Page 95 of Twice as Tempting

“Wow. Sounds like a lot of work.”

“I don’t mind hard work.”

Kelly smiled, feeling more relaxed already. “I know that.”

“Besides, I’ll recruit Zack and my dad to help me. Jim would probably pitch in too.”

“So, by the time I moved in…”

“The place would be ready and waiting for you.”

The idea was starting to take shape, but there was one small detail niggling at the back of her mind. She decided to shelve her reservation for now and simply enjoy the moment. “So, you think we would do ok, living together?”

Damian swallowed a bite of his enchilada and beamed at her across the table. “I think we’d do just fine. Don’t you?”

Kelly tried to drum up some of his annoying habits, but she was having difficulty coming up with one. Truthfully, she probably had more annoying habits than him. Their verbal sparring was mostly over trivial things, and their arguments could usually be resolved with a good, healthy dose of…

“Of course, our sex life will probably go through the roof,” Damian said with that wicked gleam in his eyes.

“How so?”

“We won’t have to worry about anyone hearing us, kind of like how it was at the cabin.”

Kelly glanced around to see if anyone was paying attention to them. Satisfied that no one was listening, she leaned across the table. “And think of all that we could do in front of those windows along the back of the house.”

Damian had been eating with his Carhartt on, and now he shoved it off and dabbed his face with a napkin. “Is it me, or did it just get really hot in here?”

Kelly laughed and then turned her attention back to her plate. They had been so busy talking and planning that she hadn’t eaten much. Once they were finished and the waitress had cleared the table, Kelly felt much better about everything, but she had to ask, “Have you shared this idea with anyone else yet?”

Damian eyed her suspiciously. “I took Zack to see the house last week. Why?”

“It’s just that Emma mentioned something to me on ladies’ night, but she didn’t know any of the details.”

Damian looked at her with a thunderous expression, but she knew it wasn’t really meant for her. “I’m going to kill him. I swear it. I should have known that he couldn’t keep his big mouth shut.”

Kelly tried to suppress her smile. “I’m sure he was just excited for you, Damian, and he tells Emma everything, and then…”

“She tells you. Yes, I know how it works.”

“Don’t worry. There are lots of things between us that I would never tell.”

That seemed to placate him for the time being. “So, what’s the verdict? Should I tell Ray that we’re interested?”

“There are still some things that we need to talk about, but yes, tell him we’re interested.”

Damian’s smile couldn’t get any wider. “I love you, Kell.”

She leaned across the table and kissed him. “I love you too.”