Wrapped Up with a Ranger: A small town military marriage of convenience romance (Bad Boy Bakers Book 2) by Kait Nolan

Author:Kait Nolan [Nolan, Kait]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Take The Leap Publishing
Published: 2022-06-02T18:30:00+00:00

11

Holt didn’t make it home for bath or bedtime. It was nearing nine by the time he finally rolled up to the house. But the cake was finished, and it was damned fine work, if he did say so himself. He liked the challenge and precision of design. It gave him another use for the steady hands he’d so often turned to diffusing explosives.

He found Cayla on the sofa in the living room, a mostly empty glass of wine at her elbow and her e-reader in hand. Her bare toes had been painted a bright poppy red. Something about the sight of them made him smile. Maybe because the fact that she’d had time to do them meant the evening had gone smoothly. Her honey blonde hair was loose around her shoulders, and she seemed to be wearing—was that one of his button-down shirts?—with a pair of sleep shorts. She looked relaxed and comfortable. A far cry from where she’d started the day.

Her lips curved as he came into the room. “Get the cake finished?”

“Yeah. They’ll be by to pick it up tomorrow.”

“Good.” She tipped back the last of her wine and set the e-reader aside.

“Maddie go down okay? I’m sorry I missed bedtime.” Strange how fast he’d become accustomed to the routine. How he’d missed it.

“She’s not here.”

Holt froze in place, going on alert. He knew nothing was wrong, or Cayla would be losing her mind. No, this was something else.

She rose from the sofa and padded toward him. “I called in a favor and arranged a sleepover at my mother’s for the entire weekend. Because I have plans for you, and I don’t want to be interrupted. Again.”

Fire sparked in his blood as she closed the distance between them. “Where’s the dog?”

“Turns out being skunked, bathed, and having an all-day play date with Leno wore her out. She’s been passed out in her crate for about an hour.”

“Good to know. So you’ve got plans, huh?”

“Mmm.”

That purr of sound had the blood already draining from his head. He wanted to hear more of it as he peeled her out of that shirt and tasted every sweet curve of her body.

Tone conversational, she trailed her fingers across his chest, gently nudging him backward, toward the hall. “I thought you were gorgeous before I knew you. That was surface.”

Those fingers reached for the bottom of his t-shirt, sliding it up. “Add to that, we have chemistry. Really great chemistry. But that’s just biology.”

The shirt got stuck somewhere around his pecs, so he helped her out, dragging it off with one hand and letting it fall. Her eyes skated over his bare chest, going dark as they took in his tattoos before coming back to his face.

“Then I got to know you, and I discovered that dry wit, which is my favorite kind of humor.”

They passed into the bedroom. She’d installed the lock he’d bought, not that it looked like they’d need it tonight. One of the bedside lamps was on low. It cast just enough light to see the hint of cleavage where the shirt she’d robbed gaped open.

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