To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen

Author:Carrie Pulkinen [Pulkinen, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Trent put his empty Chinese take-out container on the coffee table and draped his arm across Tina’s shoulders. Their plan to finish the house together the day after the party was derailed when Logan needed his help closing a deal. Then, when he saw the pile of paperwork on his desk, he had to focus on his real job and put playing house with Tina on the back burner for the week. It irked him that he hadn’t been able to progress their relationship past the sleeping together stage, but Tina seemed fine with the slow pace.

Still, she deserved more than he’d been giving her. “Now that you’re finally willing to date me, it seems unfair I haven’t had the chance to take you on a proper date.”

She poked him with her chopsticks. “You have been working late a lot. I was beginning to wonder if that redhead hadn’t caught your eye after all.”

“Like that could happen. I only have eyes for you, sweetheart. I am sorry, though. I had to get caught up after missing so much last week.”

“I understand. At least we got in a couple of sleep-overs.”

His chest tightened as the image of Tina naked in his bed flashed through his mind. She’d been so patient, coming over to his temporary home at Logan’s late in the evenings, leaving early in the mornings so he could go to work. But she needed to know he wanted her for more than sex. “Those were nice. I still want to take you out, though. Wine you and dine you.”

“And sixty-nine me?” She set her food on the table and crawled into his lap.

Blood rushed to his groin. He definitely wasn’t complaining about the sex. “I think that can be arranged.”

“I can’t wait.” She straddled his pelvis and sat on his knees. “And don’t worry about taking me out. I’ve enjoyed every minute I’ve spent in this house with you. Even when we were pretending to just be friends.”

“So have I.”

“Don’t let my stunningly glamorous appearance fool you into thinking I’m high maintenance. I happen to find sitting on the couch, eating take-out, while the fake fire flickers on the television quite romantic.”

He rested his hands on her hips and slid them up and down her delicate curves. He’d never get enough of this woman. “Too bad we can’t light a real fire. Make love on the rug in front of the heat of the crackling flames.”

“We can if you want to clean out the fireplace when we’re done. We have to leave the house pristine to show it.”

He chuckled. “No, thanks. We’ll stick with the fake one. When’s the crew going to be here?”

She slid off his lap and glanced at the clock. “Any minute now. We’d better clean this up.” She grabbed the trash from the table and carried it into the kitchen.

He followed behind, admiring the way her hips swayed as she walked. Her long, dark hair hung loose down her back, and her jeans hugged her round bottom, forming a perfect heart shape with her waist.

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