Page 77 of Their Naughty Student
“You’re tempting a very hungry man, sweetness,” he mumbled.
I took a sip of my wine, tried to play it off with a coy smile.
Edge cleared his throat, took a swallow of wine, then leaned close to my ear once more.“I think it’s safe to say I’ve wasted far too much time already, and I hope like hell you’ll let me make it up to you.”
When he pulled back, I could only stare.I hadn’t expected that—the man always seemed so guarded—but I appreciated it all the same.“I’d like that.”Then an idea came to me.“So what do you say we make thislesscomplicated?”
“How do you suggest we do that?”
“If you call Cav, invite him down here, the three of us can spend time together.We’ll figure it out as we go.”
Edge’s eyes widened slightly, and I caught his surprise at my forwardness.I wasn’t sure how he felt about that until he smiled.
The man had a really, really nice smile.
CAV
I hadn’t made plans for the evening, but as I sat in my hotel room, bored out of my mind, I knew I was going to have to do something or go crazy.While I wanted to take Jamie out tonight, I’d been too impatient earlier.Since I’d already seen her once today at lunch, I didn’t want to overdo it.
And it wasn’t like I didn’t have other things to do to keep me busy.
Considering I’d made some life-altering decisions in the past week, I had a few options.For example, having accepted the job Zeke offered me, I could easily look for a more permanent residence.Part of me wanted to do some Internet searches on real estate, but the other part didn’t find that at all appealing.I had the option of an apartment in the Chatter PR building, but I hadn’t decided whether I wanted to go that route or not.But I needed to do something.I couldn’t stay in this hotel forever.Hell, I didn’twantto stay in this hotel.
Of course, I could hop in my truck and head over to Edge’s.I could use the excuse of wanting to see if it was a place I was willing to live for the foreseeable future.He’d see right through it, but I’d be there at that point and could probably play it off.Or I could go over to Edge’s and do what I wanted to do.See if we could pick up where we left off the other night.Between the incident at Edge’s place and the kiss we’d shared here in my hotel room, I didn’t think he’d be too opposed to the idea.
It was when I was trying to decide which fast-food joint I was going to hit up that my cell phone rang.I glanced at the screen, noticed it was Edge, and answered immediately.
“What’s up?”
“Hey.”His voice was low, and there was noise in the background.“You busy?”
I glanced around the bland room.“Not at the moment.”
“I’ve got a proposition for you.”
Hmm.I definitely liked the sound of that.“What’s that?”
“I’m out with Jamie right now, and we thought maybe you’d want to join us.”
I frowned.“Seriously?You want me to tag along on your date?”
“Preferably, no,” he said quickly.
I laughed despite myself.“Well, fuck you, too.”
There was an answering laugh, and something relaxed inside me.
“Since I don’t consider you a third wheel, Cav, it wouldn’t be like that.We want you here with us.”
Before I could respond, there was shuffling, and then Jamie’s sweet voice sounded.“Hey, Cav.”
“Hey, cupcake.”I stared out the window at Chicago’s skyline.
“Are you doing anything exciting tonight?”
Just hearing her voice made me smile.“Define exciting.”
“Oh, you know.Maybe you’re two hours deep in a game of Monopoly and you’re not sure whether to sell all your hotels or not.”
