Means by Kennedy Layne

Author:Kennedy Layne [Layne, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781943420568
Publisher: Kennedy Layne Publishing
Published: 2018-06-18T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Smith tossed the empty Chinese containers into Laurel’s trashcan she kept under the sink. It never ceased to amaze him how much food they could pack into one of those little containers. The place two blocks over had the most incredible spring rolls. Apparently, Laurel was a regular and craved the shrimp fried rice as opposed to the regular white that came with nearly every entrée.

Smith had originally come over to her apartment to ask if she’d mentioned anything to either detective regarding his new business venture, but things had quickly gone down another path the second she’d opened the door wearing short shorts and a nearly see-through t-shirt that left nothing to the imagination. Not that his imagination was very limited. He knew her body better than any woman he’d ever been with.

She had looked sexy as hell, instantly derailing the primary reason of his visit.

The frozen breastmilk in her freezer had put a speedbump in his plans to ice her toe before carrying her into the bedroom for mouth to mouth, should she have a need for it. The one thing he should be grateful for was that her necessity to change the subject had clarified where both of them stood in this relationship.

As for her coming to stand next to him when he was talking about his younger brother, well, that told him she was open to more than a quick fuck after a long workday.

“I mean, if someone we work with did kill Brad, who do you think could do something so inhumane as to slit Brad’s throat so gruesomely?” Laurel asked, putting the leftover wonton soup in the refrigerator. They’d spent most of the meal discussing this very topic, but he couldn’t prevent his gaze from dropping to the freezer drawer once again. “If I had to pick, I would say Steve. You know, I immediately feel guilty for even thinking that. And I would never, ever say anything to the police along those lines. I’m just glad we put to rest the fact that Cynthia could never hurt anyone, let alone brutally murder someone. Besides, she was at a business dinner until ten o’clock that night. She even joined the hangers-on for cocktails afterward.”

“Laurel, why is there frozen breastmilk in your freezer? I’m coming up empty trying to imagine why. Please tell me that you don’t use it for coffee creamer.”

“Oh, that.” Laurel brushed off the unusual item with a wave of her hand. She walked past him and picked up both of their wine glasses, which he’d topped off so that he could toss the bottle into the recycling bin next to the trash. “That’s for the twins. Don’t worry. They’re at their father’s house this weekend.”

There was rarely a time when Smith was taken by surprise. Those moments were even fewer where he couldn’t form a string of words to form a retort.

This was one of those times.

“I’m kidding, Harvard boy. You can breathe again.” Laurel flashed a smile over her shoulder.

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