Page 202 of Buy Back My Love

I narrowed my eyes. “Why you saying it like it’s a bad idea?”

Van just looked at me.

Okay. Fair.

“He coming back tomorrow.”

“Mhm.”

Then he sniffed the air. “You cooked?”

“LongHorn did.”

That made him smile. “What’s going on?”

“Why something gotta be going on?”

“Baby gone. Food here. You standing around in a robe looking suspicious.”

“I always look like this.”

“No, you don’t.”

I folded my arms, and this time when his eyes moved over me, they didn’t come right back to my face. They lingered long enough for me to know he was finally catching on.

“Go shower,” I told him.

Van didn’t move. “Why?”

“Because you been at work all day.”

“I shower every day after work.”

“Then today shouldn’t be different.”

He looked me over again. “Lee.”

“Van.”

“What you got under that robe?”

“Go wash your ass and find out.”

Van stared at me for another second before reaching for his watch.

“That’s what I thought.”

He shook his head as he took it off. “Keep talking.”

“I will.”

He headed toward the bathroom but stopped beside me long enough to kiss my forehead.

I frowned. “What was that?”

“A kiss.”

“On my forehead?”