"I didn't want to make things awkward for her."
"This is your chance to see if she's attracted to you.Walk around shirtless or, heck, with just a towel wrapped around your waist.You'll figure out how she feels real quick."
"I was working out the night the girls were over.I heard some of them make comments about me working out shirtless, but none of them was Reina's."But her gaze had snagged on my chest.She might be interested, but I wasn't willing to share that with Cooper.Not yet.
"You are in a unique situation where you can be close to her and test the waters.Cook her dinner.Watch a movie together.You date without asking her out."
I drank my now-warm beer."That's not a bad idea."
He sighed."This is your chance.You might not get another one."
"So work less and hang around the house.That sounds easy."
He shook his head."You're going to have to do more than just hang around to get her attention."
"I don't need any advice in that area."I saw how she looked at me after my workout, and then there was the twittering from the rest of the women.She liked when I walked around half naked.That would be an easy fix.Wear less shirts and find excuses to be close to her.
When I turned my charm on women, I was usually successful, so this should be a breeze.
Chapter9
Reina
All of a sudden, Morgan was home more often.In the mornings, I found him in the kitchen brewing coffee and making eggs, shirtless.He wore low slung gray sweats that left nothing to the imagination.I could see every outline and ridge of his well-defined body.
He stood at the counter to eat so that my view was his etched chest while I tried to swallow down my eggs and coffee.It wasn't easy.By the time we were done with breakfast, I felt like I needed another shower.
I came home in the late afternoons and took a nap.Morgan usually woke me up when he came home and started cooking dinner.After we ate, he excused himself to go to his home gym in the basement where he worked out shirtless in mesh shorts.
By Friday, I couldn't even nap because I was so revved up thinking about Morgan's body.I wanted to touch his chest and lick every ridge of his muscles with my tongue.The problem was that I wasn't home by myself much anymore so that I could take care of my needs.
I went downstairs when I heard the front door open.
Morgan raised a brow when I entered the kitchen."You couldn't sleep?"
"No."
At least he wore a shirt to cook dinner, but I wouldn't put it past him to claim he was hot and toss it over a nearby chair."Do you need help with dinner?"
He winked at me as he opened the package of raw meat."You sit down and relax.I've got this."
I slid onto the stool, needing the counter between us as a boundary."We're roommates.I feel like I should contribute to meals.You've been cooking breakfast and dinner."
"Did you get the lunch that I sent yesterday?"
He'd ordered lunch from the deli and had it delivered."That was really nice, but you don't have to feed me."
He shrugged."I figured you get so involved in baking that you forget to eat."
He was right about that.But how did he already know so much about me?He'd barely been around.He'd asked a lot of questions about my routine during breakfast and dinner this week though."Did you finish your jobs?"
"I got a lot done when I worked overtime last week,” he said simply.
"Maddox completed the fire investigation and said we can start renovations."
Morgan glanced at me."He talked to me about it.It was an electrical fire.Exactly what I suspected."
"Thankfully it wasn't something worse."Maddox freaked me out with his talk of foul play.I didn't want to think that someone had sabotaged my business.
