sat down on the pool stairs, waiting for the perfect moment to attack.
He glanced back at Sloane to find her focused on Teddy, smiling down at the little boy in her arms and
“Have I told you how much I miss our glaring sessions?” Grey said, throwing him a curious look.
“Well, there’s an easy solution to that,” Chase said, not bothering to point out that he didn’t need fucking therapy, something that should have been more than obvious by this point.
“And what’s that?” Grey asked, reaching into his bag only to frown when he pulled out a large stack of napkins.
“You could tell Sloane that I don’t need therapy to save me the trouble of canceling them every week,” Chase said as the woman who seemed to really enjoy tormenting Grey sat down on the bench next to him. With a murmured, “This sandwich is so good,” and a heartfelt sigh, she took a bite of the sandwich that had the large man that seemed to have an easy smile for everyone else, narrowing his eyes on the move.
“Tell me that’s not my lunch,” Grey said, shoving the napkins back in the brown paper bag.
“No, of course, it isn’t. Don’t be silly,” Nikki said dryly as she took another bite.
“It’s not going to work,” Grey said, completely forgetting about him as he focused his attention on the woman determined to get out of her court-ordered community service.
“What’s not going to work?” Nikki asked, blinking innocently.
Instead of answering her, Grey plucked the sandwich out of her hand, took a bite as Chase watched Sloane help Teddy onto his stomach and
“Why don’t you just tell her that you don’t need therapy?” Grey countered, knowing that wasn’t a choice.
“Because there’s nothing wrong with me.”
“I would agree with that except that there’s something that we need to talk about,” Grey said, sounding thoughtful as he finished off the rest of his sandwich.
“And what’s that?” Chase asked, more than happy to get to the fucking point so that he could stop coming here and wasting his
“The accident.”
Chapter 34
“Have I told you how much I love it when you’re cranky?” Sloane asked with a heartfelt sigh as she finished checking the burgers in the pan so that she could focus on the man that hadn’t said a word since they left the center.
When he only glared at her, she added, “It’s sexy,” with a solemn nod, earning a slight, ever so slight, twitch of his lips.
“God, I am so turned on right now,” Sloane said dryly as she lowered the stove before she climbed onto Chase’s lap.
“In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever been more turned on than I am right now,” she said, shifting to get comfortable, noting that Chase’s lips definitely twitched this time.
“Oh, yeah?” he asked, running his hands over her thighs.
“Mmmhmmm, very sexy,” Sloane said, nodding solemnly, unable to help but smile as she leaned in and kissed him.
“You’re a very strange woman, Pookie,” Chase whispered as he slowly kissed his way down to her neck.
“And a sweet talker, too? God, I don’t know how much more of this I’m going to be able to take,” she said, loving the way that it felt when he smiled against her skin.
“We could always find out,” he whispered seductively as she felt one of his hands slide beneath her shirt and make its way up to her breast, giving it a gentle squeeze that had her shifting on his lap.
“We should definitely do that,” she agreed on a moan as Chase’s other hand cupped her bottom, using his hold to bring her closer and
Reminded her just how easily he could turn her on.
She’d never been with a man that made her feel this way before. He drove her crazy, made her forget herself, made her stop worrying about everything, and made her feel like she was exactly where she was supposed to be. It was dangerous allowing herself to want more knowing that she couldn’t have it.
This wasn’t going to last, but right now, she didn’t care.
The only thing that mattered was how good it felt when he touched her and how much she liked falling asleep in his arms every night and waking up with him every morning. She
Was burning the burgers, Sloane realized with a pathetic groan as she broke off the kiss that she fully planned on continuing just as soon as she made sure the house wasn’t going to burn down. Sighing, she brushed her lips against his one last time