Hungry For You - Argeneau Series - Book 14 Page 0,76

last time hadn’t been any more planned than the others. They’d come in here in search of food, but their desire for each other had derailed their attempt to enjoy the groceries Bricker had brought them. Which was how she now found herself waking up on the cold kitchen floor, half-covered by Cale and surrounded by the remains of their attempted picnic.

Her gaze slid over the half-eaten fruit strewn on the floor around them and the nearly empty can of whipped cream. Aware that her nipples were growing hard again as she recalled how that can had gotten emptied, Alex decided it was time to move. While making love in almost every room of her restaurant had been fun, she’d had enough of hard surfaces. A nice soft bed with warm blankets and clean sheets would be her first choice from now on.

Alex sighed faintly at the thought as she eased out from under Cale. She had given up thinking that they could return to a more professional relationship. Actually, Alex didn’t even want it anymore. The idea of giving up the pleasure they’d shared tonight was no longer one she even wished to consider. The man had gotten under her skin … and in her skin. And she wanted him there again, and again, and again for as long as possible. Alex suspected it would break her heart when he left, but there was nothing she could do about that at this point. She’d already fallen for the guy, and the only thing she could do was make as many memories with him as she could before he left.

Cale sighed sleepily and shifted onto his side, and Alex froze briefly, half-upright; but when his breathing returned to a slow, steady rhythm, she finished standing, and then tiptoed across the room to her office and through it to the bathroom. She leaned into the tub and turned on the taps, deciding she would take a quick shower to remove the sticky film the whipped cream had left behind. Then she would get dressed before Cale woke and wake him to suggest they head to her place.

Alex adjusted the knobs until the water was nice and hot without being scalding, and then hit the button to send the water through the showerhead rather than the taps. She stepped into the tub, pulling the door closed before too much water could escape. As she turned under the warm spray, Alex had to admit that leaving the bathroom in place rather than making her office larger had been a brilliant move. It had certainly come in handy tonight. She just wished she’d thought to buy more than the liquid hand soap they’d been forced to use tonight. She pressed the pump to squirt some of the vanilla-scented soap into her hand and began to work her hands to make a lather.

Some shampoo and a proper bar of soap, or even body scrub would have been nice too, she thought as she spread the lather over her body, washing away the sticky whipped cream. Getting some proper bath towels in here would be nice as well. The overlarge hand towels she’d bought for the bathroom were still really too small to be of much use, it had barely reached around Cale’s hips. Recalling how skimpy the item hadbeen on him, Alex felt heat flow through her and immediately turned into the spray to rinse the lather away.

“Mmm. Warm and wet Alex, my favorite meal.”

Alex glanced over her shoulder with a start. Her eyes widened with alarm when she saw that Cale had the door open and was stepping in to join her.

“Oh, no,” she said, backing into the corner to avoid his touch when he reached for her. She knew from experience that if he even so much as brushed against her, she’d fall into his arms. If that happened, she’d find herself waking up on top, or under, him in the bottom of the tub. If she woke up at all, Alex thought grimly. With her luck, she’d pass out on her back on the bottom of the tub and drown from the water spraying into her mouth.

Realizing that Cale had frozen and was now peering at her uncertainly, she smiled wryly, and explained, “I was hoping we could try a bed next time. Maybe go to my place? ”

Cale relaxed and nodded, his voice solemn when he said, “Oui. I’d like that.”

Alex let out a relieved breath, but knew she wasn’t out