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My stomach growled, and I slapped my hand over my belly.
“Hungry?” he teased.
“All the time,” I said.
“Let’s eat then. Are we eating in or out?”
“Let’s go out.”
“Just tell me where to go.”
“I thought we could go to the brewery and burger place nearby. They have great food, and we can walk.”
“Ah, I've gotten beer from here although I've never eaten there. How's the food?”
“Excellent. They have a good variety from basic pub stuff to fancier things. Since I didn't know what you liked, I figured that would give us options.”
“I am a fan of options,” he replied with a grin.
As we walked out of my building, he rested his hand on my lower back, gesturing me through the door. I didn't want his touch to leave.
He stopped on the sidewalk, glancing down. “How are you?”
I looked up, puzzled. “Good,” I said slowly.
“How are you with this? I should say.”
My heart started to beat faster, my body’s response tangling within the fact that it couldn't forget that night with him. It didn’t help that he was so damned sexy. Oh. My. God. Just looking up into his dark eyes sent heat rushing through me.
“By this, you mean having dinner?”
“This meaning having dinner, meaning we had a hot night, and now you're having a baby.”
“Um, it’s a lot, but I think it’s good.” My belly spun in flips.
His eyes searched mine. “I'm going to kiss you,” he said, his voice low and deliberate.
I felt breathless as I nodded. Then his hand was sliding into my hair. It felt as if he was going slow, almost as if to give me a chance to say no. I couldn't, and I didn't want to. I knew what Chase’s kisses were like, and they were toe-curling and meltingly good.
The second his lips brushed over mine, my entire body sizzled with anticipation. I felt the press of his fingers against the back of my scalp and his thumb brushing along the side of my neck. I let out something like a gasp just before he fit his mouth over mine, his tongue sweeping in. Once again, I forgot everything, just as I had the night we made a baby, the very baby I was now carrying.
By the time he broke away, I was breathless and feeling hot, needy, and restless. I had one arm clutched around his waist and the other clinging to his shoulder as I stared up at him. He held me fast against him.
His fingers loosened in my hair, and his hand slid down, his thumb brushing along the side of my jaw. “Fuck, Hallie,” he murmured.
“What?” I rasped.
“You make me crazy.”
“I know the feeling,” I managed to tease in return. I laughed a little, almost in shock, almost in awe, and tied up with a need that only he could unravel.
