Hot as Hale by Marie James

Author:Marie James [James, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781517131623
Amazon: B0143BEQIS
Barnesnoble: B0143BEQIS
Goodreads: 26164932
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2015-08-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Josie

Kaleb’s eagerness to get all of my clothes unpacked and into his closet is refreshing. The more I think about it, the less concerned I am about not having lived on my own. It’s not like he’s asked me to move in but he’s certainly not acting like a guy who’s ready to get rid of me anytime soon. I’m trying my best not to think about leaving because every time I do my anxiety spikes.

I’ve decided to just leave everything on the hangers since they are so well organized and will add them to the drawers once they have been worn and laundered. I’m almost giddy at having all of my clothes back. I was a little stressed at the idea of having to buy all new clothes and the small bag Kaleb packed for me on Friday was barely enough to get me to today, and that’s including all the time I’ve spent out of clothes.

I sit down on the obscenely huge bed and watch Kaleb as he settles the last arm full of clothes in the closet.

“Thank you for the closet space, Kaleb,” I say timidly. This whole situation is out of my wheelhouse, and I honestly don’t know how to act. I don’t want to be presumptuous, but I also don’t want to lay it all out there because I’m afraid his head is not in the same place as mine.

His beaming grin is his only response to my gratitude. “What do you think Sunday lunch is going to entail? Any idea on dress code expectations?”

“Ian made reservations at Mizuna, so I’d say semi-casual?” I grin as he walks back into the closet and pulls out a dark gray suit and a mint green button-down.

“That may be a little too dressy,” I advise him.

He winks at me. “I want to make a good impression.”

I can understand that. “Ok, how about jeans and no tie?”

He lays the clothes out on the bench at the foot of the bed and walks around to where I’m sitting on the side. I spread my legs, so he can stand in between them, and I wrap my arms around his waist.

“Are you nervous about meeting them?” Surely, he doesn’t meet a bunch of women’s parents. I hope this is a novel situation for him.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous. But I’m trained to handle stressful situations.”

I let out a small laugh at his words, but when I glance up and look into his eyes, the giggle abruptly ends. His facial features are soft, but his eyes are on fire. His lips are parted slightly, and his breathing is shallow. I wonder momentarily what I did to turn his playful banter into a lust filled stare-off.

We stay like this for a long while, just looking into each other’s eyes, his thumb stroking the side of my face. I feel like he’s trying to send a message to me. I do my best to ignore it because I don’t want to make assumptions.

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