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It was getting late and Teal had waited for me so she hadn’t eaten. And like a dumbass, I hadn’t thought of feeding her before now.
“I’m sorry, I should have been thinking and got you something to eat before now. How about I have something delivered to us?” I frowned feeling like I probably just stuck my foot in my mouth assuming she would want to eat with me. “Or I could just get you something and I will head to my place.”
Now I was rambling like an idiot and stopped to wait for her reply. When it came it had me smirking like a damn fool.
“Can we get ice cream first and then order food?” she asked with a cute, hopeful look gleaming in her gorgeous eyes.
“Your wish is my command, Little Momma.”
When a giggle left her light pink lips and then turned up into a pleased smile, I mentally added another thing to that list of likes. I was sure it was going to get longer as the days passed by.
* * *
Watchingher eat was both torture and amusing.
The way the woman went about licking her ice cream cone was the torturous part of the evening. Her tongue swirled around, then licked, and gobbled it up like she couldn’t get enough. I had to look away as my mind kept wandering to what her mouth, tongue, and lips would feel like on me.
It was so wrong to be thinking that way but I was struggling to push away my thoughts and feelings.
When she started eating, that helped change my thinking. Watching her devour the food was hilarious and adorable. You would think she was starving as she tackled one bite after another like it was her last meal. I knew she was eating for two but I still didn’t understand where she put it all.
She’d caught me staring and dropped the food, then she grabbed a napkin to wipe her face. “You must think I’m disgusting.” Her voice sounded ashamed and as if she was in trouble, shaking a little as she said it.
What the hell.
“Teal,” I started and had to pause to get the temper rising in check. Someone must have said something to her before, I could hear it in the tone of her voice. “What you are is beautiful, adorable, and you are eating to take care of the baby that is inside of you,” I continued, voicing the same thought out loud I’d been thinking earlier.
“But—”
I didn’t let her even begin to finish what she might have said, otherwise I would have come unglued. “No buts, honey. If anyone made you feel that way then they deserve a beating.”
When she flinched at that last part, I realized my mistake and once again wanted to kick my own ass. I just kept screwing up. The woman had me twisted in all directions, but I needed to be more careful.
Not wanting to make her any more uncomfortable and wishing she would finish her food, I didn’t say any more about handing down a good beating. Hopefully one day I would just get to deliver it to the person who hurt this amazing woman.
“Go ahead and finish your food, please.”
She looked at the plate in front of her on the table with the rest of the Mexican food she had chosen and then her gaze came to mine. Her cute little button nose crinkled and a small smile turned up at the corners of her mouth.
“No, maybe just some more ice cream,” she told me.
“Thatta girl,” I told her.
It was a good thing we got a couple of different pints of some of her favorite flavors.
After going through another round of torture as I watched her savor each spoonful with earnest, I decided it was time to head to my place. She had yawned a million times but had seemed reluctant to just admit she was dead tired and go to bed.
Finally, the exhaustion was too much and I said goodnight.
ChapterSixteen
TEAL
Heart racing,I woke, startled out of my sleep.
I thought I had heard something and my body reacted instinctively. It happened a lot and was probably nothing but my mind playing tricks on me.
Thump.
