Page 14 of Just One Promise (The Carter Brothers 3)
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Heath
Seeing the way Audrey was looking at me when she walked into my home office, sets my soul on fire.
She’s everything to me. But her standing there in a pair of cut off shorts, a tank top, and skin that has gotten bronzed by the sun, it takes everything in me not to rip her clothes off and take her right here, right now.
Audrey comes around my desk, I guide her by her hips, bringing her onto my lap. She straddles me, her ass on my thighs, my hands glide up and down her warm skin.
“I have something for you, but you may hate it. I’m hoping like hell you’ll at least give it a try,” I rasp before I take her mouth. Her hands find my chest, and she holds on while I take her lips just the way she likes.
When we pull apart, she asks, “We’re not jumping out of a plane right? Because there’s a lot I’ll do but that’s one thing I will not do.”
“Nothing like that.” I spin us around, with her still in my lap, grabbing the box that’s on the ground, moving it to my side, realizing she won’t be able to open this while on my lap. I place her on the desk, her legs are hanging off, and this is something I’ll be coming back to. She’s at the perfect height for my mouth to be in its rightful home.
I hand Audrey the box, watching as she opens it. When she sees what it’s in it, a smile takes over her face. “Is this what I think it is? Are you teaching me how to surf? Can we go now?”
“Yes, that’s what you think it is, another few months and you won’t need it. Who the hell else would teach you how to surf, and we’re going tomorrow morning, early,” I annunciate, knowing full well my girl loves to sleep in, and late.
“You had me, until you said the word early. That word isn’t allowed in our home,” she chuckles.
God, I love how she refers to this place as our home.
I laugh and say, “I’ll greet you with coffee, swear.”
She hops off the desk, climbing back in my lap, and kisses me. I can feel the emotion pouring off of her.
Audrey pulls back and says, “I stopped by the grocery store on my way home, you’re in for a treat tonight, you won’t be eating burnt anything tonight.”
“Someone’s been talking to my mother. Rome and Mason got more of the cooking skill than I did. Try as I might, my mind drifts away when I cook, and bam, it’s burnt to a crisp,” I tell her honestly.
“That’s okay, I love to cook, and as much as I love pizza, we can’t eat it every night, or eat take out all the time either,” she pats her belly, and we both chuckle. She’s perfect in every way, no matter her size.
“You need any help? I can at least cut whatever needs slicing,” I counter.
“Nope, I got this. I want to wow you with dinner tonight. Are you still working?”
“Babe, you already wow me. I have a few more things to do before I’m done for the day, then I’ll be down,” I respond.
“Okay, see you soon,” Audrey gives me one last kiss, then walks out of my office. I watch her ass sway the entire time. Something that’s made me have to adjust myself, but wanting to call her back in here, taking her again and again.
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Audrey
I’m so excited to make a dinner for Heath, I’ve made a few things here and there this week, but nothing like tonight.
The one thing my dad did every night is cook dinner, we always ate it together. It didn’t matter if I had a school event, he’d make sure dinner was cooked before, and it was always delicious.
I pull out the ingredients for brown buttered scallops with parmesan risotto, it’s a quick type of dinner, but it’s so good and will melt in your mouth.
Knowing it’ll take me the next hour or so to prep everything, including a salad to go with our dinner, I pull out my phone and turn on some music.
I get lost in what I’m doing, chopping, slicing, and stirring the food. My hips moving to the rhythm of the beat, reminiscing a few short days ago when Heath and I were out on the dance floor. Another idea pops into my head and I think tomorrow night we should go back out to where this all started, kind of like a standing date night. Something that if I moved down here could become our own tradition.
I’m so lost in thought, I let out a scream when Heath’s hands find my hips and moves to the music with me. “Shit, you scared me,” I tell him once my heart goes back to beating at a normal pace again.
