it, potentially putting her health second to her career — again.
He also was getting used to seeing her at the office several times every day, and was surprised to discover he had no interest in breaking that streak. Seeing as it was a Saturday evening, this meant he found himself appearing at her front door uninvited for a second time.
With each new day, Claudia was opening up to him more and more, revealing she had a wickedly-sharp mind to go along with the bluster and sass, which had greeted him when he’d first met her.
Trey only knew a few other people who could work the kind of magic with a computer that Claudia did with such ease — himself, his father, and the other…well, she was gone. It seemed like Claudia just needed someone to believe in her. Then, before he knew it, the floodgates opened, and her abilities quickly poured out of her. Trey felt simultaneously excited and terrified to be a part of her progression.
Being around her beautiful face and tight body was also making it very difficult to remember why he’d promised Jenna he wouldn’t sleep with Claudia McCoy. Though, he could probably keep that precise commitment, since he’d been fantasizing about her constantly over the last few days — and sleeping was not involved in any of those flights of his imagination.
“Hi, Trey,” she greeted cheerily, as she opened the door in a pair of pajama bottoms and a tightly-fitting matching tank top, which showed just enough of the tops of her breasts to make it hard for him to recall the reason he had for showing up there in the first place. “Are you working over the weekend, too. Can’t get enough of me, can you?” she teased.
Even though her words were light, he caught her eyeing him up and down — in the end, resting her gaze on his mouth in a doe-eyed stare. Every time she looked at him that way, it sent a powerful shot of desire through his body, straight to his bones. Trey’s awareness of her desire for him only managed to drive him more nuts.
And unfortunately, his craving was getting stronger with each of her innocent glances, as well as the way she’d unknowingly lick and gently suck on her plump lower lip whenever their eyes met.
“I guess not,” he answered eventually, having to clear his throat a bit to force the words out of his mouth. “Can I come in?”
“Oh, of course. Jeez, I’m sorry. I probably shouldn’t leave you at my front porch all night, huh?” she said quickly, the words stumbling over each other, as she stepped aside to let him enter.
“Thanks, little one,” he answered, and winked. “Aren’t you cold in that?” he asked, nodding at her chest and raising an eyebrow. He tried his damnedest not to look at her hard nipples poking into the thin fabric, and begging him to give them a proper hello.
Perhaps she sensed his own interest in them, because she immediately crossed her arms over her chest, which made the agonizing view of her cleavage just another reason he regretted not wearing looser jeans before heading over to her place.
“I’m okay. I can get a sweater if it will make you more comfortable,” she teased.
“Don’t cover up on my account. Just looking out for you is all.”
“Thank you,” she said slowly, letting her disobedient eyes wander all over him again. If their seemingly endless path made their way to his crotch, he might be the one needing to cover up, in case those quick glances of hers turned less sweet. He almost exhaled in relief when they landed on the bag still dangling from his left hand like a white flag of surrender to his own resistance of actually liking the sexy package in front of him.
“Trey?”
“What?”
“Did you hear me? I asked you what’s in the bag,” she clarified over a sweet, yet nervous, laugh that matched those big eyes of hers, too well.
Trey felt like a horny kid with a crush all of a sudden. Desperate to shake off the sensation, he barreled into her kitchen and placed the bag on the small part of her table left unoccupied by papers, scribbled notes, and her laptop.
He turned to look at her, comforted by the effect his stern look had on her.
“Why do you look mad?”
“I’m not,” he said, and the little smile she gave him almost pushed him right back into eager puppy category. Standing straight, he crossed