like sex and the caveman in me wants you to wear my mark around all day long.” He pushed her back against the pillow and kissed her hard.
She let him kiss her for a good full minute before she acquiesced.
“Oh my God, fine. I’ll throw on a cap, but you better hope we don’t see anyone we know.”
His face fell and she backtracked.
“Because I’ll look like crap, Charles – not because we’ll be together. I promise, I’m all in this time. There’s nothing holding me back.
“Let’s get going then.” He flashed her a boyish smile and threw back the covers to reveal a huge morning hard on. “Nothing you have to do anything about,” he teased. “I’m actually more turned on at the thought of bacon right now.”
“Asshole,” she said, laughing as she left the room to get ready.
CHAPTER fifteen
The hostess at the Bacon Shack informed them that there would be about a thirty minute wait for a table considering it was Black Friday and the early morning shoppers were all looking for a place to rest their feet and refuel for more afternoon festivities. Hannah had totally forgotten there would be crowds everywhere and she seriously regretted allowing Charles to talk her into the baseball cap.
“What if I run into students?” She whined.
“Hannah! You teach third grade. It’s not like they’ll take one look at you and think you’ve come from a night of debauchery. They’ll think you look tired, or they won’t notice at all.”
“Their parents will,” she huffed.
“I don’t think you should be worried about your students or their parents.” He sat on an open window ledge that served as a waiting place and pulled her by the hand to sit on his lap. “If anything, I’d be more worried about your sister and her family, as they’re eating right over there against the wall.”
Hannah looked to her right and gave a horrified gasp as she spotted Lilly, Joe and the kids at a large table towards the back of the restaurant. “Shit, have they seen us yet?” she asked while hiding her face in his chest.
“They have now,” he laughed. “Come on, Hannah. They’re family and it’s Black Friday. It looks like they’re just ordering, and there’s space at their table.”
She looked at his face full of obnoxious excitement at the prospect of joining her family and smacked his chest.
“You planned this, didn’t you?”
“No, I promise,” he said as he pinned her wrists together with one hand and kissed the tip of her nose. “But part of me wishes I had. It’s worth it to see you turn this particular shade of red.”
When she looked back she could see the shocked look on her sister’s face and Joe vigorously waving for them to join the party.
“Let’s go, sunshine,” he said to her. “Time to make us official.”
As she walked towards the table where her sister and brother-in-law sat with their three children it reminded her of the walk of shame out of the dorms when she’d stay over with guys in college. She was certain that everyone around her was staring and wondering what that beautiful, young, Charles McMillan was doing with old Ms. Miller from the school. She imagined their looks of censure and glares of judgment.
“Happy Black Friday!” Charlie called out to everyone as he shook hands with Joe and gave a quick hug to Lilly. “Getting lots of toys and presents today, kids?”
Lilly made the introductions, “Everyone, this is Charlie. You remember Leisel and Chuck from last night? This is their son who lives in New York. I guess he’s home for Thanksgiving,” she added, sounding seriously peeved.
“Why weren’t you at the house last night, then?” Delia the oldest of the three asked.
“I was there for a second, I just didn’t get to talk to anyone but your daddy,” Charlie answered.
The icy glare Lilly gave Joe at that revelation was enough to turn the kid’s lemonades into slushies. Hannah could tell that Joe hadn’t shared that
She let him kiss her for a good full minute before she acquiesced.
“Oh my God, fine. I’ll throw on a cap, but you better hope we don’t see anyone we know.”
His face fell and she backtracked.
“Because I’ll look like crap, Charles – not because we’ll be together. I promise, I’m all in this time. There’s nothing holding me back.
“Let’s get going then.” He flashed her a boyish smile and threw back the covers to reveal a huge morning hard on. “Nothing you have to do anything about,” he teased. “I’m actually more turned on at the thought of bacon right now.”
“Asshole,” she said, laughing as she left the room to get ready.
CHAPTER fifteen
The hostess at the Bacon Shack informed them that there would be about a thirty minute wait for a table considering it was Black Friday and the early morning shoppers were all looking for a place to rest their feet and refuel for more afternoon festivities. Hannah had totally forgotten there would be crowds everywhere and she seriously regretted allowing Charles to talk her into the baseball cap.
“What if I run into students?” She whined.
“Hannah! You teach third grade. It’s not like they’ll take one look at you and think you’ve come from a night of debauchery. They’ll think you look tired, or they won’t notice at all.”
“Their parents will,” she huffed.
“I don’t think you should be worried about your students or their parents.” He sat on an open window ledge that served as a waiting place and pulled her by the hand to sit on his lap. “If anything, I’d be more worried about your sister and her family, as they’re eating right over there against the wall.”
Hannah looked to her right and gave a horrified gasp as she spotted Lilly, Joe and the kids at a large table towards the back of the restaurant. “Shit, have they seen us yet?” she asked while hiding her face in his chest.
“They have now,” he laughed. “Come on, Hannah. They’re family and it’s Black Friday. It looks like they’re just ordering, and there’s space at their table.”
She looked at his face full of obnoxious excitement at the prospect of joining her family and smacked his chest.
“You planned this, didn’t you?”
“No, I promise,” he said as he pinned her wrists together with one hand and kissed the tip of her nose. “But part of me wishes I had. It’s worth it to see you turn this particular shade of red.”
When she looked back she could see the shocked look on her sister’s face and Joe vigorously waving for them to join the party.
“Let’s go, sunshine,” he said to her. “Time to make us official.”
As she walked towards the table where her sister and brother-in-law sat with their three children it reminded her of the walk of shame out of the dorms when she’d stay over with guys in college. She was certain that everyone around her was staring and wondering what that beautiful, young, Charles McMillan was doing with old Ms. Miller from the school. She imagined their looks of censure and glares of judgment.
“Happy Black Friday!” Charlie called out to everyone as he shook hands with Joe and gave a quick hug to Lilly. “Getting lots of toys and presents today, kids?”
Lilly made the introductions, “Everyone, this is Charlie. You remember Leisel and Chuck from last night? This is their son who lives in New York. I guess he’s home for Thanksgiving,” she added, sounding seriously peeved.
“Why weren’t you at the house last night, then?” Delia the oldest of the three asked.
“I was there for a second, I just didn’t get to talk to anyone but your daddy,” Charlie answered.
The icy glare Lilly gave Joe at that revelation was enough to turn the kid’s lemonades into slushies. Hannah could tell that Joe hadn’t shared that
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