over the edge with a cry of surprise.
He followed quickly with his orgasm, his cock jerking inside her.
They stayed in each other arms for a few minutes. His heart pounded solidly against her chest.
He kissed her then moved her off his cock. “Be right back,” he said and went into his bathroom.
She remained sitting in his bed. This was foreign territory for her. What do the cool women do after sex? Hell, she had no idea. She wasn’t cool—according to her daughter—and she’d not been in a man’s bed like this. Should she start getting dressed? What time was it? She had to pick up Katie. Crap, her car was at McP’s. Would Ben take her back there to get her car? It was a long drive, so even if she picked up her car, she’d have to drive back into San Diego to pick up Katie. And knowing her daughter, she’d be full of questions about why Aunt Diana had picked her up at the movies instead of her mom, and where had Holly been that kept her from picking her up. None of the questions were ones she wanted to answer.
“I can see your brain spinning,” Ben said when he returned. Sitting with his back resting on the headboard, he kissed her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against his chest. “What’s going on in there?” His lips pressed a kiss to her temple.
“Oh, nothing.”
He chuckled, the deep sound vibrating on her back. “You would make a horrible spy,” he confided. “You don’t lie worth shit.”
She turned her head and looked at him. “Really? I think I lie pretty good.”
“So, what’s got you in deep thoughts?”
She sighed. “I was thinking about having to go get my daughter tonight.”
A cell phone rang in the living room. “Mine or yours?” she asked.
“Yours. I’ll go get it.”
He strode from the room, not at all self-conscious about his naked body, and honestly, who could blame him? Every inch was firm and sleek, with clearly defined muscles. If there was a next time, she promised herself she’d spend more time tracing those luscious dips and valleys.
He handed her the phone and slid back in behind her.
“Thanks.”
She glanced at the screen, read the text, and then tapped a quick reply.
“Problem?”
Holly leaned back against him. “More like a solution. It was Diana. Katie’s spending the night at her house tonight. I told her that I’d pick Katie up tomorrow when I got off work.”
He snaked his arms around her waist and nuzzled the sensitive area behind her ear. “I’m liking your sister-in-law more and more.”
Her stomach took that moment to growl at a volume impossible to ignore.
He groaned. “Damn. I offered you dinner, didn’t I?”
She looked over her shoulder. “Yeah, and I would say I’m not hungry and it’s okay, except you’ve already pointed out that I’m a terrible liar, and there’s no way you didn’t hear my stomach screaming.”
“Come on. We’ll raid my kitchen.” He stood and pulled her to her feed. “And don’t bother getting dressed. You’ll just have to take it all off again.”
He swaggered from the room and she snorted.
“A little sure of yourself, aren’t you?” she called behind him.
“I’m sure we’re not done,” he called back.
She wrapped a sheet around her body and followed his voice back up the hall. As she did, she glanced through the open door to the adjacent bedroom. An office. Nothing interesting in that. However, she passed a steel door with a digital pad that required a code to open it.
“What’s with the third bedroom?” she asked.
“Office,” he replied over his shoulder
“Not that one and you know it. The one with fancy lock.”
“Ah. That’s my room of toys.”
She stilled. “Like your red room?”
He frowned. “Red room?”
“You know. From that erotic book. The red room was where he kept all his, well, sex stuff.”
He laughed. “I don’t have a thing to eat here since I’ve been out of the country. Okay if I order a pizza?”
“Sure.”
After the order was placed, he took her hand and led her to the steel door. He punched in a long string of digits, and then to her surprise, put his thumb up for scanning. Only then did the door swing open. She gasped in surprise.
“Holy shit, Batman,” she said.
“Not the toys you were expecting?”
Her eyes were wide with shock when she looked at him. “Guns.”
He nodded. “I play with guns every day.”
“But…but…what are some of these things?”
He began telling the name, caliber, and use for each weapon. When