her life.
“What do you really want, Veronica?” he’d asked.
“I want a happily ever after,” she’d answered without hesitation.
He’d known she was speaking not about an occupation, but about a family, the kind of happy life they had all lived without. But he had managed to take her desperate plea for happiness and transform it into an occupation. He’d suggested she be a wedding planner. The next day, she enrolled in an event management course, and the rest was history.
“Dessert will be out in a few minutes,” David said, interrupting her memories. “And I have some dessert wines for you to taste. All from the Niagara region.”
She knew firsthand just how good the dessert wines from this region were. She had tasted enough for the last six years to warrant a trip to the dentist every three months.
David excused himself and headed back to the kitchen, greeting a few more guests on his way.
