A key.
In a lock.
And cursing. “Which fucking key is it?” someone says outside the door.
My gaze flies to Theo’s.
His gaze flies to my nearly naked body.
“Front door,” he says.
I don’t know how he does it, but he pulls his pants back up over his hard penis, grabs my dress, shoves it over my head, and pockets four cookies in less time than it takes whoever’s on the other side of that door to try two more keys.
And then we’re darting into the dining area of the bistro, where Theo expertly unlocks the door without hesitation, and then we’re dashing off into the night.
I don’t know if he has my bra.
I don’t know if the kitchen smells like sex.
I don’t know who was trying to get in.
But I know that running away from the bistro on shaky legs that haven’t recovered from that orgasm, Theo’s hand clutching mine while he steers me down the tropical-shrub and tiki-torch-lined path to the back side of our building, feels like utter heaven.
Like I’m finally finding a part of myself that I’ve been seeking for so long, I forgot who, exactly, I was looking for.
And whileoldLaney would freak out about nearly getting caught, that’s not what I do.
I giggle.
I giggle until I snort, and then I laugh so hard we have to stop so I can catch my breath.
And while I lean against the side of a building and laugh until I almost cry, no matter how much I say I’m trying to catch my breath, Theo just watches me.
“So that’s all it takes,” he says quietly with a soft smile on his lips.
“What’s all it takes?” I gasp between peals of laughter.
He doesn’t answer.
Just shakes his head and watches me.
But when I’ve finally pulled myself together enough for us to continue on our way, he does the last thing I expect.
Again.
He wraps an arm around my shoulders, presses a kiss to my temple, and shoves a chocolate chip cookie in my mouth.
This, my heart whispers, even over the sound of my mouth having a full-on foodgasm at the warm, salty toffee-and-chocolate treat on my tongue.
This is the dating we’ve been missing.
It’s not wrong.
Also not wrong?
Theo.
He has absolutely ruined me for any other man. Ever.
