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Her friend’s voice was a little too casual, and she gave her an inquiring look.
“It’s a wonderful town, but any particular reason why?”
Was that a hint of color on Jessica’s pale cheeks as she shrugged?
“Not really. I’ve just been traveling a lot and I’m ready for a break. So you’ll be seeing a lot more of me.”
“That would be great,” she said sincerely. “And I can introduce you to my friends here as well.”
“Sounds good. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Much later,” Damian muttered, and both women laughed.
“Can I clean up the witch stuff now?” Cody asked, and Jessica nodded. Cody went to get his broom, but reappeared again almost immediately. “Are we opening up tonight, boss?”
“No, I have plans for tonight.”
From the heat in his eyes, she suspected she knew exactly what those plans entailed, and she had absolutely no objection.
“You got it, dude,” Cody said cheerfully and vanished again.
“I guess he’s back to normal.”
“Apparently. But I’m not interested in Cody right now.” He rose to his feet, carrying her with him. “I’m far more interested in my beautiful mate.”
“Good.”
He carried her upstairs and into the bedroom. She couldn’t help stiffening a little as the dark walls surrounded her.
“What’s wrong?”
“Do you mind if we open the curtains a little? It’s kind of dark.”
He gave her a thoughtful look, but obeyed and she hid her best to hide her sigh of relief as the sunlight streamed into the room.
She was wearing her favorite yellow jumpsuit with a cropped white cardigan, and he slipped her cardigan down over her shoulders, his fingers skating lightly across her skin as he did.
“My sunny little kitten,” he murmured.
Something flashed across his face too fast for her to read, but she had a feeling she knew what it was—he’d just remembered the dilemma they’d faced prior to her encounter with the ghost.
“You know, I was thinking.”
She stroked her finger down his chest as he played with the wide straps of her jumpsuit.
“Yes?”
She could hear the suspicion in his voice and she laughed.
“Nothing bad, I promise. It’s just that the day of my encounter I was trying to decide on something to cook and I started running through all of the places I’d been and the meals I’d eaten and what made them special.” He was tensing beneath her hand again so she hurried on. “It occurred to me that it would be the perfect project—to assemble those experiences and those recipes into a cookbook.”
“And stop traveling?” he asked, his voice perfectly neutral.
“As much as possible. I might have to do some follow-up interviews, but they shouldn’t take more than a day or two sowewouldn’t be away for long.” She deliberately used the wordweso he didn’t think she was planning on leaving him behind. “What do you think?”
His muscles relaxed beneath her hand as he let out a long sigh of relief.
“I think you are a very clever little kitten.” He slipped the straps of her jumpsuit down over her shoulders and started kissing her exposed flesh. She shivered when he sucked gently at her mating bite, sending a flare of excitement racing through her body. “In fact, I think such cleverness needs to be rewarded.”
