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“It looks that way, doesn’t it?”
“It does, but why?”
She shrugged. “I never did want to wait, and then tonight, my dad suggested that maybe I’d want you out of Zosca, and I realized I didn’t.”
He shot a quick glance at her.
“Don’t worry. He doesn’t want you gone. He was just wondering if there was any point you being there if I’m going to ignore everything you suggest.”
He smiled. “I’ve wondered the same thing myself.”
“No. It’s like I told him, I do want to hear what you recommend. I know you can really help—even without going to extreme measures and laying people off.”
He didn’t say anything for a while, and Chelsea stared out the window at the starry sky.
“Maybe I should go,” he said eventually.
“What do you mean? Why?”
“Well, I’ve already seen enough to be able to suggest a bunch of changes that will make you more efficient—and profitable. I don’t need another six weeks to figure it all out. The three months was just an arbitrary number you and your dad came up with.”
She watched him as he drove.
“And,” he continued eventually, “if we’re not working together, then I’ll feel a lot more relaxed about asking you what we’re doing here.”
“You mean here, right now?”
He nodded. “Here, right now, in this car, heading back toward town—back toward my hotel or your place.”
She smiled. “My place.”
“You’re sure?”
“I’m sure. I’m not sure about you finishing at Zosca so soon, though.”
He smiled. “Maybe it’s for the best. Even if I do, I won’t be going far. Cameron’s asked me to work with him next.”
Chelsea smiled. “And you do like it here in Napa, right?”
“I do.”
“Okay then.” She pointed to a turning up ahead. “You want to make a right up there.”
He frowned. “We’re going back to Hamilton-Groves?”
“No. We’re going to my place. My cottage is on the estate.”
“Oh.”
When he pulled up outside the cottage, he unfastened his seat belt and turned to face her. “I haven’t been able to get you out of my mind.”
She leaned toward him and cupped his face between her hands. “I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you, either. I tried, and I tried, but …”
He leaned toward her and the words no longer mattered. They dried up in her throat as she lifted her lips to meet his. His kisses were just as amazing as she remembered. Her body reacted to him the way it had before—her heart raced, shivers ran down her spine, and her hands found their way into his hair. She moaned as he slid his tongue into her mouth. He was just as hot, and he turned her on just as much as he had that first time. She’d tried to convince herself that it was just the champagne, that she and Grant had been so good together because all their inhibitions were gone. It wasn’t true. There was undeniable chemistry between them, and she was lost in its grip once again.
They finally came up for air, and Grant smiled. “Do you think we should take it inside?”
She nodded breathlessly. She didn’t want to stop, but they’d have to get out of the car and into her bed before she’d be happy.
