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Raina groaned under her breath. “Lucas is an otolaryngologist.”
“A…what?”
“Oh-toe-lah-rinn-gologist,”she repeated and then exhaled as if she’d run a mile in under a minute. “It’s a mouthful, so that’s why people use ear, nose, and throat doctor. But, what many people don’t know is that ENTs are often also head and neck surgeons, which my Lucas is.”
Again, his face flushed.
“Got it,” Davis said. “So, what kind of renovations are you guys doing?”
This guy asked entirely too many questions. It was as if he was talking just to hear Raina’s voice. Maybe he was picturing her naked. The way he scanned her repeatedly suggested it.
It was what he would have done.
What he was always doing.
Raina slid her fingers between his. “We’re thinking about our first child, so we’re upgrading our place to prepare for that.”
An invisible fist punched him in the stomach. A tiny menace would never run through his place, dropping cereal all over his expensive floors, worming its way into his heart.
Raina faced him, fake pout at the ready, and toyed with his sleeve. Had it not been for their present company, he would have pushed her up against a wall and kissed her until he magically slipped inside her.
“Pookie,”she cooed and used her tongue to poke away a grin. “I really like this place.”
“Bunny,”he hissed, “this is a lot to handle.”
“You handle me just fine.”
“You’re six inches tall.”
She poked away another grin. “We can manage it for a few months, can’t we? It’ll be good practice for when we have our first baby.”
He addressed Davis without looking at him. “We need a few minutes alone.”
“Of course,” Davis said. “I’ll be right outside.”
She thought she was funny.
She had no clue how close to danger she was.
“Can’t you imagine it, Saraci?” She stepped away, just out of his reach. “Me, you, a dog. Our first kid. Maybe a couple of kids, and then we could buy a place like this. A place where we could grow old together, give our kids somewhere to come home to after college.”
He loosened his tie. “Stop it.”
“You’re blushing again.”
“I don’t…” He ground his teeth together, the molars shifting like a chainsaw. “Do you really like it here, Raina? Because once we say yes, everything’s going into motion. You’ll be mine, all mine, and if you knew the things I want to do to you, I don’t think you’d so readily agree.”
“What things?” she asked.
“Last time, Raina.”
“I could ask you the same. Have you ever been married? Lived with a woman?”
“No, and yes.”
She went still. “You have?”
“You’ve never lived with a man?”
