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“What?” She couldn’t meet his eyes. Why did she feel so embarrassed about the night before? She was a warm-blooded woman, a warm-blooded modern woman. Just because she straddled a man she’d known less than a week didn’t mean she was a hoochie mama. Much.
“Chuck E. Cheese.” His disgust drew her gaze up to his eyes.
“Oh, not exactly an adult’s favorite place.”
“Understatement of the year. They don’t even have beer. It was an exercise in weathering the torments of hell. Two birthday parties were held tonight. Two.”
“You want a beer?”
“Is that code for the same thing as tea?”
Addy stiffened. “No.”
“Damn.”
And that made her smile. “Last night just sorta happened.”
“Hell, I told you I was coming over for tea every night,” he said, his grin awfully sexy in the weak porch light.
“You’re down to two nights. You’re leaving in, what, a few days.” She averted her gaze because a low hum had started in her belly. Thoughts of his hands on her invaded, pricking at her reserves, urging her to let the passion bubble to the surface again. Last night had whetted her appetite for Lucas.
“Nope. That’s what we were celebrating with the giant stuffed mouse. DeeAnn didn’t work out.”
“The cousin?”
“She came with herbal supplement.” He unfurled a bag of what looked to be…
“Is that weed?”
“Yep. Courtesy of DeeAnn’s boyfriend.”
“You didn’t come over here to-”
“Get high with you?” He laughed before shaking his head. “I don’t smoke this stuff. You?”
“Never.” Addy took the bag and held it up before looking around as if a policeman might jump out from the bushes and take her down. “What’re you going to do with it?”
“Don’t know. Put it in your compost heap? It’s natural. I think.”
Addy laughed. “Fertilizer? Hmmm… maybe it will make my plants happier.”
“Or more relaxed.” Lucas smiled, and again funny stuff happened in her belly. “How are you going to explain your secret ingredient for prize-winning flowers?”
“In that case we better flush it.”
Lucas looked at the baggie. “I can’t believe we’re having this conversation.”
“You started it,” she said handing the baggie back to him.
Moving closer, Lucas tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “So me staying a while longer, that’s a good thing?”
Something else trickled into her stomach—a sort of pleasure not stirred because of what this man could do to her body… but of what he could do to her soul. Lucas was staying longer. What did that mean for them? Was there even a them? “I’m not exactly sure what’s going on between us.”
“Do we have to know?” He lowered his gaze to her lips.
“No. We can just… have some tea?”
“Never knew I liked tea so much.” He traced her lower lip with his finger, and her body began to hum.
