“Good morning,” he says, stepping in to kiss my forehead. “Did you sleep well?”
“Yes. Did you?”
“No. Your bed is too lumpy.”
A giggle bubbles out of me. “Complain to the owner. Maybe he’ll cut you a price break on your next rental.”
He flashes a big grin that makes me swoon a little. Not only does Dean have a phenomenal smile, but his mouth also does sinful things that I’m dying to experience again.
“What are you doing today?” he asks.
“You, hopefully.”
He cocks his brow. “Wow.” Rubbing the back of his neck, he shakes his head and drops his gaze as if I’ve just made him blush.
“I have some work to do,” I quickly say, changing tactics so I don’t come across as a complete sex fiend. “Thanks for the notes. That was sweet.”
Dean shrugs. “I didn’t want to wake you, but also didn’t want you to think I ghosted.”
There’s a heaviness to those words. Hmm. Has he ghosted many women, or did they do it to him? I can’t imagine either.
Clearing my throat, I look around and change subjects again. “So, tile.”
Smooth, Grace. Real smooth.
“Just finishing the grout in here. I meant to yesterday, but that prick derailed things and…”
He spent the rest of the day and night with me instead of working. My stomach drops a little. I don’t want to be in the way.
I also don’t want to stay away.
“Do you need help?”
“No. This is dirty work. I don’t want you to get messy.”
“I don’t mind.” I step over the grout tray and grab the spreader thingy. Waggling my eyebrows at him, I drop my voice and say, “You ready to get dirty, baby?”
He looks down, shaking his head. “Fucking hell. I’m so embarrassed.”
“Why?”
He tosses his hands up. “Because I make thirst traps online and now you’ve seen them.”
“Watched them all and supported each one, wholeheartedly.”
He buries his head in his hands, muffling his laugh. “You used a dump account to follow me, didn’t you?”
“Guilty.”
“The Red Sox avatar threw me off, but…”
Yesterday I told him I loved that team.
“Wow… so you’re astalker,” he says flirtatiously as he gets closer.
“I’m a supporter.”
“You liked every single one of my videos.”
