Reese smiled, mindful that strict gender roles were a thing around here. “David is a marvelous cook. I’m sure he could do them justice.”
David bumped their shoulders together in silent gratitude.
Mrs. Viveiros cocked her head. “But then how would I convince you three to visit me?”
David and Reese blinked up at her. She couldn’t possibly think…or know…
“We’d happily come whenever you’d have us,” Reese finally managed.
She was transparently proud when she looked at Mati, sitting at the dining room table with her brothers and father, hashing out the details for Viveiros Produce. “You take such good care of her. I can tell.”
She looked at both of them when she said it.
Mati was going toflip.
As if she could sense the semi-hysterical laughter bubbling in the next room, Mati stood and finished her meeting. “I’ll be by the office tomorrow morning. I know you have things to do.”
She didn’t actually say, “Like fire Frankie’s ass”, but everyone understood.
Reese and David rose while wolfing down the remainder of their third—fifth?—cinnamon roll,each, as politely as possible.
Mati was clearly trying not to laugh at them.
Reese thanked Mati’s parents for having them over, as if it had been a normal social call, while David helped Mati into her coat. As soon as the front door closed behind them, David picked up speed, jogging to the car and towing them in his wake.
“Please tell me you have your apartment keys with you,” he said to Mati.
Reese’s heart rate doubled, and he searched up and down the street. “Is something wrong?” he asked, diving into the car.
David slid into the driver’s seat. “No, but if I don’t get you two alone somewhere I can do indecent things to you in the next ten minutes, I’m going to embarrass myself in public.”
Mati laughed and dangled her keychain between the front seats.
Reese grinned. “It’s hot, right?”
“What is?” Mati asked as she grabbed her seatbelt and David tore out onto the street.
“You. When you get all…” Reese gestured, trying to come up with the right word.
“Business-like,” David supplied.
Mati’s brows went up. “I’m hot when I’m professional?”
“Yes,” David and Reese said in unison.
“You have no fucking idea,” Reese added in a mutter. He saw David’s erection pressing against the front of his jeans and his mouth watered.
Mati stared at them like they’d lost their minds.
“It’s the suit,” David said, clearly trying to put his finger on what, exactly, made Mati so…Mati.
“And the shoes,” Reese agreed. “But also,the look.”
“Yeah, I saw that. When she told them to sit? And announced the new name of the company? I was worried I’d have to spend the whole visit with my hands in my lap.”
“That’s the sexy librarian thing right there,” Reese said. “You were right.”
“It’s hard to miss,” David agreed.
