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His eyes perused my body. “No. That if you want a burger, you eat a burger without thinking whether it will make you look like you're eating like a pig, which it doesn't."
“I don’t suppose you worry about such things.” I didn’t hide my appreciation of his body or his willingness to show it off to me.
He grinned. “You like what you see?"
"I'll admit it's not a bad view."
"I might like what I see too, if you'd lower that sheet."
I wasn’t a prude, but I’d never been an exhibitionist either. Still, I liked the way Todd’s eyes heated at the sight of my body, so I got out of bed, gave him a full view, and then headed to the bathroom. While in there, I could hear Todd ordering room service.
I was washing my hands when his cell phone rang.
He let out a frustrated growl. "It's not a good time, Taylor."
I froze, wondering why his ex-wife was calling him.
"We will. But not right now. I'll call you tomorrow, I promise."
I heard the rattle of what sounded like a phone being tossed onto the table.
I looked for my clothes and began to put them on.
"Are you okay, Betts?"
It was silly, but it didn’t help that he was back to calling me Betts. I didn't look at him. "Sure. Fine. I'm just thinking of all the work we need to do." I could only imagine what his driver was thinking by dropping us off in the afternoon at a hotel after our making out in the back seat of the SUV.
Todd’s hand came around me and stopped me from slipping my skirt on. He turned me in his arms. "What's going on?"
Todd was surprisingly honest with me, and maybe it was time I needed to be with him too. "It's just the mood is over."
His head cocked to the side. "Why?" Then he did a big eye roll. "Not because of the call from my ex-wife, is it?"
I shrugged. The outside world had intruded, burst my bubble. For some reason, I couldn't silence all the reasons our being together was wrong.
His hand cradled my cheek. "Don't let her ruin this."
"I don't want to, but even without her call, nothing has changed. All the reasons we shouldn't be doing this still exist."
He sucked in a breath and took a moment. Finally, he said, "We don't need to figure everything out right now. Let's give ourselves this time and not think about anything else. I'll turn off my phone. You can turn off yours."
I gave him a wan smile because it sounded nice. "I think the time has passed. Like I said, the mood is gone."
One hand slid over my ass. "Let's get the mood back."
I couldn't respond with words because his lips were on mine in a searing kiss that I felt from my lips down to my toes. Every neuron in my body tingled to life. I moaned into his mouth.
What the hell.I'd give in this one time. For this one brief moment in time, I’d take what I wanted from him.
15
Todd
Iwas on top of the world. And it wasn't because Mikael was skating like he had wings on his feet and a laser at the end of his hockey stick at tonight’s game against the Buckaroos. The kid was fucking killing it.
While watching Mikael kick ass on the ice felt good, my euphoria was from the woman standing at the other side of the owner's box watching the game and prepping comments with her assistant for the press conference afterward. The woman I wasn't supposed to be watching lest I give away the fact that I spent all of last night seeped inside her body.
The last time I ever remember feeling this energized was when my son, Dean, was born. By then, I knew my marriage was going to be a struggle, but as I held my newborn son in my arms, I remember being filled with awe. I had a newfound reverence for life and all the potential it held. I remembered thinking how perfect things could be with hard work and enthusiasm.
