Page 14 of Falling for Them

Carter leaned over and put the back of his hand to her cheek. “Just making sure you don’t have a fever. You’re almost as red as the wine. What exactly wereyouthinking about? We were talking about food.”

She swatted his hand away. “Bullshit.”

Both men were practically drooling over her, and she was cracking jokes about sharing. Or was this her way of flirting? Had I even ever seen her flirt?

No, but she always flirts with you.The thought bounced around in my head, pinging off the way she teased me, touched me,lookedat me. But the same was true for me too.

I grabbed my glass and drank the rest of it as AJ came back and took our order. At this point, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to even eat because my stomach was turning into a ball of nerves for a multitude of reasons.

“Want some more?” Leo asked me, grabbing the second bottle AJ had left and standing to open it.

“Sure.” I watched as he expertly removed the cork and then came around the table to pour me another glass. “Thanks.”

He looked like he was about to say something but returned to his seat and refilled his glass before sitting back down.

God, he was so frustrating. And to think I’d almost slept with him after the company Christmas party last year. He shouldn’t have been there in the first place, but seeing as he was running the foundation one of my bosses started, he’d been invited.Luckily for the both of us, we’d been drunk off our asses when he’d invited me up to a room, and then he’d promptly passed out before anything had happened.

He acted like nothing had happened. Did he even remember how he’d flirted with me or shoved his tongue down my throat as he stroked me through my pants as we’d taken the elevator?

I stared into my glass. If I were an observer in this situation, I would have squealed with delight over the potential drama and fireworks sitting at the table. But seeing as I was smack dab in the middle of whatever the fuck was happening, I wanted to go find a fire extinguisher before someone got burned.

Libby leaned toward me, putting her hand on my forearm. “Are you okay?”

“Fine.” I downed my wine like it was a shot. I was already feeling better.

Carter caught my eye again from the other side of Libby. “I’d love to do a photoshoot with you two sometime. Just for fun. Your chemistry was off the charts.”

Why me? Why right now? Couldn’t he tell I was about to sprint out of here?

Libby pushed her hair behind her ears. “I don’t know if I’m the photoshoot type.”

I was stuck on him saying we had chemistry together. Did he mean in thebestieskind of way or theI want to rip your clothes offkind of way? Could he tell?

I finally found my words. “Don’t sell yourself short, Lib. You’re gorgeous.”

Leo made a noise that sounded like a grunt. I looked at him with raised eyebrows.

“Just agreeing that she’s gorgeous.” He shrugged his shoulders as he pulled his buzzing phone out of his inner jacket pocket. “Shit, I have to take this.”

Leo stood, and I watched as he walked out of the room, my eyes lingering on his broad shoulders and muscular back. The way his suit hugged him made me want to run my hands all over him. I couldn’t ignore the way my body responded to him.

I also couldn’t ignore the way my pulse picked up at seeing Libby looking at him the same way.

Maybe there really was something in the wine.

Chapter 6

Bigger is Better

Libby

Walking into the condo, I stopped in the entryway and listened for any signs that Leo was there. After an interesting and awkward lunch, I’d had a great afternoon shopping with Ethan and now had a few hours to spare before my train left back to Connecticut.

I toed off my shoes and then headed down the hall to my new room with my shopping bags. There was no point in taking them back to Connecticut with me just to bring them back in a week.

I walked into the empty primary bedroom and stopped dead in my tracks halfway to the closet. Leo wasn’t gone. He was in the en suite and was climbing out of the tub.

Naked.

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