Page 36 of Three Not-So-Little Words
I laugh. “No. Not really.”
“Man, what a letdown,” he jokes. “Is he your only sibling?”
“Nope. There are five of us.”
“I bet that was hectic.”
I chuckle. “To put it mildly. Dylan probably had it the worst since he was the only boy. Do you have any siblings?”
“I have one older brother, but we aren’t close. I haven’t seen him in years.”
I don’t want to pry into his personal business, so I just say, “I’m sorry to hear that.”
He shrugs his shoulders. “It is what it is.”
We sit silently for a minute, trying to figure out how to get past this slightly awkward moment.
To try to break the tension, I ask, “Are you hungry?”
“Am I hungry or am Ihungry?”He wiggles his eyebrows.
“As much as I want that tongue again, I’m going to need some real food too.”
“What do you have to eat? I could make us something.”
“You cook?”
He gives a small nod. “I mean, I’m no Gordon Ramsay, but I know my way around simple stuff.”
“You can cook,andyou can eat? Color me impressed.”
He smiles. “Do you cook?”
I throw my head back and laugh. “Not so much. I like to bake, but cooking is a whole different beast. I love traveling and trying food from all around the world…as long as I don’t have to prepare it. And to answer your previous question, I don’t have much in the way of food. I actually just moved in here a few days ago, and I haven’t been grocery shopping yet.”
“Fair enough. Do you want to go out and grab a bite somewhere?”
Trailing my finger from his chest down his stomach, I reply, “I think I’d rather order in.”
He smiles. “Whatever you want, beautiful.”
We spend the next few minutes deciding what we want to order. It doesn’t take all that long because Lilly Leaf Falls is a small town with only a handful of options. We decide on pizza, and I call to place the order.
When I hang up, I say, “It’ll be about an hour.”
“Damn. Busy day for pizza.”
“Do you want to go take a shower with me while I wait?”
He grins. “I’m surprised you even have to ask.”
We both jump out of bed and head for the bathroom. Not wanting to deal with my hair, I pin it into a clip on top of my head while we wait for the water to warm up. As soon as my mane of black hair is off my neck, Drew takes the opportunity to kiss the sensitive skin.
Goosebumps erupt all over me, and my nipples harden.
When we step under the spray of the warm water, our hands run all over each other.
“You are so fucking gorgeous,” he says, looking my body up and down and then staring at my face.
