Way to Her Heart - By Melanie Schuster Page 0,43
colors and patterns, plus a couple of really seductive sheer nighties. Sherri was overcome by his good taste and generosity.
“Lucas, this is too much, honey. These are so beautiful, but there’re so many! I can’t believe you did this,” she murmured.
He gave her a rakish grin and pulled her into his arms for a long hug, followed by an even longer kiss. “Believe it, Sherri. Look, I like the basic schoolgirl white undies—they’re as cute as can be. But when I saw you in the fancy ones you looked so damned sexy I wanted you to have more. And if you feel compelled to put on a fashion show for me later, don’t hold back,” he teased her.
“You’d just love that, wouldn’t you?” she said with a sassy smile. “I will, but only if you do a striptease for me.”
“That can be arranged. You know I’m not modest in the least. Listen, you get undressed and relaxed while I finish filling the tub for you. I didn’t fill it all the way because I wanted it to be nice and hot.”
“You are the most thoughtful man in the world. That sounds like a lovely idea.”
“And when you get done, you’ll have a fabulous dinner waiting for you.” Lucas kissed her on her forehead and then her cheek.
Sherri sighed deeply as she got ready to get in the big tub. Tonight she was just going to take pleasure in the wonderful surprises he had given her, and that was all. The Trevor mess could wait for another day.
* * *
After the best bath she’d ever had, Sherri was completely carefree. She rubbed coconut oil all over her body and slipped into a set of her beautiful new underwear, choosing a sheer peach demi-bra with a matching thong. When she emerged from the bedroom wearing a bronze silk tank top and a pair of wide-legged, leopard-print silk pants, she hoped she looked as sexy as she felt. Lucas apparently thought so because he stopped what he was doing in the kitchen to admire her.
“That’s a hot outfit, sweetheart. Turn around and let me get a good look.”
She did her best imitation of a runway model as she admitted she’d never worn it before. “It was an impulse buy from T.J.Maxx, and it’s really impractical for a working mom of a small child. But I just had to have it. I always hoped I’d have a reason to wear it one day.”
“I’m glad you gave in to your impulse because you look fantastic. I’m also glad that I’m the only one to see you in it. If you’ll sit down, dinner is served.”
He’d made the dining room table look romantic with candles and a single gardenia floating in a bowl of water. The food was delicious, as was everything Lucas prepared, but this was special because it was one of her favorite meals. A first course of pesto-stuffed mushrooms was followed by eggplant parmesan, fettuccini with puttanesca sauce and a green salad with crostini. Sherri was in heaven. Everything was sublime and she told him so several times. He’d even made one of her favorite desserts, tiramisu.
“Lucas, you are too good to me. You’re spoiling me something awful,” she said, showing her dimples in a beautiful smile.
He scoffed as he poured more wine into their glasses. “You’re so sweet that it’s a pleasure to do things for you. You deserve it. Anyone who works as hard as you do, and who’s raised the world’s most adorable little girl, is entitled to be treated like a queen every day of her life.”
“Lucas, you’re going to make me cry,” she warned.
He came around to her side of the table and held out his hand. “Then I’ll stop, at least for now. Go in the living room and I’ll be back in ten minutes to ravish your body from head to toe.”
“Suppose I want to ravish you?”
“Then I’ll be back in five minutes and you can do anything you want to me,” he promised.
When Lucas finished in the kitchen he was pleasantly surprised to find that Sherri wasn’t in the living room at all. But her sexy leopard-print pants were there, draped over the sofa. The bronze tank top was hanging on the back of a chair and the sheer bra was on the doorknob of the bedroom like an invitation. He entered the room and found Sherri on the bed, bathed in candlelight. She was lying on her side wearing a seductive smile. The thong