Page 60 of Imperfect Saint
His lips twitched, “So I hear.”
“Oh, you do?”
“I know how much you hate office gossip but I got quite an earful while I was waiting out there for Lemon.” He edged a little bit closer and lowered his voice, “I probably shouldn’t repeat rumors but…”
“But?” Her own voice came out breathy and his eyes twinkled with delight.
“But everyone’s saying that you must have met someone special because you’ve been floating around the office, smiling off into space, all day.”
Millie stifled a giggle, “Are they? I should really talk to the staff about being more discreet.”
“Ah, discretion. I know how much you value it, but I have to admit, I’m curious.” He slid one hand past her hip, barely grazing her skirt as he leaned against the edge of the desk, boxing her in. “Did you meet someone special, Millie?”
She shook her head and watched his eyes narrow. Fire flickered in the golden depths and low in her belly, an answering fire began to gnaw at her. If he could play games, she could too. That was what she’d told herself, but before he could issue another challenge she quickly amended.
“I didn’t meet anyone new this weekend but there is someone special in my life. I only wish I’d noticed how special he was before now.” She trailed a finger down the buttons of his shirt, avoiding his gaze and keeping her voice soft, “I feel like I have a lot of wasted time to make up for.”
Hunter groaned when her fingers brushed the button of his slacks, “Mills, you’re playing with fire, babe.”
An answering smile lit her face, “You started it.”
“I can finish it too.” He tilted her chin up with his free hand and leaned his body against her, pinning her to her disk as he took her mouth.
Millie moaned and slid her arms around his waist. Just like that, she wanted him. The press of his lips against hers, the pressure of his tongue at the seam demanding entry. She opened, giving it to him and mewling when he took control and kissed her harder, faster, deeper. She was left clutching at him, her hips rolling against him, her body aching for more. Millie sucked on his tongue until he groaned against her and then cursed under his breath as he pulled away.
“Mills.” He pressed kisses to her jaw and down her neck.
“Hmm?” She tilted her chin back, giving him more room to send those lovely, warm sensations throughout her body.
“I missed you last night. Maybe that makes me a codependent asshole that I hated sleeping without you but it’s true. Now that I have you I want you with me all the time.”
“Hunter.” She sighed as he nipped at her earlobe, “I missed you too. All day. I waited all day for Lemon’s appointment because I knew you’d be coming with her and I wanted to see you. I needed to see you.”
“God. You drive me crazy when you say things like that.”
“Good. Because just thinking about you makes me crazy.” She smiled when he pulled back to brush a kiss against her lips.
“We sound like lovesick puppies, you know that?” He chuckled and moved to hold her face between his palms, “I’m just glad we’re finally on the same page.”
“Me too.” She acknowledged and then sighed when she felt his cell phone buzz in the front pocket of his jacket, “You probably have to get that. Work is calling and reminding us that we have jobs to do.”
“I’ll call them back. First, I have something to ask you.”
“Oh? You do?” She blinked, surprised that he would choose to ignore his phone and strangely pleased that he would put her first, ahead of even his job, when nobody else in her life had ever done so.
“Mmhmm.” He leaned in, pressing their foreheads together, “I know how you feel about professionalism and boundaries and keeping your work and private life separate…”
Millie rolled her eyes when he threw all of the words she’d once used against him back at her.
“But I was hoping you might make an exception and agree to go to dinner with me tonight?”
Millie couldn’t help it. She laughed. Hunter grinned. She wasn’t sure what she’d been expecting when they got back to Nashville and went back to work. She’d known they would continue seeing each other. That had never been in question. But she hadn’t really expected him to ask her out on a date either and somehow, that was the best part.
Hunter continued to surprise her and she knew, if she let him, that he would keep surprising her for the rest of their lives.
“I think I can bend the rules, just this once.”
He laughed this time, “Oh, it’s going to be more than once, Mills.”
