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But he stopped me when I tried to move past him, his hands sliding down from my waist to my hips. “Sorry about this morning. You were sleeping so soundly. I figured I wore you out.”
“I’m the one who’s sorry. I thought I’d surprise you so I walked out of your bedroom in nothing but your sheet. Dropped it right in front of Cassie and Grace.”
He groaned and gripped me tighter. “And I missed that. My day sucks so far. Digger did his business on a neighbor’s lawn when he should have been running. And me, without a doodie bag.”
“I can’t say much for my morning, either.”
“But last night.” He pressed his forehead to mine.
Last night.And in the early morning hours before dawn’s light. I’d thought Levi would be exhausted from sleep deprivation. But no. He’d more than surprised me with his boundless…energy.
“Last night.” I pulled back to stare at his lips.
Bizarre. I was greedy with desire for him. As if he knew it all too well, damn him, he grinned with a cocky self-assurance and tugged on my lower lip with his teeth. I rose to my tiptoes and kissed him back. Lingering. My fingers twisted in the short hairs at the nape of his neck and I pulled him closer. The kiss went longer and deeper, and had me forgetting I was in a kitchen with Grace sitting only a few feet away in her high chair.
Grace babbled happily, reminding me that we were not alone.
“Levi.” I broke off the kiss, breathless, fisting Levi’s shirt for balance. “Are you still looking for a nanny?”
“Yeah.” He kissed my neck, then stepped toward the edge of the counter and a stack of papers sitting there. “I have résumés from a reputable agency. Want to help me go through them?”
“Of course.” I accepted half the stack from him.
“Where were we?” He stepped into me again, his skilled hands skimming up my spine.
A male voice called out, “Where the hell are you?”
“Damn it,” Levi said. “I can’t catch a break today.”
Matt Conner appeared in the kitchen holding a pink box. “Doughnuts.”
“What’s up.” Levi’s voice had an edge to it that stated he wasn’t too ecstatic to see his friend.
That made two of them, doughnuts notwithstanding.
Matt possessed rugged good looks that reminded women everywhere that smart could also be devastatingly sexy. He grinned as if he realized he’d interrupted something. “Take it easy, Ice Man. Have a doughnut. It’s either this or a Midol.”
Levi simply grunted something that sounded like, “Shove it, genius,” and moved toward Grace, whose little legs had been kicking hard since the moment Matt had walked in the door.
He opened the box with a flourish and presented it to Carly. “Ladies first.”
I brought up the résumés to my chest. “I was just leaving.”
“Take one to go,” Matt said.
Because they looked to be from the new bakery in town, and I wanted to support local business, it was only the right thing to do. Carly grabbed a chocolate sprinkled doughnut. “Thanks.”
“You don’t have to rush off.” Levi now held Grace. With his blue eyes and unshaven just-rolled-out-of-bed look, he looked so much better than a doughnut. That said a lot.
“I’ve got to prepare for my meeting tomorrow.” I met Levi’s eyes but his expression was, as usual, unreadable, at least to me.
I’d just spent the past few hours on top of him, under him and in every other position listed in the Kama Sutra. And I still couldn’t tell if he wanted me to stay. Not that I would give him a choice. We’d both agreed that nothing would change between them, and even in the short time I’d known Levi, I’d come to value his friendship. With that knowledge, doughnut in one hand and résumés in the other, I said my goodbyes and rushed next door.
CHAPTER23
Levi
“You have lousy timing.”
