Page 44 of Wine and Research
“Absolutely. I still have one of Jill’s cinnamon buns.” Besides, her stomach was fluttering too much to eat right now.
“In that case, thanks,” he said, taking what was left of her breakfast and devouring it in three bites.
The man certainly had an appetite.
Memories of his physical appetite flashed through her head, and another round of fluttering commenced, causing her hand to shake as she unlocked the device and brought up a contact screen before handing it to him.
As he typed in his information, she worked to get her stupid body under control.
“Here you go,” he said, handing her phone back.
She glanced at the screen and chuckled. “Combustion partner?”
He grinned. “Would you rather climax—”
She slapped a hand over his mouth to stop his words. “Jeremywill do.”
Laughing, Elle removed her hand from his warm mouth andCombustion partnerfrom his contact page, replacing it with his name.
“Jeremy will do anything you want,” he said, his voice low for her ears only, and damn if that didn’t make them even sexier.
She slipped the phone into her pocket and met his gaze. “I’m going to hold you to that.”
“Good. And I hope you hold me to your sexy body, too.”
Her eyes widened. He thought her body was sexy?
Another round of warmth rippled through her. She liked this playful side of him. A lot.
“Yo! Mercer!” Nico called out “Quit putting the moves on Elle and get back to the game. You don’t want her to think you don’t finish what you start, do you?”
Smiling, she leaned closer to the fence and Jeremy. “Not something either of us has to worry about.”
He chuckled. “Ever.”
Her smiled widened, and they stared at each other a beat before he blinked.
“I can grab some pizza for us after you text, if you want.”
She nodded. “Perfect. And I’ll get the hot tub ready.”
Elle didn’t wait for a response. By that time, her legs were threatening to give out, so she turned and headed for the table. But she could feel his gaze on her most of the way there, which didn’t help her wobbly leg situation one bit.
Dropping back into her seat, she sighed and reached for her drink. Her throat was so parched, she downed half of her lukewarm mocha before setting the cup back on the table and worked to get her body back under control. And her brain because she only heard the tail end of Faith’s question.
“…or should I just ask?”
Elle frowned and glanced sideways at her friends, who were grinning from ear to ear. “Ask who? What’d I miss?”
“I don’t think you missed anything.” Jenna chuckled.“I think you caught my brother pretty good.”
Faith laughed. “I don’t think caught is the right word, buthadhas a good ring to it.”
Unable to stop the heat from flooding her face, Elle knew she’d be wasting her breath trying to deny it. She shrugged instead.
“So, you two are really a thing now?” Jenna asked, her eyes wide and no longer full of mirth.
Elle frowned. “Not exactly a thing. We…combusted.”
