Falling Under by Dane Lauren

Author:Dane, Lauren [Dane, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780349409856
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2015-08-03T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

Seventeen

I noticed the other night when I drove your truck that your timing was off a little.” Duke dropped a bag on her desk before he stole a kiss.

“We talked about that,” Carmella said primly.

“I know. I brought burritos. Have lunch with me and then let me look at your truck afterward.”

“Not taking a lunch today. I need to take my mom to the doctor tomorrow so I was going to shift my hour to then.”

“You think Asa and I are running a sweatshop here? Jesus. You don’t need to skip lunch to take your mother to the doctor. We’d never expect anyone here to do that. Your schedule is flexible and you work your ass off.”

“Are you being shirty with me right now?” Carmella asked him.

“I love that word. I’m not shirty. I’m hungry and in the possession of burritos. Come eat them with me. Take the time you need when you need it. Period. You did something the first week and I should have said this then.”

She was glad he hadn’t or she’d have been mortified.

A burrito couldn’t hurt. And she was hungry. The lunch she’d brought could be dinner and she’d get to spend time with Duke.

“All right then. Let’s have some lunch.”

The room had already begun to fill up, but it wasn’t hard to find a place at the end of a long table and settle in.

“You do realize this burrito could feed four people, right?”

“If you actually can’t finish it, it’s even better cold at two in the morning.” He looked up at her. “Then again, ice cream sandwiches at two in the morning are pretty spectacular too.”

Blushing, she looked back to her burrito and tried not to think about naked Duke Bradshaw in her kitchen, bathed in moonlight as he ate that ice cream sandwich.

“We’re hanging out tonight, right?” he asked her.

“PJ and I are walking Green Lake after work with Ginger but you’ll be here until seven anyway.”

“Does that bug you?”

She looked up at him. “What?”

“That I work a lot.”

“Well, how could you have your own business and keep it successful if you didn’t work a lot?”

He grinned like a dork until she started to laugh. “What? Do I have cilantro in my teeth?”

“Nope. You just roll with things.” He shrugged. “I like it.”

“It’s a gift. Inside I’m a seething volcano of rage.”

He burst out laughing until everyone turned to look.

“Don’t look at me. I found him this way,” Carmella said as she watched him laugh.

He waved them all off as he got himself back under control.

“And don’t you have a thing with your dudes tonight? Like boy club of some sort? I’ll be here tomorrow, you know.”

“I know. But I like being with you. You smell good. Way better than Asa or Mick.”

“Well, that’s super good to hear. Though Mick has this new cologne that I do like, I’m glad you don’t want to make out with him over it.”

“We’re meeting for sushi at eight. I’ll pick you up at your house at seven thirty.

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