AllFreeNovel
Share Us
He remembered.
Feeling much better, she tugged on her clothes and checked her appearance in the mirror. The pink top brought out the pink in her cheeks. Turning sideways, she ran a hand down the seam of her jeans. What she wore didn’t matter, but she did want to look her best. She banded her wet hair in a ponytail and went in search of Mike, trying not to dwell on the eagerness in her step or the flurry in her chest.
What was a girl to do? The man was hot, hot, hot.
Mike stood looking out her kitchen window, sipping his coffee. His shoulder muscles bunched as he lowered his cup. Cassie couldn’t help but sigh. He must have heard her for he turned and braced one hip against the counter.
“Feeling better?” His lips lifted in a slight curve on one side, sending a pool of heat to her belly.
“Much.”
“Let me warm that up.” He took her cup, poured hot coffee into it, and then handed it back to her, grazing her fingers.
She caressed her mug, wistful of the warmth of his touch on her skin. She pulled a chair out from the kitchen table and sat down. Taking a sip of her coffee, she savored the taste while contemplating long, muscular legs covered in washed-out denim. Her gaze slid upward over a shirt tucked into low riding jeans. She swallowed, thinking of the sculpted abs she knew lay underneath his shirt, the cuffs rolled a few turns back showed a sprinkling of dark hair that matched the blanket covering his wide, masculine chest. A sigh escaped her lips as she remembered the night she had caressed those very abs, his skin soft and warm beneath her hand. She glanced at the opening at his neck and the tuffs of black exposed. She swallowed. She could almost—
A sound much like a groan escaped Mike drawing her eyes to his searing gaze.
A slow grin spread over his mouth and her heart took a giant leap. One smile. Just one. And she turned to liquid.
She felt the heat in her face as she flushed with embarrassment. He’d watched her ogle him and knew what she’d been thinking.
“Like what you see?”
She took a gulp of her coffee and nearly choked.
He laughed, soft and deep.
She changed the subject. “What was in that stuff you gave me?”
“Trust me. You’ll feel better not knowing.”
There again with the trust me. She didn’t trust lightly.
“I seem to remember there being no end to drinks last night. Did you deliberately try getting us drunk?”
“You girls were well on your way to getting snonkered before Shep and I found you. I’m glad we did.” He gave her scowl to drive his point home.
Yeah, that wasn’t exactly fair of her. She and Tammy had been lucky. Needless to say, if it hadn’t been Mike, she would never have lost control. Too much alcohol gave courage to the shyest individual, making them lose their inhibitions. For a control freak, she didn’t welcome the idea of lost minutes, or hours of time.
“I don’t normally do that.” She wiggled in the chair, uncomfortable under his scrutiny.
“Shep said you were nice girls.”
“Nice?”
“He figured you didn’t normally drink yourselves stupid.”
“Stupid?” Silently she agreed.
“Do you own a parrot?”
Cassie covered her forehead with the palm of her hand, wishing she could clear the fog in her brain. “I don’t drink a lot. I never get drunk.”
“No harm done. Shep said we should let you have your fun. You were pretty funny.”
“Shep said,” she mocked. “You were there, too.” She groaned in mortification. “If I did something I shouldn’t have, would you tell me?”
“Nope.”
