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“Here,” he smiled softly. “And you?”
“Lake Tahoe,” she admitted. “I’ve always wanted to see the clear blue waters, go up to the top of the mountain, have hot cocoa overlooking the snow… and to this Texas girl? That would be amazing.”
“I would love to take you there,” he offered gently. “There are usually cabins you can rent right off the lake, so you could have your coffee overlooking the water at sunrise… and maybe we could have a glass of wine in the evening together.”
“As friends,” she reminded him pointedly.
“Of course.”
“Question number three… ah, wait a second,” she hesitated, squinting and re-reading it, before rolling her eyes at him. “Really, Ian?”
“All very important questions – and I’ll answer all, remember?”
“Fine,” she retorted, laughing softly. “Where are you ticklish?”
“Oh my,” he replied, plastering this surprised look on his face as his eyes danced. “Are you planning on tickling me, Minx?”
“I didn’t write these questions, remember?”
“Darn…” he smiled. “I’m extremely ticklish on my lips, my ears, and my thighs. What about you?”
June cleared her throat and blinked, feeling her face flush wildly as she knew this man was out maneuvering her left and right. He was having her ask questions that he obviously wanted to know the answers to.
That wretch!
“You’re a real piece of work…” she muttered under her breath, leaning forward and plucking a large strawberry from the stem off the plate – and saw Ian open his mouth obligingly.
She leaned forward and saw his eyes widen in surprise – only to swerve right past him and take a massive bite, nearly to the stem, and chewing with her mouth overly full as she glared at him.
He sat up, crossed his legs, and smiled at her openly – before leaning towards her, over the tray between them.
“Keep it up and do whatever you want,” he whispered softly. “This is just foreplay to me… and I love all of it.”
June choked and coughed indelicately from behind her hand, trying to strangle down the overly large bite of strawberry, as Ian picked up a pouch of wet puppy food – and dug out a small silicone bowl.
“Let’s give my other pretty girl a snack too,” he offered, giving her a sly look before pouring the food into the bowl. “C’mon sweet girl, let me be good to you…”
His lips twitched as he plucked Gigi off her lap and put her down near the bowl, nudging her head so she knew to eat.
“Sometimes when they are being stubborn or don’t know that something delicious is right there waiting, you have to give them a little nudge…”
“Uh huh,” she replied flatly, as Ian picked up another strawberry and swirled it in the chocolate sauce, before holding it before her. “Want one?”
“Nope. I’m done.”
“Now you’re just being stubborn,” he frowned.
“Yes. Yes, I am.”
“I can deal with stubborn ladies,” he smiled tightly and leaned towards her, nearly pushing the strawberry against her lips, causing her to turn her head and burst out laughing as she leaned back.
“Ian… stop that…”
“No, the phrase is ‘Ian, give me everything you’ve got’…”
“That’s not the phrase,” she sputtered, laughing as he tried to tap her lip with the strawberry again – and began chuckling with her – only to succeed. The strawberry touched her lip, smearing the chocolate on there, but instead of him feeding it to her, he sat back and took a huge bite, closing his eyes in sheer happiness.
“Best strawberry I’ve ever tasted… and so dang sweet.”
