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She ignored him and kept moving. Once ins
ide the building, she began calling to the men, setting up the fare on a table where she shoved aside piles of paper, clipboards, and other junk she was sure was important but didn’t matter to her at the moment.
“Everyone, come and eat to keep your strength up. I know you’re going to be head down, going at it the rest of the day. Plus, it’s about to come down out there.”
Cheers rose all around. Hector was the first to reach her with a toothy grin. He ripped into his sandwich and scrubbed the back of his hand across his mouth while he chewed heartily. “Ms. Jasmeka, siempre es tan bueno!”
She laughed. “Of course my food is always good. You better believe it. Now eat up, everyone. Where are the twins?”
“Jasmeka!” Miguel entered the building carrying the other basket.
She pointed out where he should sit it. “Right there. Thanks. Eat up. I think I’m going to close the kitchen tonight, so you can figure out what you’ll do if you get hungry.”
He glared at her. “Is that your call? Why are you—”
“Later, guys.” She waved at the others and moved past Carmen, who watched her with curiosity in her expression.
Once Jasmeka was outside, she picked up the pace, but the crunch of gravel sounded behind her. She was jerked around to face Miguel’s angry face and stumbled against his chest because of his rough treatment.
“Do you mind?” she snapped.
“Yes, why are you so angry?”
“Let me go, Miguel.”
“After you explain.”
She tried to look past his shoulder but failed because he was keeping such a sharp hold on her. “Carmen’s going to follow you in a minute. Do you really want her to see me lying on your chest? Let go.”
He didn’t budge, the stubborn jerk.
“I’m not angry,” she lied. “I’m busy. The storm is coming, and I’ve got things to do.” To accentuate her words, another plop of rain landed on his head and ran down the side of his face. She snorted in amusement, but he hardly seemed fazed.
“I thought we had settled things between us,” he said.
She blinked at him. “Oh, did you? Right, I get it. I let you do me, and it’s all good. What was I thinking?”
“Don’t be crass. You’re not that type of woman.”
“You don’t know me that well.”
“If you have a problem, Jas, just say so. Tell me straight out.”
“My problem is you’re keeping me from my duties. Unlike you, I work here. You’re the boss.”
“Yet, you were just saying you’re closing the kitchen like or not. You have a lot more leeway than you’re pretending to have now.”
There was no sense in explaining to him that she could convince the family that it was pointless to cook tonight. During heavy summer storms, dinner was often light. He didn’t know their routine.
The day grew darker as they argued back and forth until Jasmeka couldn’t make out his face. That meant no one else would probably see them standing there either. She could almost read his mind, as his grip went from her arm to her waist. He dragged her tighter to his length, and her body caught fire.
He nuzzled her cheek and found her lips. A searing kiss left her breathless, and he drew her higher so that she went up onto her toes. This man was killing her with just a touch.
“I don’t want to think about anything except this,” he whispered.
“I’m not like that.”
“Forget everyone and everything except me.”
