Can't Help Falling in Love - Samantha Chase Page 0,89

it back. And more than anything, he needed to hear her say it to him and know he wasn’t alone.

One soft, delicate hand caressed his jaw, down the column of his neck, and came to rest over his heart. “I love you, Hunter Jones. I love the fact that you got on a plane to come here to me.” She kissed him softly on the lips. “I love talking with you, I love laughing with you, I really love making love with you, and yes, I love that you brought cupcakes with you.” She paused and gave him a sassy grin. “And I wish we had brought them upstairs with us because I’m starving.”

“Me too!”

“Oh, thank God! I was so afraid to admit that and ruin the moment!” She maneuvered out from under him and got up. Hunter lay back in awe as she stretched and walked around the bed completely naked and beyond sexy. She walked into what he guessed was her en suite bathroom and came back out wearing a robe. “Okay, I had planned on getting takeout tonight, so what are you in the mood for? Pizza? Chinese? Mexican? There’s a great chicken and barbecue place I order from all the time that I think you’d like. Or…”

“Or,” he interrupted as he climbed from the bed. “We can go out to eat and you can show me around the city a bit. What do you say?”

“I say…” She moved in close and wrapped her arms around his waist. “That I love you and I’d very much like to take you out and show you around.” And she kissed his chest before looking up at him. “But I think we need a shower first. What do you say?”

“Can we be as loud as we want?” he teased.

“Hell, yeah!

“That was…amazing.”

“I have to agree.”

“You know, you see these things on TV, but you don’t realize how truly amazing they are.”

“Well, it is one of the main reasons I bought this house.”

They were drying off after their second shower of the night. They had gone out to dinner and had walked around downtown for a while before coming home and having the cupcakes for dessert.

And using the icing for pleasure purposes.

Exhausted and clean, they climbed back into the bed and snuggled in close. Violet left one of the bedside lamps on so there was some soft lighting in the room, and Hunter realized just how practical his home was compared to hers. Everything here looked like it had been handpicked to make the room feel cozy. Whereas everything in his home was there because it was functional. The structure of the house itself was great, but sadly, his decorating skills kind of sucked.

Damn.

“What’s going on?” she asked.

“What? What do you mean?”

“Hunter, you just sighed like…I don’t know…like something’s bothering you. Did you not have fun tonight? Was all the walking around too much? Too boring?” She gasped and sat up to face him. “Are you regretting coming here and you’re going to fly home in the morning?”

“Violet…”

“You never did say when your return flight was. Did you only plan on being here for the night? Oh, God…we really need to talk about stuff like this!”

“No, Violet, I was just thinking…”

“All night I yammered on and on and on about the city and all the things we were seeing and trying to keep the conversation light. When really, I should have been asking the big questions and figuring out where we go from here.”

Much like he had earlier, Hunter gently guided her back down beside him so she could rest her head on his shoulder. “Okay, take a breath and relax. I was sighing because your home is …it’s fantastic, Violet. I’m looking around and realizing how much is lacking back at my place. Like you have all this great furniture that matches and looks a little like it came from a decorating magazine. Then I think of my place and it’s kind of depressing.”

“I wouldn’t say depressing…”

“You certainly wouldn’t see any of my rooms in a decorating magazine.”

“Well, don’t be too impressed,” she began slowly. “Because…this was the model home, and I bought it furnished, so…I can’t take all the credit. Or any of it, actually. And for what it’s worth, I love your house. It’s comfortable and lived in and…I can’t wait to be there with you again.”

This girl…

Holding her tight, he let out a long breath. “I know I was kind of unbending about this move, but I want