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She blushed from light pink to almost purple and stirred her drink with the tiny straw it had been delivered with.
“Well. I told them auctions weren’t my preferred way of meeting guys, and that you were nice enough, but that I didn’t feel a spark.”
She stared down at her drink.
“Well,” I said. “There ya go.”
I wasn’t bothered in the least by her answer. What else was she going to say? That she wanted to marry me? I had to bite my tongue to keep from smiling.
She met my gaze. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to insult you, or talk trash about you.”
I popped a grin. There was no stopping it.
“Why are you smiling?” she asked.
I couldn’t help it.
“I totally know what ran in Page Six; my admin showed it to me. I think it was hilarious.”
She leaned back in her chair and relaxed. “So you asked just to embarrass me?”
“Pretty much,” I said, nodding.
“Well, you got me on that. Cheers.” She clinked her glass against mine. “In fact, they asked for a follow up in case we got together again.”
“Jesus. Nosy fuckers, aren’t they?”
She slapped my arm with a laugh.
“Well, I guess that’s what Page Six is all about. However, the day after the article ran visits to our website shot up. I had no idea just how many people read that gossip column. Apparently, a lot of moms with kids in poopy diapers,” she said.
“Hey, if you can make money off poopy diapers, I say go for it.” I took her hand, pulling it to my lips for a kiss.
She stopped stirring her drink and looked at me for a tense moment. But she clasped my fingers right back.
With a slight smile, she continued. “The potential is there. We just need to perfect the app and get it to market.”
I studied her. “Are you close?”
She pursed her lips.
“Yes and no. Sometimes the program sends the wrong message to the parents’ phone. Not to get into too much gory detail, but the sensor that sits in the baby’s diaper sometimes mixes things up. But we’re getting there. Our last tests were really good. The moms we had come in loved it.”
She looked at her watch. “We’d better pack it in. At least, I should. Got an early morning, and I still have work to do. The good news is that I can walk home from here.”
Once out on the street, I realized I didn’t want to let her go.
“You know, Nara, I wonder if there is a way I can help. With the company.”
Surprise washed over her face. “Oh. Wow, thank you. But I don’t see how you could.”
“Do you plan to have a launch party or some other sort of event? You could do it at the hotel.”
Her eyes widened “Really? I hadn’t thought that far ahead.”
“I have a lot of contacts. Not because I’m friends with them, I just get a lot of business through the hotel. I wonder if I could hook you up with some celebrity mommies…?”
She shook her head in disbelief. “Oh my god. I should hire you to do my marketing. What an amazing idea. If they like the app, maybe they can give me their endorsement.”
“Exactly.” I laughed. “So much of the hotel business is about promotion. I think I’ve got it in my veins.”
“That’s nice of you to offer. I really appreciate it.” She extended her hand for a shake.
Not quite what I was expecting.
So I took her hand and gently pulled her forward to place a kiss on her cheek. And damn if her hair didn’t smell like pure heaven. And she turned, ever so slightly, toward my kiss.
That was all I needed.
I brushed my lips against hers, as I’d been dying to do since she got into the limo earlier. And to my delight, she returned the kiss with equal curiosity.
“Can I walk you home?” I offered.
She opened her mouth, but at first nothing came out.
In a breathy voice she managed, “Um…I’d like you to. I really would. But I think you’d better not. I’m just around the corner.”
She was probably right. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to leave her at the door. Especially when I saw how erect her nipples were.
“All right. Good night.” This gave me another chance to kiss her, and this time I wasn’t such a pussy. I pulled her from the waist and pressed my lips to hers, searching and exploring.
I wanted to know her, really know her, and thankfully, she fell into me like we were made for each other. When I pulled away because I didn’t want to push too hard, she sighed, her eyes still closed.
I watched her walk down the street with her ridiculously heavy bag. I wished she’d let me walk her home, but I knew better than to push.
She seemed a little on the fence about me in spite of our hot kiss, and the last thing I wanted to do was give her a reason to run away screaming.
But if she was going to, I’d make sure she had a really good reason.
