Page 64 of His Curvy Happiness
“Are you together?” the woman asked as she finished keying in his order.
“No,” I said.
“Yes,” Landon said louder. “Casey, order.”
The commanding tone of his voice made me shiver. I swallowed roughly, then ordered three loaded beef and bean tacos and a water.
“Can I get a name for the order?”
“Landon,” he said, tapping his phone to pay for our meal. “Thank you.”
“Enjoy.”
Landon pulled me away from the counter and back to the table he was at when I arrived. “Next time we meet for lunch, we need to go somewhere more private so I can kiss you how I want to.”
“Your flirting is next level, you know that? I knew you were good, but this is…”
“Not flirting for the sake of flirting, Casey. I told you the first rule is you have to mean it.”
“I don’t think I know what to do with that.”
“With what?”
“With you saying you mean it. I’m way older than you, and we want different things.”
“And that means I can’t be attracted to you?”
“No, I just…”
“First, I don’t think you’re that much older than me. You might not be older than me at all. I’m thirty-five. Can I ask how old you are?”
“I just turned thirty-eight.”
“Less than three years. That means we would have been in high school at the same time. If I was older than you, you wouldn’t think twice about a few years between us, so why is it an issue that you’re a little older?”
“I… I thought you were a lot younger.”
“Ouch.”
I laughed with him. “I didn’t mean it like that.”
“No, no, it’s fine. You’re telling me I’m old. I get it.”
I shook my head. “I’m older than you, so what does that make me?”
“Perfect.”
I snorted. “Nowhere close.”
He reached for my hand. “You’re beautiful and sexy and smart and talented and a great mother and independent and you have a laugh that makes my heart stop and you make me want to spend as much time with you as I can talk you into.”
My cheeks got hotter and hotter with each word he said. I didn’t know how to take compliments at all, but he had this way of speaking to me as if he couldn’t imagine not telling me these things. I bit my lip and lowered my chin to hide from him.
His name rang out over the sound of the other diners, and he winked at me before he went to collect our lunch. I exhaled a slow breath and tried to calm my overactive desire for the man I had no right to want.
Even though I really, really wanted him.
Landon set the trays on the table and made sure we had everything we ordered before I unwrapped my first taco.
