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“I mean the orifices I get, but isn’t that exhausting?”
“Okay, that ends that.” West grabbed her pink jacket off the hook and led Lauren off the bus. “We’ll see you guys in an hour.”
“But I have questions,” Lauren said, glancing toward the fount of sexual knowledge that was their Jules.
“Some of those questions will require more wine and less pushiness, babe.” He dragged her down the stairs and caught her before she took her ankle out on the last step. “Whoa there.”
“Shoes of Satan,” she mumbled as she dragged on her jacket.
He laughed. “Guess we’re going to Target. I need some supplies anyway. And so do you. We’ve got a few full days coming up.” He laced their fingers.
“We do? And did you call me babe?”
“I did.”
“Hmm.” She did her check biting thing again.
He was going to have to start distracting her when she did that or her cheek was going to be raw. And he had a lot of plans for that delectable mouth.
“I thought we were just going to your show in San Francisco, then Los Angeles.”
“That we are, but I have a very important event tomorrow. I think you’ll like it.”
“What is it?” She clomped awkwardly on the wet pavement behind him.
He wouldn’t miss the Pacific Northwest’s rain at all. He missed sunshine and the beach. In that order. Instead of answering her, he grabbed a cart and made a beeline for the shoe department as soon as they walked through the front door.
He tossed a bag of socks into the cart as he walked by. Rainbow colors at the toes and heels. It seemed her.
“You have got to stop buying things for me.”
He waggled his eyebrows. “You already promised me oral favors for the last shopping sp
ree. Or did I just imagine that?”
Chapter Ten
West sucked in a breath. Shit, he’d just been joking. Hopefully, she wouldn’t get the wrong idea.
“It can definitely be arranged.” She nodded and crossed her arms under her breasts.
“Don’t get that look. I don’t expect you to trade sexual favors for a shopping spree. I was kidding.”
“You should have some sort of compensation, West. I’ll pay you back, but with my lack of current employment prospects, I can’t say when. I promise I will though.”
“I like buying stuff for you. Besides, you never buy boring shit, so that’s even more fun. I don’t know anyone who has a bowling jacket in that color. Or any color.” Relieved that she didn’t seem to be holding his admittedly skewed sense of humor against him, he wheeled the cart between racks. “I only grabbed it for you because you were cold. I didn’t expect you to actually like it.”
She tugged the snaps closer together over her chest. “I love my jacket.”
“It’s adorable.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever been called adorable.”
“Well, get used to it. Now, let’s find you a few pairs of comfortable shoes. We’ll be doing a lot of walking tomorrow. Sneakers?”
“I’ve been known to wear sneakers.”
“Good, then you’ll know what to get.” He turned down a shoe aisle and pulled down size tens.
