Page 52 of Part of Me (The Seaside Chronicles 2)

Right before his mouth met mine, my phone rang.

I screamed and jumped back, nearly falling on my ass.

I fumbled with the phone to answer it. “Hello? Hello? I’m here. Yes. Um…”

“Are you okay? What’s wrong?” Palmer asked on the other end.

Brody silently asked if I was okay, and I gave him a thumbs up before quickly making my way around him and into my room.

I shut the door and dropped back against it. “Give me a second,” I told my sister while I closed my eyes and attempted to calm my beating heart.

“Sutton?”

“One. Second.”

“Oooookay.”

I took in a few deep breaths before I opened my eyes and headed straight into my bathroom. “Sorry, I just ran into Brody, and the only thing he was wearing was a towel. And his hair was wet. Why is that so sexy?”

Palmer laughed. “Did you pull the towel off and take what’s now yours?”

“No!” I stated. “He’s not mine.”

“Um, beg to differ with you, big sister. You’re married. He is well and truly yours to do anything you want with.”

I could hear Harlee giggling in the background.

“Am I on speakerphone?”

“Indeed, you are!” Harlee stated with a laugh. “I’ve got an idea. We have a package that got delivered first thing this morning. It contains some goodies in there that you and Brody could try out.”

I reached into the shower and turned the water on…to cold. Doesn’t that work for women too?

“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear any of that,” I said. “I’m jumping into the shower, and then I’ll be on my way. Sorry I’m running late.”

Palmer sounded thoughtful as she said, “Did the column in this morning’s paper distract you? Who do you think knows? Harlee said it could be Mindy. Oh my gosh—what if it’s Mitch?”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s not either one of them. Let me get going so I can get to the store. On my desk in my office is a layout of how I think the rounds should go. If you guys don’t mind starting without me, I shouldn’t be much longer.”

“No worries. We’ve already started pulling out some of the inventory. Sutton, this lingerie is amazing. You helped design it?”

“A few pieces. I helped more with the skirts and tops. Those should arrive today, and I thought we could put them in the very front of the store, maybe even do up a cute fall display.”

“I’ll be on the lookout in case UPS shows up early. Go get ready, we’ll keep plugging along here.”

“Thanks, guys. See you soon.”

I stripped out of my joggers and T-shirt and nearly yelped when the cold water hit me. Then I soon made a mental note to myself. Cold water doesn’t help put out the fire of desire after seeing one’s very hot, naked husband.

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