She looked…amazing.
She was always as cute as the dickens in her UPS uniform, but his cock instantly stirred to life getting his first look at her in regular clothes. Her ass was lush in tight jeans. The green sweater she’d donned in deference to the still chilly weather, wasalso jaw dropping. It hugged her curves and gave definition to her breasts which hadn’t been at all showcased in her ubiquitous brown and beige wrapper. Her pair of girls were high, full, and if he had to use a word to describe them, perky.
Yeah.Perky did them justice.
Seeing her made him feel better after his fucked-up nightmare. Heknewshe hadn’t actually fallen into a void, but it was still doing a number on him.
The way she was dressed now, thank God, had the power to distract him; icing on the cake that was Petula.
“Hi,” he called out with a grin, stepping from his truck.
“Hi yourself.” She smiled at him as she also emerged and fidgeted.
She must have noticed the appreciation on his face because color moved up into hers almost instantly.
So damned cute.
Petula absently brushed one hand over her cheek, telling Julian that she didn’t share his sentiments over her blushes, but that didn’t make them any less adorable, even as she tried to ignore them.
“Have you been waiting long?” she asked, squaring her shoulders and slowly approaching.
Huh.What was the new and interesting look of resolve that had suddenly appeared on her face?
“Only a few minutes,” he assured her, his curiosity growing as she inched nearer.
There wassomethingon her mind.
When Petula was less than a foot away, she sucked in a breath, reached out, and without warning, enfolded him in an unexpected hug. A hug that was just as swiftly truncated.
Wow.It hadn’t been a full-bodied embrace, not by any means, but ithadbeen enough so that her soft breasts had briefly pressed into his chest, and Julian had gotten a good longsmell of the lemony scent that always seemed to waft around her.
His tongue became tied, and now he could almost imaginehisface was red.
Maybe it was, because Petula looked both embarrassedandsmug as she put a few feet between them.
“I hope you’re hungry,” she cleared her throat and queried him jauntily, ignoring the elephant in the parking lot. Clearly, there’d be no discussing that impromptu embrace.
They both turned in silent agreement, and walked toward the Moose and Muffin as if Petula hadn’t just rocked his world. “The breakfast sandwiches here are huge, and the selection is insane,” she chattered.
Huh.He’d roll with that because…
There was something different about Petula this morning. She sounded perkier than usual; animated in a way Julian hadn’t seen before. That, along with the hug, made it seem like Petula had made up her mind about him. In a good way.
His heart lightened. After the things that Tex had said, he’d begun to wonder if Petula was too damaged to consider dating him.
Now he had hope.
He pulled open the door and stepped to one side. “After you,” he told her with a sweeping arm and what he hoped was a courtly bow. He remembered how much she’d liked it when he’d opened her car door for her, and he wanted to continue in that vein; letting her know that if she stuck with him, she was going to be treasured.
Her smile grew wide as she walked by, her citrusy smell following her in.
Julian’s cock chose that moment to stir.
Ah, who was he kidding? The randy devil had been on high alert from the very first glance at her in her jeans.
Enough, he commanded his body-part.This is simply a getting to know her date.
His cock didn’t exactly subside, but he managed to get it settled into a semi-restful position.
