Page 142 of Curvy Girl Summer

Burying my nose in the roses so I could hide my face for a second, I bought myself some time. Exhaling, I smiled at him. “And they smell great, too.”

“Speaking of smells… I have a thing about scents, and yours is doing something to me.” He let out a light chuckle. “I don’t know what soap or perfume you have on, but that’s the one.”

“Thank you. It’s my signature scent. I went to one of those classes where you can create your own perfume, and I fell in love with the combo I created. I’ve been wearing this exclusively for the last three or four years.”

“Where did you do that?”

“It was—”

“Your table is ready,” a waiter I’d seen around before interrupted.

Ty stood and then extended his hand to me, helping me off the stool. “After you.”

He whistled, not trying to hide the fact that he was staring at my body. I could feel his eyes on my ass as we made our way across the small establishment. But when we got to the table, he was careful to not let me catch him eyeing me sexually.

“Here you are.” He pulled out my chair.

“Oh, thank you,” I replied, allowing him to push me in.

“You’re welcome. I want to make sure you’re taken care of.” He smirked as he took the seat across from me. “But I also can’t sit with my back to the door.”

“Ah, so you were really just doing it for you.”

“Nah, it’s not even like that.” He pointed to the door. “What if someone runs up in here? I need to be able to jump up and defend you. I can’t do that if I can’t see them coming.”

Laughing, I shook my head. “What kind of place do you think I brought you to?”

He lifted his shoulders comically. “I don’t know. I think the dude at the bar got beef. Who knows who else could run up in here?”

I snickered.

“Here’s our menu for this weekend,” the waiter told us, handingus two small, laminated cards. “It changes every weekend, so let me know if you have any questions. I’ll give you a couple of minutes before I take your order.”

“Thank you,” we said in unison.

As soon as we were alone, Ty picked up the menu and looked over it. “Have you ever eaten anything from here?”

“Just the burger and fries.” I picked up my menu. “I don’t even know what else they serve.”

“Well, there’s about ten things on here.” He sat back in his chair. “Depending on how hungry you are and how much time you’ll let me have, we can order everything.”

Ty was saying the right things and being gentlemanly, but the man’s energy was sexually charged.

Bemused, I gave him a look. “Everything?”

He nodded. “I have a biiiiiiig appetite.”

“Is that right?”

He licked his lips. “Yes. And you can have whatever you want.”

I wasn’t sure if it was my level of horniness or if it was because of Ty’s vibe, but everything he said sounded sexually suggestive.

I need to bottle up this energy for later tonight,I thought as I bit my bottom lip and stared at the menu.

Ignoring his flirty innuendo, I focused on picking my meal. “Well, I’ll probably go for the burger sliders and fries.”

“That’s it?”

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