Under Your Skin by Shannyn Schroeder

Author:Shannyn Schroeder [Schroeder, Shannyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

As soon as the pizza touched her lips, Norah’s phone rang. While she chewed, she pulled it from her pocket. Tommy. What the heck did he want? “Excuse me,” she mumbled with a mouthful of pizza as she walked to the kitchen to answer.

“What’s up?” she asked.

“Where are you?”

“Kai’s. He asked me to work tonight.”

“He did? I didn’t see any clients scheduled.”

“Not for work. He’s got friends coming over for a poker game.”

Tommy laughed. “That can’t be right. Kai doesn’t have any friends.”

“Whatever.”

“I’m serious. I’ve known the guy for a couple of years now. No one’s ever come to the shop to see him other than paying customers. And he’s never had anyone show for a hockey game. Not even beers after. I think he’s running game.”

“For what?” She set her pizza down on a napkin. Was it possible he just wanted to see her and used this as an excuse? She shook her head. Kai wasn’t that kind of guy.

“I don’t know, but it’s fishy.”

“Maybe he doesn’t want you to meet his friends because you’re a dork.”

“Ha. Takes one to know one.”

Just then Kai came in carrying the pizza box. “Talk to you later,” she said to Tommy.

“I want details when you get home.”

She disconnected without responding, but Tommy had definitely piqued her interest. Kai shoved the last few slices of pizza into a plastic bag and put it in the fridge.

“Everything okay?” he asked.

“Yeah. Tommy wanted to know where I was since I normally don’t work Sundays.”

“Is it a problem?”

“Nope. Just my brother being nosy.” She reached past him into the fridge for a bottle of water. Then she noticed half a shelfful of yogurt. “Have a hankering for some yogurt?”

His lips twitched and he averted his eyes. “I thought that now . . .” He waved his hands in the general direction of her stomach. “You might be up for trying something new.”

She wanted to make some flirtatious, sexy comment about trying something new, but the gesture was too sweet for her to make fun. “Thank you,” she said sincerely. “That was thoughtful.”

“It’s nothing.” His eyes met hers. “Besides, lime is really disgusting.”

She laughed. “I don’t disagree. I don’t think I’ll be eating any of it again.”

“I’ll be downstairs. Yell if you need anything. The guys will come through the back so we won’t bother you. I’ll be up in a while to help get Mom into bed.”

“I can handle it.”

“I thought no lifting.”

“She mostly does it on her own. We make it work.”

“Call if you have any problems.” Then he went down, closing the door behind him.

Norah wanted to follow, to bug him about why he went out of his way to buy her a variety of yogurt, but she knew it wouldn’t get her anywhere with him. He’d do nice things for her, but wouldn’t acknowledge the attraction between them. She had to figure out a way to get him to make a move.

For the next hour or so, she and Lani watched TV and Lani filled her in on the latest book club book.

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