All Consuming (Brotherhood by Fire #3) -Jaci Burton Page 0,62
When he came back, he stood at the side of the bed.
“I don’t know about you, but I’m sweaty.”
She smiled. “Me, too.”
“Shower?” He held out his hand.
She took his hand, and he helped her out of the bed. “Sounds like a great idea.”
She followed him into the bathroom and waited while the shower warmed up. Kal looked over at her and gave her his usual sexy half smile.
Everything was back to normal, as if what she’d thought was some momentous thing hadn’t happened.
She supposed it had been just sex. Maybe what she’d thought was an extraordinary moment hadn’t been anything at all.
Which was probably a good thing, because this wasn’t the right time in her life to fall in love anyway.
After she’d had that long talk with herself tonight about using logic and not emotion, after one excellent night of sex, she’d allowed emotion to enter the picture.
Just how dumb are you, Hannah?
Pretty dumb, obviously. Time to right the ship again and let logic take over.
She was in this for fun. Not love. Fun. And only fun. She was going to keep reminding herself of that until it sank in.
“You coming in or are you going to hang out in the bathroom all night being sweaty?” Kal asked.
She took a deep breath and answered. “I’m coming in.”
But she was going in with her logic armor firmly covering her heart.
She stepped into the shower with him.
CHAPTER 19
KAL CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND STARED DOWN AT the hot, sexy woman asleep in his bed.
It took some convincing, but he’d gotten Hannah to agree to spend the night with him last night.
She’d been tired, and frankly so had he. Since they were both off work today, it made sense for her to spend the night. She’d talked to her mom, who said she could take Oliver to school this morning, and Hannah would pick him up after.
Which meant they could spend at least part of the day together.
He tossed on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, then went downstairs to grab a cup of coffee. Jackson and Becks were already dressed and down there.
“Where are you two headed today?” he asked.
“We’re going out to breakfast, then running some errands,” Jackson said. “And we’ll hit the grocery store since it’s our week.”
“Okay.”
“I have a list a mile long,” Becks said. “And there’s a couple of wedding things I want to look at.”
Kal noted the way Jackson smiled over at Becks.
“Sure, babe,” Jackson said.
Becks looked happy. Kal liked seeing her happy. And in love with his brother.
She slung her backpack over her shoulder. “We’ll probably see you tonight, Kal. Say goodbye to Hannah for us.”
He grabbed his coffee and leaned against the counter. “Will do. Have a good day.”
He knew that Becks and Jackson were aware that Hannah spent the night. Nothing happened around this house that everyone else didn’t know about. Which got him to thinking about Jackson and Becks getting married.
It had been different for Rafe and Carmen. They’d gotten a house of their own. They could have their married-people privacy without having a third wheel underfoot. Maybe it was time he moved out so Jackson and Becks could have their space. Hannah had alluded to it, and now that he’d had some time to think about it, it was starting to make sense.
“Hey, you left me.”
He looked up to see Hannah leaning against the railing. She was wearing one of his firefighter T-shirts that hung all the way past her thighs. Her hair was messy from sleep, and she was the hottest woman he’d ever laid eyes on. The way she smiled down at him stirred both physical and emotional things inside of him that were way too deep to think about on a Monday morning.
“I needed coffee and didn’t want to wake you.”
“I’m awake now. And I definitely need coffee. Should I get dressed first?”
He shook his head. “Jackson and Becks left for the day.”
She came downstairs and got on her tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips. “Mmm. You taste like coffee. Where’s mine?”
“Coming up.” He brewed her a fresh cup and handed it to her. “Cream is in the fridge, sugar on the island.”
“Thanks.” She went to the refrigerator and poured a small amount of cream in hers, put the cream back and stood facing the fridge while she took her first couple of sips.
“I thought we might—”
She held out her hand, palm facing toward him to silence him, then took another couple of sips before