Elias touched his fingers to his chest and gave her a look of pure innocence. “Me? Never.”
“That’s because you’ll be too busy looking at my ass in the air, right?”
“Do Ihaveto answer that?”
Wren snickered. “Is this the same rec center where Stephanie works?”
“It is.” He wondered what else if anything Ellie had told her about Stephanie the day before.
“Hmm,” Wren mused, tapping her finger on her lips. “Imightask her about her yoga classes.”
“Perfect,” Elias said, maybe a bit too quickly, but he covered it with a grin. “Though I have to warn you about Stephanie.”
“Oh?”
“She’s… a little quirky.”
“Quirky’s good.”
“I need to walk Chuck and Penny this morning, too. Do you mind?”
“Not at all, as long as I can come along.” Wren stood with her plate in hand and reached for Elias’ empty glass.
“Uh-uh. Dishes later.” He took the plate out of Wren’s hand and set it back down on the table. He looked her up and down. “First, I have a scrubs top to steal back.”
“No. First, you have to catch me.” Wren spun on her heel and took off running down the hall straight to his bedroom.
Elias couldn’t hold back his laughter as he chased after her.
“Woo-hoo! More points for me,” she shouted.
Wren was already on the bed when Elias got to the bedroom.
“Come get the top…if you dare.” She made a funny-fierce face at him.
“Oh, I dare.”
Eyes flashing, he stalked around the bed as she scrambled to the opposite side, laughing. Elias crouched to spring, locking his gaze with his prey—who didn’t seem very prey-like as she licked her lips. He launched himself onto the bed and grabbed Wren, then pinned her under him.
“Gotcha.”
“Oh dear. Whatever am I to do?”
“Hmm. You don’t seem that worried.”
“Hmm. I don’t. Maybe because I’m not.”
Elias looked deeply into Wren’s playful gaze while the salty, peachy scent of her skin rose from the sheets.
How would it feel to wake up to her like this every morning?
Good. Really good.
“You caught me. Aren’t you going to kiss me?” she breathed.
Elias grinned. “Nope.” He swept her into his arms and got to his knees on the bed while she giggled. He backed off the bed until he stood with her cradled in his arms. “Because if I kiss you, I’m going to want to strip you. And if I strip you, I’m going to want to eat you out. And if I eat you out, I’m going to want to bury myself inside you. And if I bury myself inside you, I’m going to want to stay there a good long time. Until I’ve gotten you to come for me at least three times.”
“Three?” She pursed her lips and covered them with her fingertips, pretending to be shocked.
