Accidental Heiress by Nichols Lauren

Author:Nichols, Lauren [Nichols, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-11-08T23:56:15+00:00

Forty-five minutes later, Casey was wiping her hands for the hundredth time and picking off a piece of paper napkin stuck to her index finger. She glanced over at the long line leading to the ladies’ room, then sighed in resignation and looked at Jess. “Okay, close your eyes.”

“Why?” He was finishing the half-dozen wings she couldn’t eat and, by the looks of him, enjoying every morsel.

“Because I’m about to use my glass of ice water as a finger bowl, and I don’t want you phoning Emily Post.”

Jess wiped his mouth, took a long swig of his water and sent her a chastising frown. “No, no, no, that’s not the way a real wing eater cleans up.”

“No?”

“Of course not.” And suddenly her index finger was in Jess’s mouth and he was sucking, his tongue wet and slick, his teeth softly scraping. She was so stunned, she didn’t have the wherewithal to stop him for a second. Then she yanked her hand away, heat flooding her face. He had obviously meant it to be funny, but it wasn’t. It rattled her nerves and threw her off balance.

“Thank you,” she murmured, “but I think I’ll do it my way, if you don’t mi—”

“Enjoyin’ yerself, nephew?”

Flustered, Casey looked up to see Ruby Cayhill standing over them with two slices of coconut cream pie topped by four inches of golden-white meringue. The look in those twinkling blue eyes said she was absolutely delighted with what she had seen.

“Yes, I am, as a matter of fact.” Jess took the dessert plates from his aunt, offered one to Casey and made room for Ruby in the booth beside him. “How are you, gorgeous?”

Ruby sighed. “Tired, if you want the truth. These folks eat like starvin’ Texans at a Dallas barbecue.” She sent him a grin and a wink. “How’d you and yer business acquaintance like the wings?”

“They were excellent, as usual. Casey?”

Casey pulled herself together and tried to ignore the rough feel of Jess’s tongue, still tingling on her fingertip. She couldn’t believe he had done such a thing in a room full of people.

She found a smile for Ruby. “They were wonderful. I’ve had wings before, but nothing like yours. There was actually meat on them.”

“Good!” she exclaimed through a merry cackle. “That’s what we like t’ hear. Keeps folks comin’ in, and the bells ringin’ on my cash register.” Ruby turned back to Jess, and while she happily elaborated on how good business had been lately, Casey surreptitiously wiped her hands with a wet napkin, wondering how far Jess would have gone if she hadn’t stopped him. The images cropping up in her mind made her draw a soft breath.

Ruby’s pale eyes grew serious as she continued to speak to Jess. “What’s this I hear about Cy Farrell tryin’ to pin Moe Jackson’s trouble on you?”

Jess’s mouth tightened in disgust. “How’d you hear about it?”

“Moe and Lila were in here earlier. We talked.”

“And what do they think?”

“Same as everybody else—that Farrell’s still holdin’ a grudge and ain’t seein’ things clear.

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