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Hmm…maybe.
“Ohh, Leo likes it!” Grabbing Katie by the shoulders, Leo smacked his juicy, pink lips on hers. “I’m sugar.” Then, in a bad Joe Elliott impression, he started singing, “That’s me, hot and sticky sweet, from my head to my feet.”
“Oh, God.” Kelly snorted, and giving in, she shrugged. “It’s actually not a bad idea.”
“Chloe can update the logo for you,” Brendan said as if it were a done deal.
But then it was, wasn’t it? Change is good. And it made sense.
“Okay. Why not? Let’s do it.”
After Katie and her family departed, she and Leo remained. Sitting together on the floor, they gazed at the bare walls surrounding them. He grabbed hold of her hand, and raising her fingers to his lips, he kissed them. “Told you so.”
“Told me what?”
Smirking, he let her go. “That friends-with-benefits thing never works out.”
“Yeah, well…” Laying her head against his shoulder, Kelly smiled. “…I’m glad that it didn’t.”
“Me too, chérie,” he said, stroking her hair. “That gorgeous hunk of man sure does love you.”
Two broken pieces somehow mended and made whole together, she loved him right back.
“I know.”
His fingers sliding through her hair, Kelly lay tucked beneath his arm. Kodiak loved the smooth, silky feel of it, the warmth of her skin, and how perfectly her body molded itself to his. Almost as if they were made for each other, they fit.
The TV was on, but neither one of them was watching it. After closing up shop, Kelly came straight to his place as she often did. He fed her dinner. They fucked on the couch. Content, just by being with her, Kodiak listened as she talked about her day.
“Sugar Beanie’s, huh?” Smiling, he kissed her crown. “Yeah, I like it.”
“I hope we can have construction completed by summer. I want to have our grand re-opening the first week of July—that’s Beanie’s third birthday.”
“If anyone can make it happen, it’s you,” he said, squeezing her a little tighter.
She craned her neck, those pretty blue eyes looking up at him. “I love you.”
“Say it again.”
“Why?” Kelly giggled, suddenly sounding shy.
Because the words were foreign to him. In all his life, only two other people had ever spoken them—his sister and Bo. Not even his own father. Not once. And Jonathan never had the chance.
Tipping her chin up, Kodiak kissed her. “Because I like the way it sounds.”
“I love you.”
Stretching his arms out wide, Kodiak returned the sentiment, “I love you too, baby, as far as my arms can go.” Then he wrapped them around her, stroking her skin. “Everything is different now. Even Linnea noticed. She keeps asking me if I met someone.”
“Oh?” Rolling onto her side, she glanced up at him.
He met her gaze. “It’s about time I told her, don’t you think?”
“I think she won’t be too happy about it.” Rubbing her fingers on his chest, Kelly worried her lip.
“Yes, she will be. Why the hell would you think that?”
Shooting him a look, her features hardened. “Dillon, for starters. He does not like me.”
