Man Cuffed by Sarina Bowen

Author:Sarina Bowen [Bowen, Sarina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942444954
Amazon: 1942444958
Publisher: Tuxbury Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-11-19T00:00:00+00:00

15 Moanies

Meg

“Now cut them small, okay?” Liam says. “These should be only about an inch wide, so that you can pop the whole thing in your mouth.” He hands me a knife to cut up the pan of brownies we just made.

Personally I think one-inch brownies sounds a little stingy, but Liam is a pretty smart guy, so I do as he says. “Like this?”

“Exactly. We call these moanies,” my brother-in-law tells me as he squirts dish soap into the mixing bowl. “It’s actually Brynn’s recipe. She named them.”

“Oh. Why moanies?” Except I already have my answer. Brynn is my sister Sadie’s friend, and she gives lots of her recipes odd names.

“You’ll see. Try one.”

I pop a brownie into my mouth. “Ooohhhhhhh.” I do see. You can’t eat this without moaning.

“Yeah, but Brynn also thinks they have super powers.”

“Will I be able to fly after I eat this?”

He snorts. “No. But have you ever heard that chocolate is an aphrodisiac? Brynn thinks there’s something potent about this recipe. When I told her you needed something for that cop friend of yours, this was her pick.”

“Innnteresting,” I say, licking my lips. The brownies are a last minute treat for Mac. I’m bringing them on my ride-along, which starts in half an hour. “These are great, whatever they’re called.”

“True story.”

“Can I leave some for you and your girls? Where’d Sadie go, by the way?”

“In there. Look,” he says, nudging me toward the doorway to the den. “You’ll see. Happens every night.”

I poke my head into the den and see my sister asleep on the sofa, her baby son asleep on top of her, face down on her breast, where he’d been nursing before they both nodded off.

This is what domestic bliss looks like, I guess. Love and exhaustion in the same frame. I turn away, unsure how I feel about it. Do I want that someday?

Yes.

I go back to the kitchen, where Liam is stacking brownies into a tin for Maguire. “Great recipe. Thanks again,” I say.

“It’s no problem. Brownies are the easiest thing to bake.”

“My baking game is weak,” I remind him as I grab the mixing bowl and give it a quick scrub. “But I think I could pull these off on my own. Can I see the recipe? I could scan it with my phone.”

“Of course.” He points at a dog-eared piece of paper on the counter. The title is “Lisa’s Better Than Sex Brownies.”

I wipe off my hands and pull out my phone. “Moanies is a better name for them,” I say, lining up my photo.

“Right?” He laughs. “I don’t know why every recipe is suddenly called better than sex. I mean, they’re great brownies. But I do wonder if Lisa’s needs are being met.”

My laugh is uncomfortable, because my needs have not been met in a long time. And I’m on my way to spend six hours with the guy who rules my fantasies. But, hey, at least there will be chocolate.

“You’re the best.” I give Liam a quick hug.

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