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“We’re going to—”
He cut her off by kissing her mouth. When he lifted his mouth she started again.
“We need—”
He kissed her again and continued to kiss her, sliding his tongue into her mouth, until she responded, her body softening, meeting his tongue with hers as he deepened the kiss. Damn, kissing Damaris was like a fantasy come true, and when she threw herself into it as she was doing now, he could hardly think.
“No fair,” she said, her voice husky. “I can’t think when you kiss me like that.”
Nate smiled. “Me neither. That’s the point.” He scooped her up in his arms and started walking toward the bedroom.
“We still need to talk about this.”
“Okay.”
“I mean it, Nate.”
“Okay,” he repeated, tossing her onto the middle of the bed and following her down. “Later.” The T-shirt had ridden up, exposing her to his gaze. The fact that she wore no panties guaranteed that’s where his gaze zeroed in. He cupped her between her thighs, smiling when she drew in a breath. He stroked her with his fingers, then followed with his mouth.
Damaris gave a strangled groan and put her hands in his hair. “Now I really can’t think.”
“Who needs to think?” Nate asked.
“Good point,” she said as he got back to business.
Chapter Nineteen
Damaris went with Nate to his next lunch date with Grandma K. Normally she let Nate see Grandma K on his own but occasionally Damaris made what was essentially a command appearance. Not that Grandma K acted like it was a command. No, in this matter she was quite sensitive and always tried to make certain Damaris didn’t feel forced to visit her. Damaris wished she could say the same for other things Grandma K didn’t feel called for subtlety. She maintained that at her age, she had no time to be subtle.
“Next Wednesday would have been your grandpa’s and my seventy-second anniversary,” Grandma K announced as they were eating lunch—pizza Nate had picked up from Lucy’s Pizza. “I miss that man something fierce.”
“When did you lose him, Grandma K?” Damaris asked.
“A little over ten years ago. We had a long, wonderful life together.” She took a bite of pizza and added, “Before long I’ll be with him again.”
“You’re not going to die anytime soon, Grandma,” Nate said. “You need to quit thinking like that.”
“Oh, don’t worry. I have a few things I want to see before I go.” She raised an eyebrow at her grandson.
Uh-oh. Talk about a speaking look.
“What have you been up to, Damaris? I haven’t seen you since we got back from California.”
“I know. I’ve been working a lot. I owed my brothers for taking care of my chores and responsibilities while I was gone.”
“That’s good but I hope you haven’t been too busy to see Nate.”
“She hasn’t,” Nate said. “I make sure of that.” He sent her a suggestive glance that thankfully, only she could see.
She narrowed her eyes at him but didn’t respond otherwise. He began picking up the dirty dishes, carrying them to the sink to rinse them and put them in the dishwasher.
“And a good thing, too,” Grandma K said, nodding her approval. “You know, Damaris, you are exactly the kind of woman I hoped my boy would end up with.”
Damaris didn’t know what to say so she fell back on, “Oh.”
“Don’t be embarrassed,” the older lady said with a laugh. “You’re smart, you’re independent, you’re a hard worker. You take your obligations seriously. And you’re pretty as a picture. I can see why my Nate is over the moon about you.”
“You’re embarrassing her, Grandma,” Nate said, sparing her from having to answer.
