“I never slept with Yasmine,” he said, unable to keep himself from interjecting when his sexual prowess was being maligned.“Audrey is perfectly happy with my performance in bed.”
At which point, all three women cast him such assessing gazes, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if they could see through his clothes and possibly get a gander at his sexual stats somehow.He crossed his legs, just in case.
“Grandma!What are you doing?”Audrey’s voice was slightly shrill and from a bit of a distance.Relief and anticipation flushed through him in equal measure, and he turned in to see her rushing out of the back, wiping flour off her hands with a small towel.
Immediately, Brenda and her friends sat up straight with big smiles on their faces and looks of such completely false innocence that a grand jury would have convicted them by their expressions alone.
“Hi, honey!We’re just having a little chat with your man here.”Brenda’s chirpy voice wasn’t fooling anyone, especially Audrey, who moved even faster to come stand by his side.
She looked adorably hot today with her red hair in a low ponytail, rather than a high one, though still tied in place with a polka-dot bow.This one was purple, which matched the purple cable-knit sweater she was wearing under her Cupcakes and Crumbs apron.
Mason wondered if he dared put his arm around her with Brenda’s book club watching so closely.
“A chat about what?”Audrey asked suspiciously.
He appreciated her defense of him, though he also cringed inwardly because of what they had been chatting about.
“Oh, you know, this and that,” Brenda said, cheerily waving her hand in front of her.For some reason, she didn’t want her granddaughter to know that she’d been questioning Mason about his bedroom prowess, and he chose to be grateful for that.“The boy is a little timid, you know.He should take his cue from Mick.Mick’s got a lot of that fat dick spirit.”
“It’s not fat dick spirit,” Mary corrected, rolling her eyes while Mason choked on nothing, and Audrey looked like she wanted to crawl under the table and hide.“It’s big dick energy.How do you keep mixing that up?”
“Are you sure?”Brenda asked, frowning.“That seems wrong.How can a dick have energy?”
“The dick doesn’t have the energy; the man does.How can a dick have a spirit?”
Mason slipped out of his seat and edged away from the table as the discussion turned to haunted dicks.He slid his fingers into Audrey’s, pulling her with him.Either the ladies were too engrossed in their debate to notice, or they didn’t care that he and Audrey were leaving.
Just getting out of there, regardless of the reason, was a win as far as Mason was concerned.
“I’m so sorry,” Audrey whispered, taking the lead as she pulled him toward the back.Behind the counter, Ashley glanced over and winked at them.
“Not your fault.I should have known better than to go over there.”Though he wasn’t sure what else he could have done.
They both breathed a sigh of relief as they made it safely to the back.Alexis glanced up from where she was finishing cleaning up her station and smiled shyly at him before ducking her head back down.
“Well, I’m glad you came, even though you had to brave the dragons to do it,” Audrey joked.“I feel like most guys would wither away when faced with them.”
“It did feel like I had a spotlight on me.”He shuddered, following her into the office where she closed the door behind him, then launched herself at him.
Soft curves pressed against him as their lips met, her arms winding around his neck.Desire swelled inside him.She tasted like vanilla and cinnamon, and his cock immediately jerked to attention at the touch of her.Fuck.He really was like a horny teenage boy when it came to her.
When she lowered her heels, no longer on her toes, and their lips parted, she smiled at him with shining eyes that made him feel about ten feet tall.
“Hi.”
“Hi.”He smiled down at her.
“I’m almost done with work.”
“Great.I’m looking forward to you being done with work.”
She giggled, but her expression turned a little more pensive.
“Um, so can I talk to you about something?”
A little touch of worry slithered through him, but there was only one answer he could give.
“Of course.”
