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Glad she hadn’t really been offended by his offer to send a driver, Jamie said “I’ll meet you at the restaurant at seven.” He couldn’t wait.
* * *
On her way to the restaurant, Lucy stopped at her favorite bakery and bought some cookies and a can of whipped cream, which she secreted in her purse. She knew she and Jamie would drive back to her place together, and she didn’t want him catching on to her plans.
As always, dinner with Jamie was fun and relaxing. They filled their dinnertime talking about work and Lucy’s niece. Lucy was already looking forward to another visit with Milly the following weekend. Thanks to Jamie, Diana had agreed to let them take the baby to the zoo for their visit. Lucy couldn’t wait.
As the waiter cleared their table, Jamie asked, “Lucy, would you go to Summitville with me this weekend?”
Lucy’s eyes widened in surprise. Jamie had told her a little bit more about the factory Whitcomb Enterprises was seeking to open in Summitville, a small town in Michigan. But the last time he’d spoken of it, he’d said his meeting with the town council wouldn’t take place for several weeks. “I thought your meeting with the town council wasn’t until next month.”
“Something unexpected came up that I need to take care of and I’d really like your company.”
Good thing she had no plans for the upcoming weekend. In fact, the only plans she ever seemed to have involved Jamie, and she’d been enjoying that immensely. “Well, sure. You’ve been there for me, so I’m happy to do anything I can to help you. Though I really don’t think you need me. You’re wonderful. I’m sure the people from Summitville will love you once they get to know you better.”
“Now that’s a nice thing to say. I think it deserves a kiss.”
He leaned over and lightly touched his lips to hers. When he lifted his head, she barely stopped herself from pulling him back down.
She knew the fact that he kept flying up from Los Angeles to see her was something she should call a halt to, but they’d both agreed that as long as they were pretending to be engaged, they had free rein when it came to sex. And even though what she felt for him was way beyond sex, and even though she knew the same was true for Jamie, she loved being with him too much to protest.
After dinner, they took a cab back to her place. Once they were safely inside, she poured him a glass of wine and they sat on the couch.
“Dinner was nice, wasn’t it?”
“Wonderful,” she said.
“I like it that you love to eat.”
“Yeah, I guess I should be more worried about gaining weight. It’ll happen someday…”
“Even if it does, you’ll never be anything less than gorgeous.”
“Why, Professor, what a nice thing to say.”
“Just stating the facts,” he said.
“Hmm. Well, I’m interested in what you’ll think of this.” She produced the cookies and whipped cream can from her purse and set them on the coffee table.
He stared at them for a minute, then picked up the cookies, handed her one, and said, “I think we should eat these damn cookies so we can move on to that whipped cream.”
He took a huge bite of his peanut butter cookie, then held it out for her to try. She did the same to the white chocolate macadamia. After the cookies had been devoured, he said, “Nice, but I’m still hungry.”
“Me, too,” she whispered.
“Where do you want to have the rest of our dessert? In the bedroom or on the dining room table?”
The thought of being spread out on her dining room table and covered in whipped cream made Lucy moan. “You’re turning into quite the little sex fiend,” she breathed out.
“Only with you, Luce. Only with you.”
