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We both laughed as we left my room and walked to the door. I looped my arm around her waist and brought her into me one last time, savoring every second of her delicious mouth on mine.

“I love the way you taste.”

She moaned over my mouth before stepping back. “The car’s waiting. I’d better go.”

As I watched her walk down the hall, I called, “Hey, I got a story idea for the next time you read to Saylor.”

“What is it?”

“Snoopy and the Chippendale.”

She shook her head and kept on walking.

CHAPTER 15

Billie

“What the hell are you doing?”

My brows pulled together when Deek interrupted my thoughts. “I’m sitting in a chair. What does it look like I’m doing?”

“You’re smiling weird.”

“I am?”

Deek was working on one of our regulars. He turned off his machine and swiveled the chair so the customer faced me. “I’m all done, Remy. But does she look funny to you?”

Remy squinted. “I don’t think so. What am I looking for?”

Deek rubbed the scruff on his jaw. “I don’t know. But something is off.” He swiveled the chair back to its normal position and lifted a handheld mirror, offering it to Remy so he could see his back. “Take a look. Let me know what you think.”

Remy spent a few minutes checking out his new tattoo from all different angles and then shook Deek’s hand. “Superb as usual, man.”

“Thanks. Give me a call when you figure out what you want next. It was good to see you.”

After Deek walked Remy up to the front and closed out the sale, it was just the two of us. I had started sketching a Medusa head for a first-time customer coming in next week. Deek looked over my shoulder before leaning one hip against the counter at my workstation.

“Did you watch a scary movie before coming in today?”

I shook my head. “No, why?”

“Pet a litter of puppies?”

I chuckled. “No.”

“How about insult your mother, and she had no comeback?”

I set down my drawing pencil. “What are you getting at?”

“Four things make you smile like that.” He lifted his fingers and counted off. “One, puppies. Two, winning a fight with your mother. Three, movies that scare the crap out of you, and four, getting laid.”

I rolled my eyes. “Well, none of those have happened.”

“No? So nothing happened with Colby then?”

I shrugged. “Well, maybe a little something happened. But we didn’t have sex.”

Deek shook his head. “So you’re telling me you’re smiling because of feelings? I’m going to have to have a chat with this dude.”