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“Good morning,” said a gentle voice, and I looked down into the sweetest sight I’d ever laid eyes on. Melanie’s eyes were open, and she was smiling shyly.
I smiled back. “Good morning, beautiful. How do you feel?”
She stretched. “Sore, but in the best way possible.”
“I like the sound of that.”
“You should.” She poked me. “It’s your fault.”
“Didn’t hear any complaining from you last night.”
“I’m not complaining now. But if you notice that I’m walking funny at work, you’ll have to keep your mouth shut.”
The mention of work sobered me. Today at four o’clock my brother and I were opening the doors to a new restaurant. But the number one thing on my mind was that I hadn’t really figured out how I was going to keep my hands off Melanie all day, every day, and pretend that the only thing between us was a cordial working relationship. If I had any common sense, I would have at least waited until we were several weeks past the opening of Espo 2.
“Dominic?” Melanie said my name tentatively, and propped herself up on one elbow. I saw the uncertainty in her face. She wasn’t sure I was taking this seriously. She wasn’t sure I was taking us seriously.
I gently touched her cheek. “I was just thinking about how I don’t know how I’m going to get through the day without kissing you.”
She smiled and grabbed my hand, kissing the palm. “You’re pretty charming when you want to be, sir.”
“Good thing that’s not very often. It might get exhausting.”
Melanie frowned, looking around the semidark room. “Have you seen my phone in here?”
“You dying to call someone so you can brag about screwing the boss?”
She made an offended noise and wrinkled her nose. “Jerk.”
I grinned. “Thought you said I was charming.”
“Only when you’re not being an asshole. I just wanted to see what time it was.”
I looked toward the window. The sun was rising.
“It’s time for me to leave.” I sighed and reluctantly left the bed in search of my pants. I didn’t want to go. Melanie followed me to the door in her robe. I kissed her hard and hugged her tight.
“I want to see you later,” I whispered in her ear.
She peered up at me with an innocent smile. “It’s unavoidable. Today’s the grand opening. And I’ll be at work in an hour.”
I ran my hands all over her body and pressed against her. “That’s not what I mean.”
She bit her lip and blushed. “I want to see you later too. We’ve got a long day ahead.”
“We sure as hell do.”
“You nervous?”
“Fuck, yeah.”
She smiled. “Everything’s going to be amazing, Dominic.”
I tipped her chin up and kissed her once more. “Everything’s already amazing.”
It was early enough that I should have had time to run home for a quick shower and still make it to the restaurant before Gio headed out his own front door.
“Dominic!” Melanie yelled when I was halfway to my truck.
