It doesn’t help when he kisses me again. Not fair.

Then my stomach growls, dang it. It isn’t easy but I manage to untangle myself from him. “I am pretty hungry.”

“Me too, you have perfect timing.” With a last lick of my lips he lets me go.

Lunch goes by too fast. I can’t remember what we talk about. Then the phone rings and it’s over. With a soft press of his lips against my temple he pushes me toward the door. I go with a sigh.

At the end of the day, I have a text waiting from Claudine telling me she did all the shopping and everything’s...