Page 76 of The Boyfriend Gamble

He winced. “Thatisrather presumptuous of me.”

I moved toward him, careful to telegraph my move. “I think it’s kind of sweet. You want to get to know me better.”

“Now who’s being presumptuous?” Yet his smile belied any animus he might be feeling.

“What are you wanting? Because I’m super easy.”Oh God, I did not just say that…

He cocked an eyebrow. “Well, that makes things interesting. For all I know, you have plans for tonight. Hell, for five minutes from now.”

I burst out laughing. “Uh, no. If I get a text from Taryn, then I might have to go and clear snow. But she’d bring the plow to me, and if it snows that much, then I have much bigger problems than where I might or might not be.”

Did I make any sense?

“It’s snowing lightly.”

“So I’ll be fine.”

“You plow snow?”

“Yeah. Taryn hired me. You know her, right? Sorry, I knew just about everyone in Fort St. John, so I sort of assume Mission City—”

“Taryn rescued me on the side of the road when I got a nail in my tire and I discovered my spare was deflated as well. She towed me to MATH Automotive. Maddie changed the tire, rotated all of them, and did an oil change. I know Maddie, Amber, Taryn, and Holly. They’re…amazing women.”

“They run a repair shop? Taryn didn’t mention that. She just asked me if I could drive a snow plow. Which I can. Got plenty of experience doing that up north.”

“Ah.” Cameron eyed me. “You haven’t actually said what—”

“Wilted celery, blow job, heavy dinner.”

He blinked. “I’m sorry?”

I advanced toward him. “We were moving toward something, and then we got distracted, and then we went from food to snow and talented women, and I’m circling us back. That frapp was pretty filling. So I need to pee, and then I’d like to give you another blow job.”

He pointed behind me. “Bathroom. I don’t have any wilted celery. That’s Rayne. And, I’m certain Champ will have eaten it before the afternoon’s out. He loves vegetables.”

“So do I.” I bolted for the bathroom. Because my bladder really did feel like it was going to explode. That said, if he’d asked me to blow him there, I’d have dropped to my knees. He’d tasted so freaking good. A taste I wanted again.

I pissed, washed my hands thoroughly, and emerged to find Cameron washing my straw. “Don’t forget to take this with you.”

“Yeah, okay.”

He pointed to the bathroom. “I need to go as well. Too much tea.”

“Fair enough.” I grinned. “What did we decide about food?”

“Uh, blow job now, lasagna later? If you want to stay. I put some in the oven. With a timer.”

My eyes widened as I grinned. “I love lasagna. My favorite. My mom makes it.”

“Do you…do you miss your mom?”

“Sure. But I needed to move on, you know. For me, the Fort was a dead end. Not for others, but…for me. I’m applying for some scholarships at the university. Maybe take some agricultural courses or something. Maybe some forestry courses online.”

“I know a guy who works for the city doing forestry. Uh…Dean. I could see if he might give you a job.”

“I’m really happy with Wally. He’s giving me this chance, right? It got me down here.”

“Right. Sorry, I forgot.”

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