hostess station at the restaurant while we were eating. When you were using the restroom before we left I picked it up.”
“How did I not notice you carrying a bag when we went to the car?” she asked, bewildered.
“It’s small enough I tucked it into the back of my jeans under my shirt,” he told her with a slight flush on his face. “I wanted it to be a surprise.”
“Sneaky. But I love it. It was definitely a surprise. It’s gonna go in a place of honor for sure. Maybe I’ll bring it to work so I can think of how much fun tonight was rather than my asshole boss. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. I’m glad you like it. Drive safe. Text me when you get home so I know you got there all right.”
“I will.” She looked nervous. “Well, thanks again. I’ll see you in a week or so.”
“Come ‘ere, beautiful,” Crash said, pulling her into his arms.
Her chin came up at the same time his dropped and their lips met as perfectly as if they’d been practicing it their entire life. Crash tried to keep it short, but it was still several moments before he finally lifted his head. His fingertips had made their way under the tight corset at the small of her back and she was plastered to his front.
He chuckled. “Now that was a good-night kiss.”
“Yeah.”
He kissed her once more, a quick peck on the lips, and removed his hands from her and stepped back. “I’ll talk to you soon, beautiful.”
“‘Bye, Dean.”
He went back to his car and backed up, giving her room to get out of her parking space. He followed her out of the garage to the Interstate, where she turned right and he went left.
Crash smiled all the way home. A week ago he was bitching to Hayden that he hadn’t had a decent date in way too long. Now he knew he’d found the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. He just had to convince Adeline that she wanted to spend the rest of hers with him .
It was funny how life worked out sometimes.
Chapter 7
“ S pill , sis,” Alicia demanded.
Adeline groaned and fell back on her bed. She squinted at the numbers on the ceiling projected by her clock. She’d bought it on a whim a couple of years ago and now couldn’t imagine not having it. It was heaven to only have to open her eyes and look up when she woke, and not have to crane her neck to see the clock.
Seven thirty-three.
“Really? It’s Saturday morning and you’re calling me this early? Why are you even up?” Adeline grouched at her sister.
“Because my only sister was on a date and didn’t need me to start Operation First Date Dud and I want to know more.”
Adeline smiled and closed her eyes, remembering. “It went good.”
“And?”
“And what?”
“I need details!” Alicia practically screeched. “What’d you do, where’d you go, did he kiss you, what’d you eat, when did you get home…you know… details !”
“I met him in Southtown, as you know. We first went to a glass-blowing demonstration. Then we ate at that little Belgian bistro down there. Then he drove me to his fire station and we watched the sunset from the top of one of the ladders on the back of a truck. We kissed. He drove me back to the parking garage so I could get my car, and I came home.”
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.
“What?”
“I met him in Southtown, then we went to a glass-bl—”
“Shut up, I heard you,” Alicia said impatiently. “A glass-blowing demonstration?”
“Yup. He arranged it.”
“Then you ate Belgian food?”
“Yes.”
“He took you to his fire station and you had to climb up the ladder to see the sunset?”
“No. We got in the bucket thing and his friends raised the ladder.”
“And you kissed.” It wasn’t a question.
“Oh yeah. We kissed.”
Alicia was silent for another beat. Then, “You like him.”
“I like him,” Adeline confirmed.
“If he hurts you, I’m kicking his ass,” her sister declared.
“Leesh, stop it.”
“No, I’m
“How did I not notice you carrying a bag when we went to the car?” she asked, bewildered.
“It’s small enough I tucked it into the back of my jeans under my shirt,” he told her with a slight flush on his face. “I wanted it to be a surprise.”
“Sneaky. But I love it. It was definitely a surprise. It’s gonna go in a place of honor for sure. Maybe I’ll bring it to work so I can think of how much fun tonight was rather than my asshole boss. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. I’m glad you like it. Drive safe. Text me when you get home so I know you got there all right.”
“I will.” She looked nervous. “Well, thanks again. I’ll see you in a week or so.”
“Come ‘ere, beautiful,” Crash said, pulling her into his arms.
Her chin came up at the same time his dropped and their lips met as perfectly as if they’d been practicing it their entire life. Crash tried to keep it short, but it was still several moments before he finally lifted his head. His fingertips had made their way under the tight corset at the small of her back and she was plastered to his front.
He chuckled. “Now that was a good-night kiss.”
“Yeah.”
He kissed her once more, a quick peck on the lips, and removed his hands from her and stepped back. “I’ll talk to you soon, beautiful.”
“‘Bye, Dean.”
He went back to his car and backed up, giving her room to get out of her parking space. He followed her out of the garage to the Interstate, where she turned right and he went left.
Crash smiled all the way home. A week ago he was bitching to Hayden that he hadn’t had a decent date in way too long. Now he knew he’d found the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. He just had to convince Adeline that she wanted to spend the rest of hers with him .
It was funny how life worked out sometimes.
Chapter 7
“ S pill , sis,” Alicia demanded.
Adeline groaned and fell back on her bed. She squinted at the numbers on the ceiling projected by her clock. She’d bought it on a whim a couple of years ago and now couldn’t imagine not having it. It was heaven to only have to open her eyes and look up when she woke, and not have to crane her neck to see the clock.
Seven thirty-three.
“Really? It’s Saturday morning and you’re calling me this early? Why are you even up?” Adeline grouched at her sister.
“Because my only sister was on a date and didn’t need me to start Operation First Date Dud and I want to know more.”
Adeline smiled and closed her eyes, remembering. “It went good.”
“And?”
“And what?”
“I need details!” Alicia practically screeched. “What’d you do, where’d you go, did he kiss you, what’d you eat, when did you get home…you know… details !”
“I met him in Southtown, as you know. We first went to a glass-blowing demonstration. Then we ate at that little Belgian bistro down there. Then he drove me to his fire station and we watched the sunset from the top of one of the ladders on the back of a truck. We kissed. He drove me back to the parking garage so I could get my car, and I came home.”
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.
“What?”
“I met him in Southtown, then we went to a glass-bl—”
“Shut up, I heard you,” Alicia said impatiently. “A glass-blowing demonstration?”
“Yup. He arranged it.”
“Then you ate Belgian food?”
“Yes.”
“He took you to his fire station and you had to climb up the ladder to see the sunset?”
“No. We got in the bucket thing and his friends raised the ladder.”
“And you kissed.” It wasn’t a question.
“Oh yeah. We kissed.”
Alicia was silent for another beat. Then, “You like him.”
“I like him,” Adeline confirmed.
“If he hurts you, I’m kicking his ass,” her sister declared.
“Leesh, stop it.”
“No, I’m
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