She was so fucking gorgeous.
“Well,” she said after another moment of staring into his eyes. “It was nice to meet you, Cade.”
And then she was heading for the door.
As the scent of her flooded his senses, Cade knew he couldn’t let her go. Mate or not, she was something special. Something he desperately needed to explore.
“Lucy, wait.” He called, handing the blanket to Tane.
She turned in the doorway, the light streaming around her like she was some sort of goddamn angel. Cade didn’t have a plan, he just knew he couldn’t let her walk away from him. So, he blurted the first thing that came to mind.
“Would you like some company?”
Chapter Eight
“Would you like some company?”
Lucy wasn’t sure how to react to that question. Of course, she’d like some company if it came in the form of that dreamy man. Cade was incredibly handsome and those eyes - swoon worthy. They were so startlingly blue, like a crystalline lake, they reminded her of Atlas. She shook her head, the dog.
The dog who wasn’t hers.
“I’d love to buy you a coffee. Least I can do as a thank you.” His charming smile did something to her. Something she liked.
A lot.
“Um, sure.” Lucy smiled, making space in the doorway.
The guy was limping, but that didn’t detract from his hot factor. At all. With all his lean, well-formed muscles, he looked like something from a bodybuilding magazine, or some kind of soldier or pro-athlete or something, not a vet tech.
But damn, those scrubs looked good on him. Especially with the way the short sleeves clung to his well-formed biceps, and the pants skimmed his powerful thighs. Lucy smiled as she followed him out the door.
His ass looked good, too.
And what was she even doing, sizing this guy up?
There was no way a chick like her was going to be more than a fun time for a smoke show like him. Although she wasn’t opposed to a fun time.
Fun was good.
And she could definitely use some fun after her recent drought.
Seriously, it had been like a year since she’d had anything besides solo fun with toys. But after having been cheated on by yet another good-looking smooth-talker who’d turned out to be an asshole, she hadn’t been in a hurry to put herself back out there.
And now, here she was, agreeing to coffee with a handsome stranger.
Well, a girl had to live a little, didn’t she?
“The cafe is just a few blocks away.” Cade smiled, offering her his hand.
Damn, those eyes. And that dark hair, and his charming grin. That chiseled jaw with its attractive stubble that would no doubt feel amazing on her inner thighs…
Lucy shook her head, trying to will her imagination to slow its roll. Cade was definitely erotic fantasy material, but since he was right in front of her, she needed to get her head out of the freaking gutter.
“Why don’t we take my car?”
It was subtler now than earlier, but the dude was limping.
“It’s not that far.”
