We hung up. Between Damon and Brutus working on this thing from both ends, I knew I’d hear something soon. That still didn’t allay my anxieties in the meantime. I had to be patient and I hated that shit more than anything. It made me want to punch something. I yanked my office door open to see a startled Kayla.
“Hey, I wasn’t eavesdropping,” she stated. She held up a stack of takeout menus. “Since I ruined dinner, I thought maybe you’d want to have something delivered.”
I took her by the wrist and pulled her in for a quick kiss. “You didn’t ruin dinner because I wasn’t eating a damn lentil loaf anyway. Let’s go out instead of ordering in.” I stepped forward, pulling the door closed behind me.
She gave me a sideways glance. “Out where?”
“You still love Thai?”
“Of course. Who doesn’t love Thai food?” She poked out her bottom lip as if seriously contemplating that question.
“Good. I need about fifteen minutes to change and I’ll be ready.”
“Me too.”
****
Wow.That was my first thought when I exited my bedroom, about fifteen minutes later to see Kayla coming out of the guest room in a new outfit. She still hadn’t moved all of her belongings into the master bedroom, a fact I planned on changing soon. But that thought was placed on the back burner as I stared at Kayla in a white frilly skirt that stopped at middle of her thighs. She paired the skirt with a tucked in black and white polka dotted top that was sheer and sleeveless. The outfit showed off both her long, toned legs and arms. The kicker of the entire outfit were the six-inch, strappy heels she wore with it.
“There she is,” I stated as my eyes reached hers.
The timid look in her eyes was evident as she frowned. “Who?”
“MyKay.” The one I was used to, had grown up with. The one who didn’t hide her beautiful figure and hair behind buns and boring clothes.
Her eyelids fluttered. “You say that as if you mean it.”
“I say it because it’s the fucking truth.” I stepped forward. “You ready?”
“As I’ll ever be.”
“After you.” I held out my arm to allow her to pass. As she did, I let my eyes roam over her entire backside—loving the way her skirt hiked up another inch in the back, due to the roundness of her ass. The smooth cinnamon silk that posed as skin, covered her legs, curving around each muscle that bunched and revealed itself as she walked.
She paused, looking back at me over her shoulder when she heard my groan. “Are you in pain, Mr. Townsend?” The airy note in her voice sent tiny shockwaves directly to my cock.
“I might be, Doc. You got a remedy for it?”
Those full lips turned crooked on a mischievous grin of her own. “I just might.”
“Just what the doctor ordered,” I mumbled as I held the door open for her to pass through, my eyes once again stuck on her. The tension I’d felt throughout the day had ebbed just enough that my concentration was on nothing but Kayla Reyes.
****
Kayla
That night, I didn’t want to think about the past or even my patients and their problems. I wanted to feel as carefree as I’d always claimed to be in my youth.
“Seriously?” Josh bellowed, glaring at me across the table as I chewed.
I’d just swiped another shrimp from his plate and popped it into my mouth with my chopsticks. I giggled, covering my mouth as I chewed.
“You have shrimp on your own plate.”
“I know,” I said after swallowing. “But it tastes so much better when it comes from yours.” I moved to reach for a piece of his eggplant that was included in the shrimp curry dish he’d ordered, but was stopped by his hand covering my wrist.
He pulled my arm, bringing me closer to him across the table. “Eat up, sweetheart, because youwillbe paying me back for every bite you steal from my plate.” The deep promise held in those green eyes caused a shiver to run down my spine, and my mouth to water.
Although I tried to keep the feelings at bay, my body remembered all of the ways in which Joshua could bring it pleasure. My nipples hardened and I thanked my earlier self for wearing a padded bra with this sheer top.
