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I stared back at him, unsure of how much I should say in front of the children. They were tiny, of course. At their age I could’ve said just about anything. Still…
Duncan rose abruptly and made me a plate by scraping something from a pan into a dish. Hovering behind me, his body intentionally — and sexily — brushed my back as he set it before me.
“Steak and eggs,” he declared proudly, nodding downward. With his other hand, he slammed down a large red bottle. “Plus hot sauce.”
“Hot sauce?”
“You can’t have steak and eggs without hot sauce,” he smiled.
I reached for the bottle curiously, then stopped in terror.
“Oh my God!” I cried. “You didn’t put this ontheireggs, did you?”
“The hot sauce?” Duncan asked innocently.
“Yes!”
“Maybe a little,” he shrugged. “As I just said, you can’t have—”
“DUNCAN!”
His laughter boomed through the kitchen for a good ten seconds. “C’mon, really?” he laughed. “You’re that gullible?”
“It’s not gullible if you’d actually do it,” I smirked back. “And knowing you, you would.”
“Hey,” he protested, holding up one giant palm. “I may be a warrior, but I’m not a barbarian.”
The children were laughing too by this point, so there was nothing to do but join them. Besides, the laughter was welcome. It took away any awkwardness that might’ve been associated with sleeping with your employer.
And not just sleeping, but screwing his brains out. Three or four times.
“I’m leaving for the airport in an hour,” Duncan said, turning a chair around and straddling it to face me. “Car service is picking me up.”
“You are?” I asked. “Oh.”
“There’s something in Denver I need to do. I shouldn’t be gone long, three or four days maybe.”
A disappointment stole over me, much deeper than I would’ve expected. Maybe he sensed this, because Duncan smiled.
“The good news is the others will be back later this afternoon,” he said. “I talked to Liam, and they’re bringing something home for you.”
“They are?” I asked, genuinely intrigued. “What is it?”
“Dunno. They said you needed it, though.”
Duncan rested his chin on two big forearms. They were the same arms that had pinned me down at three in the morning. Attached to the same hands that had held my wrists tightly against the mattress, as he nudged my sleepy thighs apart and plundered me again and again.
And now… breakfast and a smile. And no word at all of last night.
I didn’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed.
“You okay?” he asked, raising one eyebrow.
Okay with what?I wanted to say.You flying away after the best sex of my life?
“Peachy,” I answered.
With a quick glance over his shoulder at the twins, Duncan leaned in and kissed me on the forehead. It was a ‘see you later’ kiss, a sisterly kiss. Not exactly the kind I wanted.
“Gotta pack,” he said and stood up. “I’ll be back before you know it.”
“Duncan?”
I shot up quickly, then slid into his arms. Heedless of the twins, who were busy waving their sippy-cups and babbling to each other, I stood on my toes and gave him a long, slow, sensuous kiss. To my relief his hands slid behind me, as he kissed me back with all the same passion, and then some.
“I’ll be here when you get back.”
