“Okay, okay. Are you sure this isn’t some mommy thing?”
“We can add that to the list…this isn’t a mommy thing, or a Mrs. Robinson deal, or a pity party. While we’re at it, it’s not love at first sight. Maybe lust, but now it’s just Claire and Aiken, our own rules, and I like you a whole lot.”
“If you call me Claire Bear, I’m leaving.”
She placed a small peck on my lips, her mouth brushing mine, causing a roaring fire in my belly.
Really—
“And now I’m going to walk you home, because if not, I’m going to take you inside and have all of you. It’s not time yet…and we have plenty of time ahead for that.”
I stood and yanked her up by her hand, holding her tight. Smitty looked at her and then me and then wagged his tail.
We walked toward her house, hand in hand, Smitty stopping to relieve himself.
“Set your alarm, Richards. I’ll be by at seven to run.”
With a quick pat on her ass, I walked back to my house to clean up and jerk the hell off.
