Page 5 of Cold Snap
“Hey, did you get home okay?”
I would love to think that he’s really checking in on me, but he’s probably just doing it out of some misguided favor to my brother. Hell, for all I know, Waylon called him and asked him to do it, so I wouldn’t be mad at him.
“Yeah. I’m home. Tucked into my bed, safe and snug.”
“Yeah, what are you wearing?”
My mouth splits into a big grin, and I roll my eyes. “Granny jammies.”
“Oh, you know those turn me on. All that polyester.”
I giggle. I can’t help it. He makes me laugh and I love it…and him for it.
I pluck at the strap of my nightgown and look down at it. Would he love it if he could see it? It’s not really sexy, considering it’s got little flowers printed on it and lace, but not the see-through kind, more the sweet little sister kind. Damn it.
“It’ll keep you warm for sure.”
“I bet you could keep a man warm all night long even without the polyester.”
Holy hell, it got a lot hotter all of a sudden.
“Hmm, you’ll just have to find out, won’t you?”
Silence meets my question, and I roll my lips around my teeth in a nervous gesture. Did I go too far with that one? Wasn’t I doing the same thing he was just doing? Flirting my ass off.
“Can I ask you a question?”
“You can ask me anything. Anything at all.”
“What was your brother talking about when he said I was serving underage girls?”
“I…Oakley isn’t twenty-one yet.”
“And how old are you?”
Oh, shit! How old did I tell him I was?
“How old do you want me to be, baby?”
“Teresa.” Damn, when he says my whole name…
“Twenty-four.”
“I thought you said you were twenty-six.”
Shit, shit, shit!
Then I remember why I lied. It’s what he gets for not knowing.
“I lied. Are you upset about it?”
“I don’t like being lied to, baby.” That’s too bad. I don’t like the fact that you forgot my birthday! “You do it again and I’ll have to spank that ass.”
Holy flaming arrows! How the hell do I get that?
“Really? Well, in that case, I’m not a woman, I’ve never set foot in your bar, and I don’t believe you and I have ever met.”
He laughs and shivers run down my body. I love this man’s voice, and I love how it rumbles so sexily over the phone.
