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Crap! Guilt filled her. She sort of wanted him to go, but not that much. She tried looking on the bright side. “That means you won’t need to be at the airport for a couple of hours!”
“Yep. So, naturally, I decided I would try to get a little time in with my yard. But for once it seems my attention is otherwise engaged.” He winked.
Lillian bit her lip. “Is that so? I would never have expected anything in the universe to have the power of grabbing your attention away from your precious yard.”
“I didn’t know there was a force strong enough,” he agreed, kissing her shoulder. Slipping a couple of fingers under the corner of the towel, he gently tugged.
“Hey, calm down, tiger!” She kissed him back and stepped away from him. “If you’re going to leave so suddenly, you’re going to have to make sure I’m well taken care of until you get home.”
“Oh, I can think of a few things that would definitely ensure that.”
Lillian turned her back and started up the steps again. Once safely by the door, her mind began to play with her. In the heat of the moment, she did something she never would have expected to do.
She dropped the towel, keeping her back toward Cayden. Then she glanced over her shoulder.
His jaw dropped to the ground and he froze. He looked so surprised she started to laugh, trying to keep it down so none of the neighbors would peek out their back doors to see what was going on. She definitely didn’t want Andrew to see.
“Are you tempting me?”
“Maybe.” Her body went from chilled goose bumps to burning hot in half a second. The smile wouldn’t leave her face.
“Well, you’re doing a damn good job of it.”
“What can I say?” she asked, giving him a nonchalant shrug. “You make me feel daring.”
His hands let go of the lawnmower. “I’ll show you what daring looks like.”
“Try me.”
Cayden burst into a run and hopped up all the steps at once until he had her in his arms, unable to escape. “I dare the both of us to go to your room and see who the real daredevil is.” His deep voice so close to her ear and his sweet breath on her neck sent a pulse of energy down to her toes.
“Challenge accepted,” she purred back.
Chapter 05
“WELL,” LILLIAN GRINNED at the road as they hopped into the car, “that was fun.”
Cayden, still a little out of breath, nodded.
“Do you feel all right?”
“You bet your boots I do.” He winked and leaned his head back on the seat. “I’m so sleepy now. You tired me right out.”
Lillian looked at the time. “Come on, it’s only six-thirty.” She winked. “I couldn’t have done that much damage.”
“Time has nothing to do with the climax of heavenly pleasure, my dear Lil.” Eyes still closed, he reached a hand over and lay it on her thigh. “I wish we could have gotten started earlier. A nap would be fantastic right now.”
“That’s what planes are for, silly.”
“Yeah, yeah. It just would have been nice to not have to rush. Lounge time afterward is very important, you know. Not just throwing our clothes back on and piling into the car in five minutes.” He sighed. “Anyway, I’ll make it work. So, are you adequately taken care of until I get back this weekend?”
“I think so. When do you get back, exactly?”
“Friday night.”
“I’ll pick you up.”
“If you’re picking me up, do it alone.”
