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CHAPTER23
Jonah finished getting dressedbefore heading to the kitchen to make breakfast for him and Lacy. Sophie finding out was bad timing. But like Lacy said they weren’t supposed to fall in love, even if he had. It was time to end it before he couldn’t anymore.
Tonight would be happy hour at the bar and tomorrow he flew to L.A. They had a few hours before work started and he knew it was time to have a talk. He shouldn’t put it off until he returned.
He had just put the pan on the burner when Lacy walked barefoot and still damp from her shower into the kitchen. She wore a flowy skirt and a button-down top. She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her cheek against his back. He savored this contact even if he knew he should be pushing her away.
“You okay?” he asked.
“With Sophie?” She stepped away and leaned against the sink. “I’m surprised she didn’t find out before now. We’ve been stealthy, but still. . . .”
He dumped the cut-up veggies into the pan to give them a little time to cook before he added the eggs for the omelet.
“That wasn’t the real talk though, so I do have that to look forward to.” Lacy winced. “Sometimes I think my friends forget I have needs like everyone else does. I just choose not to go up to strangers in bars and bring them home.”
Jonah’s lips tilted up. No, his little bird definitely wouldn’t be good at one-night stands.
“Though now that I know what I’m missing out on. . . .” She looked up at him through her lashes.
Fuck, he wanted to be strong, but when she looked at him like that, his cock took over the thinking function. He didn’t want to imagine Lacy being with anyone but him. Which was why he couldn’t screw up this interview. He had to leave before that happened.
He added some cheese to the omelet and flipped half over. “Can you grab a plate?”
She stepped over and reached up to do so. Her shirt lifted out of her skirt and flashed some skin at her waist. His insides were combusting and he tried to hold himself back.
Leaning against the sink, she handed him the plate. “I’ll let Sophie know she has nothing to worry about. We’re being safe, responsible adults. Who don’t have to be to work for another hour and a half and Sophie is at work.”
He plated the omelet and caught her molten dark eyes. “We should eat this before it gets cold.”
“Only one?” She grabbed two forks.
“It’ll be enough.” He didn’t think he could wait while cooking another, which was why he’d put everything together and had planned to split it in half. With Lacy looking at him like she was hungry for something else, he figured he’d improvise.
He went to the table and set the plate down and before she could sit in her chair, he tugged her onto his lap.
“Is this your thing?” She squirmed to get more settled but didn’t try to get off his lap.
Good. “My thing?”
She cut into the omelet and held out a bite for him with her hand positioned under the fork. “You know, some people are into feet. Others are into spanking. Is me sitting on your lap your thing?”
“I do like it.” He took the bite into his mouth and chewed while she took a bite for herself. "But I think it’s because I like you.”
She grinned at him like she’d won a prize.
His fingers started to slowly gather her skirt to her lap while she was occupied cutting another bite for him. They finished over half of the omelet like that.
When her skirt was gathered at her thighs, he took the bite from the fork and skimmed his hand up the inside of her thighs. She parted her thighs and her lips at his touch. His pulse throbbed as his cock hardened even more.
He had to have her. Just one more time. Knowing it would never be enough.
He kissed her neck near where it joined her shoulder. She shuddered against him and then took a bite of omelet.
“This is a really good omelet.” Her voice was shaky and her breathing quickened. She held out a bite for him and he took it.
He glided his fingers against her silken thighs higher and higher. Instead of panties, he met her warm flesh. He growled against her neck.
“I knew I forgot something this morning,” she said, smugly as she took a bite.
