Lynx glanced down at his watch, then back up at me.He smiled.“Sounds like a plan.”
I went to move past him, but he grabbed me around the waist and spun me around.
“Although I might have a little time to spare.”He pulled me into him, burying his face in my neck.“Because Lord have mercy, woman, seein’ you in my shirt…”
I laughed, unable to help myself.
“Later,” I said, playfully pushing him away.“First coffee.Then work.Then…”
“So mean,” he grumbled, laughing into my neck.
Yeah, so I could totally get used to this.
Turning to head to my bedroom, I was pulled up short when Lynx reached for my hand.Once again, I was pivoting around to face him.
“I’m never gonna get dressed if you don’t?—”
“I love you,” he rasped.
My heart turned over in my chest.A full flip, which stirred the butterflies in my belly.
“I love you, too,” I whispered back.
“Makin’ sure you know I meant what I said last night,” he clarified.
I nodded.“I know.”I did.Again, I wasn’t sure why that was, but I believed him.
“Good.”He released my wrist.“Now go get dressed so I can get my coffee, girl.”
Laughing, I raced to the bedroom to find clothes.
Half an hour later,after we took Copenhagen over to the store, Lynx and I were sitting in the diner when Amy and Wolfe walked in.
“Well, if wonders never cease.”Wolfe’s smirk said as much as his statement.
He was giving Lynx a hard time already.
Wolfe pulled the chair out for Amy, and I greeted the other woman, noticing she was as pale as she had been the night before.
“Everything okay?”I asked, keeping my voice low.
Amy nodded.
Concerned, I shot a look at Wolfe.He shook his head slightly, as though telling me he couldn’t fix the problem.And I could only assume he had tried.
“The usual?”Donna asked us as a group, passing over a cup of coffee to Lynx with a grin.
“The usual,” we all said at the same time.
The woman disappeared.I had to wonder if Donna would ever stop asking, simply bring us the usual.One day, I figured, it was bound to happen.
“What’s goin’ on?”Lynx asked, leaning back in his chair, his booted foot resting against me.
I liked that he wanted to touch me.It was a comfort I hadn’t known before.
“Not a whole helluva lot,” Wolfe answered.
I could see the tension in Wolfe’s shoulders.It was clear he was trying to look more relaxed than he was.
