Josie nodded. “You’ll find her someday.”
Somehow, her words eased the tension in my chest. I took a deep breath, wanting to change the subject.
“Maybe I should open a bakery now that I know someone who can handle all the marketing,” I said, tucking her hair behind her ear.
Josie’s sweet perfume filled the air.
“I probably wouldn’t be any good,” she said with a shrug.
Now it was my turn to growl at her. “If I’m not allowed to put myself down, you’re certainly not,” I said, fixing her with as stern a look as I could muster.
She hopped down from the counter with a smile.
“Thanks, Ben,” she said with a tender kiss before she started frosting the rolls.
We fell into an easy quiet. Soft music surrounded us and sunlight streamed through the window, catching the golden highlights in Josie’s hair. As she plated up the rolls, I got some coffee brewing.
“Mmm,” I said. “Cinnamon rolls and coffee. What a great combination. I wonder what could be missing…”
I waited to see if she would catch on to my ulterior motive for choosing cinnamon rolls this morning, and she did not disappoint.
“Oh my gosh, Ben! Cinnamon rolls and coffee. Is this all a ploy to get me to slip up and tell you what your scent is?” she asked, her eyes lighting with laughter.
I arched my eyebrow. “I would never be so diabolical,” I said, placing my hand on my chest in mock horror. “Although, if you want a cinnamon roll, you better tell me what I want to know.” I snagged the plate of rolls off the counter and held them above my head.
Josie gasped. “You would deprive me of breakfast?” Her lip jutted out in a pout, and she blinked quickly.
“What? No!” I exclaimed, setting down the plate on the counter and placing my hands on either side of her face. “Never.”
Suddenly, Josie’s sad expression transformed into laughter as she leaned into me with a giggle.
I slumped over in relief. “Fuck, precious, I thought I made you upset.”
Josie wrapped her arms around me and squeezed me close. “Sorry for freaking you out. You’re just too easy to tease.”
I lifted her by the waist and put her back on the kitchen counter, thrilled when she wrapped her arms and legs around me. I gripped the back of her neck, my other hand working my way higher up her thigh. She let out a breathy moan that went straight to my cock.
“You know how you can make it up to me?” I murmured.
“Hmm?”
“Tell me what my scent is.”
Her laughter started again, and it was the sweetest sound in the world.
“Pleaasse.”
“Don’t do it!” Theo yelled from the next room.
“Make him work for it,” Cam added as he entered the kitchen. He went straight to Josie, shoving me aside to pull her in for a heated kiss.
“No breakfast for you,” I said, glowering at Cam.
Josie sighed happily in Cam’s embrace. “You’re right, Ben, thereissomething missing. And it would be perfect now that it’s getting to be fall.”
“Aha! A hint,” I said, rubbing my hands together. “I can work with that.” I pulled out my phone and started searching for top fall recipes.
Cam sighed with exasperation, partly at me but mainly at Theo, who had tugged Josie out of his arms.
