Survivor's Remorse: Brothers of Ink and Steel by Kathryn Thomas Page B
Authors: Kathryn Thomas
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definitely more to the story than he was telling, but she didn’t want to press too hard. He had started to open up to her and she could be patient.
“It’s too damn early in the morning to drink a toast to the cavalry, but I’m glad they arrived when they did.”
“Yeah,” Leo said, but his tone of voice told Jamie he didn’t mean it.
“Get up. I’m going to shower while you are going to fix us lunch. Then you are going to take me for a ride on the back of your bike.”
“I am?” Leo asked with a lopsided grin.
“Yes. You are. You’re the boss… you’re allowed to play hookie. Then after that, you are coming back here and I’m fixing you that dinner I promised and you agreed to.”
“What about you. Don’t you have to work tonight?”
“I’m the boss. I’m allowed to play hookie,” she said with a grin, but then she turned serious. “If you want to, of course.”
“I’ll have to put gas in the bike,” he deadpanned, then smiled.
“Well, in that case, forget it,” she grinned back then stood. “Everything for sandwiches is in the fridge. Make mine a thick one. I didn’t realize it until just now, but I missed dinner.”
“Me, too. And breakfast. No wonder I’m starving,” Leo said as he stood.
She grinned at Leo then started to turn away to shower when he took her hand and pulled her gently back to him. He held her hand for a moment before he released it and tipped her chin up so he could taste her lips. The kiss was slow, soft and gentle, and she felt herself all but go weak in the knees.
As he pulled back he looked into her eyes. “Thank you again… for caring… and for being there.”
She smiled at him and touched the side of his face before rising to her tip-toes to kiss him fleetingly on the lips. As she lowered herself she said nothing, but smiled at him again before turning away, pulling her hand away in a slow caress. As she swished back to her bedroom to bathe, she hoped he would follow. But if he didn’t, there was no way in hell he was getting out of here tonight without making love to her.
CHAPTER TEN
“Where are we going?” Jamie yelled as Leo’s bike carved along the back road.
“Wherever the road takes us!”
She leaned in a little tighter, placing her chin on his shoulder. He hadn’t followed her to her shower, and she hadn’t joined him in his when they stopped at his house so he could bathe and change into clean clothes… even though he had pseudo-invited her by expressing regret she had already bathed.
But that was okay. The anticipation was a delicious pleasure she had been enjoying for the past two hours. As the big Harley V-Twin passed a pleasant tingle through her, she snuggled in closer still. She found it humorous that she had known Leo for nearly three years, and only in the last couple of months had she noticed him. Before he was just a good-looking guy who happened to be her favorite customer, but now she was hoping he would become more. As they prepared for the day, they had both checked in and made their excuses for missing work. This was their time and she was enjoying the hell out of it.
Leo felt Jamie squirm in a bit closer as her arms tightened down a little more. He had ridden a lot of women on his bike, but never had he enjoyed having one pressed against his back so much. He had always admired the way Jamie looked—and who wouldn’t—and then later her sharp wit, but the last few days, he had seen another side of her, a gentle, caring side. For reasons he couldn’t easily explain, when he was with her, even just enjoying a beer in her bar, the world didn’t seem so bleak, and the past so dark.
***
“To friends and lovers… may they forever be the same,” Leo said as he held his wine glass to Jamie.
Jamie felt a rush of heat but tamped it down again. Leo had engaged her in a slow seduction all afternoon and evening. And he was
“It’s too damn early in the morning to drink a toast to the cavalry, but I’m glad they arrived when they did.”
“Yeah,” Leo said, but his tone of voice told Jamie he didn’t mean it.
“Get up. I’m going to shower while you are going to fix us lunch. Then you are going to take me for a ride on the back of your bike.”
“I am?” Leo asked with a lopsided grin.
“Yes. You are. You’re the boss… you’re allowed to play hookie. Then after that, you are coming back here and I’m fixing you that dinner I promised and you agreed to.”
“What about you. Don’t you have to work tonight?”
“I’m the boss. I’m allowed to play hookie,” she said with a grin, but then she turned serious. “If you want to, of course.”
“I’ll have to put gas in the bike,” he deadpanned, then smiled.
“Well, in that case, forget it,” she grinned back then stood. “Everything for sandwiches is in the fridge. Make mine a thick one. I didn’t realize it until just now, but I missed dinner.”
“Me, too. And breakfast. No wonder I’m starving,” Leo said as he stood.
She grinned at Leo then started to turn away to shower when he took her hand and pulled her gently back to him. He held her hand for a moment before he released it and tipped her chin up so he could taste her lips. The kiss was slow, soft and gentle, and she felt herself all but go weak in the knees.
As he pulled back he looked into her eyes. “Thank you again… for caring… and for being there.”
She smiled at him and touched the side of his face before rising to her tip-toes to kiss him fleetingly on the lips. As she lowered herself she said nothing, but smiled at him again before turning away, pulling her hand away in a slow caress. As she swished back to her bedroom to bathe, she hoped he would follow. But if he didn’t, there was no way in hell he was getting out of here tonight without making love to her.
CHAPTER TEN
“Where are we going?” Jamie yelled as Leo’s bike carved along the back road.
“Wherever the road takes us!”
She leaned in a little tighter, placing her chin on his shoulder. He hadn’t followed her to her shower, and she hadn’t joined him in his when they stopped at his house so he could bathe and change into clean clothes… even though he had pseudo-invited her by expressing regret she had already bathed.
But that was okay. The anticipation was a delicious pleasure she had been enjoying for the past two hours. As the big Harley V-Twin passed a pleasant tingle through her, she snuggled in closer still. She found it humorous that she had known Leo for nearly three years, and only in the last couple of months had she noticed him. Before he was just a good-looking guy who happened to be her favorite customer, but now she was hoping he would become more. As they prepared for the day, they had both checked in and made their excuses for missing work. This was their time and she was enjoying the hell out of it.
Leo felt Jamie squirm in a bit closer as her arms tightened down a little more. He had ridden a lot of women on his bike, but never had he enjoyed having one pressed against his back so much. He had always admired the way Jamie looked—and who wouldn’t—and then later her sharp wit, but the last few days, he had seen another side of her, a gentle, caring side. For reasons he couldn’t easily explain, when he was with her, even just enjoying a beer in her bar, the world didn’t seem so bleak, and the past so dark.
***
“To friends and lovers… may they forever be the same,” Leo said as he held his wine glass to Jamie.
Jamie felt a rush of heat but tamped it down again. Leo had engaged her in a slow seduction all afternoon and evening. And he was
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