Page 30 of Wild Rush Of Love
Damn. The man could cook.
Swallowing, she grabbed her coffee and took a quick sip. “Are you some sort of kitchen ninja?”
Rush laughed. “No, but I know my way around.”
“I can’t believe I had all this in here.”
“You didn’t. I ducked out to the store before you woke up.”
“You went out and bought food?”
He shrugged. “I’m going to be here all week. I can’t sponge off you the whole time. Thought I’d pick up some essentials.”
“This is more than essentials. What else did you buy? And how much do I owe you?” she asked before scooping up another forkful.
“Nothing. You owe me nothing.”
She frowned and swallowed. “I can’t let you pay for all this food.”
“Sure you can. You’re letting me stay here, so I’m saving on accommodations. I thought I’d repay you by supplying some basic food items and cooking all the meals we eat at home.”
Reena liked the way he called her place home. Sure, he didn’t mean it washishome, but it gave her a jolt of satisfaction to hear the word come out of his mouth. It also delivered a burst of longing.
Shewantedhim to think of her house as home.
The thought brought her up short. What was happening here?
Three weeks ago she hadn’t known the man existed, and now she wanted him to call her house home?
“Hey. You’re thinking too hard again.” Rush pointed his fork at her plate. “Eat. Then shower. Then we’re out of here for a day of fun.”
She forced a smile and shoveled in another mouthful of delicious pancake. Nope. It wouldn’t be a hardship to eat the whole plate load.
Chewing slowly, Reena vowed to stop analyzing every second of their time or the connection between them and do what Rush had helped her do during her two-week vacation in the mountains.
She would soak up the world around her and enjoy every moment of it—of him.
Chapter Fifteen
Reena brokethe surface and spat out a mouthful of dirty, salty water. “Oh my god!” Grabbing the bottom of the upturned paddleboat, she glanced around searching for Rush. “Rush!”
“Over here.” His wet head popped up on the other side of the plastic hull. “You all right?”
Wiping hair out of her eyes, she glared at him. “Seriously? I’m in Baltimore Harbor, which has God knows what floating in it, and you’re asking if I’m all right?”
As if to prove her point, a clump of indeterminate trash bobbed past. Shuddering with revulsion, Reena used one hand to scoop water away from her, making sure her fingers didn’t touch the soggy mess.
“Help me tip this thing back over.”
A squeal burst from her throat as she spun around, spraying water everywhere. She wiped her face to discover Rush had come around the boat behind her. “Don’t do that!”
“Stop panicking. We’ll be fine. As soon as we get this right side up, I’ll hoist you in.”
A thought struck her. Something else could be in the water. Something far more terrifying than unidentified floating objects. “Oh my god. Do you think there are sharks in here?”
He laughed.
Totally not the thing to do when her nerves were jangled and her mind was conjuring up all manner of horrible scenarios with her and a great white shark in the lead roles. “Rush!”
