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"Narrowed it down to only two? I'm shocked." Laughing, I looked back at my menu. "You can't go wrong with bacon, right?"
She shook her head. "I don't eat it very often, but I've heard it called meat candy."
I stacked my menu on top of hers. "Meat candy? That's a pretty accurate description."
Reaching for her glass, she took a sip of water as the waitress came over, and we placed our order.
I reached across the table and linked our fingers together. "How do you feel about tomorrow?"
She chewed her lower lip, and a crease appeared between her eyebrows. "Not great. This week has been so nice. I'm going to really miss having you with me."
Her words killed me. I didn't want her to go, but I was undertaking a huge project right now and couldn't just fly up whenever I wanted. "I'm going to miss you, too. We'll figure it out, though. I'll be there for anything you need."
She squeezed my hand as her phone went off in her purse. "Sorry, I thought I silenced it." She pulled it out and rolled her eyes before tapping a few times and putting it away.
"Anything important?" I leaned back against the booth, studying her face. She looked irritated.
"Just this guy from work." My hackles rose. I didn't like even one of the words in that sentence.
"What did he want?" I tried to keep my voice calm. I wasn't a jealous guy, but some dude texting my girl, mybaby mama, at seven o'clock on a Saturday night? That didn't feel work related to me.
"He's one of the guys on my team, Miles. The team all have my number because I'm their supervisor, and I don't always work in the office. Two of the guys on my team, Kent and Miles, like to abuse the privilege sometimes to see if I want to meet them after work or go out for drinks or other stuff that has nothing to do with work. I've told them a thousand times my number is for work stuff only, but I can't exactly block them if they don't listen." She played with a sugar packet and sighed as her shoulders sagged.
I wondered if these guys were going to be a problem. They obviously didn't understand the word no. Next time I went up to visit Amara, I'd have to make sure I swung by her work and assessed the situation for myself.
"That sucks. Is there anything you can do to get them to back off?" I rubbed my thumb along the smooth skin of the back of her hand.
She shrugged. "I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that my belly in about two months will probably take care of the problem for me."
I chuckled, never more happy that she had my baby growing inside her. "Let's hope so. One or both of them could have a weird fetish."
She cringed. "Oh, hell no. Let's not go there."
I laughed and dug into the waffle that the waitress just dropped in front of me. "Hey, let's not kink shame."
She scowled. "Fuck, I'm about to be some sicko's kinky wet dream. Fan-fucking-tastic."
I grinned. "You're adorable. If you move down here, you can hide out in my condo for the next eight months, safe from all the kinky bastards of the world. Well, except maybe me."
She shoved a huge bite of waffle in her mouth and moaned. Loudly.
And just like that, I was hard as a fucking rock. Again.
My gaze dropped to her mouth as I watched her chew. Why was watching her eat so hot?
I swallowed and tried to get myself under control. I took another bite of my own waffle, but I wasn't hungry anymore. At least not for food.
* * *
When we finished,and after a long conversation where I convinced a teary Amara we couldn't take waffles to go, we made the short drive to the old movie theater.
Amara's eyes widened. "The movies?"
I grinned. "Not just any movie."
"What are we seeing?"
Shrugging, I pulled into a parking spot. "Come in and find out."
