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“You need someone to make you forget that list. And your name.”
“I don’t need–”
“Yes, you do.”
Then he kissed me.
Holy shit, Dex was kissing me. His mouth on mine wasn’t anything like the playful, easygoing man I knew. No, this was a Dex that took what he wanted. He’d been patient, but no longer. I gasped in surprise, and he took advantage, angling his head and stroking his tongue to meet mine with long licks. Big hands cupped my face, held me where he wanted the kiss to go.
I lost track of time. Of where we were.
“Fuck, sugar. Just as sweet as I imagined.”
After a moment I opened my eyes and stared up at him wondering why he stopped. Oh yeah, Main Street. People.
He kissed my forehead and fuck me, if that wasn’t hot in itself.
“While I want to eat you for dinner, come on.” He took my hand and led me down the block. We followed the aroma of garlic to the pizza restaurant. I was in a kiss-fueled daze.
My lips tingled and my pussy ached to be eaten like he wanted.
Dex didn’t let go of my hand as he held the door for me and while we stood at the counter to order. There was a large menu on the wall over the industrial oven, but I didn’t need to look at it. It was a great pizza place and I got takeout often enough to know what I liked.
“Hi Otis,” I said to the owner. He was sliding a pizza into a to-go box, closing the lid and handing it off to one of the teenagers who did bike deliveries for him during summer break.
Otis turned with a smile, but it slipped when he saw me. “Lindy. Man, I heard about your house. I’m glad you’re okay.”
He came over to stand behind the counter right in front of us.
Dex gave my hand a squeeze. I wasn’t sure if it was in comfort or because he didn’t like a guy talking to me. He’d made that obvious with Gant from the fire crew.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I told Otis. He was the first in a long line of people I was going to have to tell, so I needed to work on what I’d say. “The insurance company’s on it.”
They weren’t. Not yet, but they would. I’d get it figured out, just like I did everything else.
I wished the fixes could move as quickly as the news about what happened spread across Hunter Valley. I hadn’t called Bridget yet. I didn’t want to think of what she and Mav were up to where they didn’t know.
“Good.” Otis was a few years younger than me, but I knew him because his sister was my yoga instructor. Her studio was on the second floor of this old building.
His gaze shifted from me to Dex, who stood to my right.
“This is Dex. Bridget’s boyfriend’s bro–”
“Wow. Yeah. I know who Dex is.” Otis reached out his hand for Dex to shake and introduced himself.
Which he finally let go of mine to do.
“Good to meet you,” Dex offered.
Otis stared at him the same way Dex sometimes–most of the time–stared at me. In awe. Like he couldn’t tear his gaze away.
Weird. And still weird as he kept right on staring.
“Wow, yeah. Um, what can I get for you two?” he finally asked.
“You like mushrooms and sausage, sugar?” Dex asked, looking down at me with that look.
I nodded.
