“You don’t have any more?I remember seeing a box of condoms in with your toys?”I tease.
Hannah looks up at me, a smirk on her beautiful face.“No, not magnums, anyway.”
Grinning, I sit back on my heels, reaching for the box of regular size.“We’ll make it work.”
Chapter Fifteen
Hannah
“Hey, Han,” Dylan’s voice calls out over the noise of the kitchen, and I know he’s here to grab lunch.Without missing a beat or even stopping to talk to him, I grab the to-go container where I have it waiting and hand it off to him.It’s the lunch rush and I really don’t have time to stop and chat, even though I really need to tell him that just because I now live on the Somerville property, that doesn’t mean I want him dropping by unannounced.
This morning was the first unexpected visit in what I’m sure is going to be a long line of them.He doesn’t need to know I’m hooking up with Leo because it could be a one and done thing.Even as I think it, I don’t believe it.We were on fire last night and there’s not a chance I’m turning him down if he shows up on my doorstep, and I’m absolutely certain by the way he couldn’t keep his hands off me this morning that he feels the same way.
“Can’t even stop for a second to greet your baby brother, huh?”Dylan quips, taking the container from my outstretched hand.“And to think, without me, you wouldn’t have a job here.”
“Little busy here,” I shoot back, tossing the brussels sprouts and apple mixture around in a pan.“How about I come bother you in an hour when you’re back at work?”
“Wanna have dinner tonight with Tess and me?”he now asks, ignoring my question.
“Oh my god, do you miss me already?It’s only been one day since I left.”I push my bottom lip out, pretending I feel bad.Bad is the last thing I feel.No one wants to live with their baby brother and his pregnant fiancée.And I never would’ve hooked up with Leo the way I did if I had still been living with Dylan.
“Please, if anything, Tess and I threw a party when you left.The kind of party that involves—”
“Nope, don’t say it.It’s not like you two didn’t go at it all the damn time when I lived there anyway,” I hit back, not wanting to hear about their celebration.If he only knew about the celebration I had last night.That would shut him up pretty quickly.
“But I can’t,” I reply.“I’m working dinner tonight too.I have a break for a few hours before I need to be back here for dinner and then I have a catering menu I need to finalize.”
“I thought you took the job here to have more free time?”Dylan says, and while I get what he’s saying, this is the kind of busy I like.I’m appreciated and valued; my ideas are applauded, and we work as a team here.
“Yes, but listen,” I say, holding a finger to my lips, my eyes closed.“Do you hear anyone yelling?”I open my eyes and let out a long, slow exhale.“This,” I add, opening my arms and smiling, “is the sound of happiness.”
“Well, when you get a chance, check your busy schedule and see if you can fit me in,” Dylan teases, planting a kiss on my cheek and thanking me for lunch as he leaves the kitchen.
“Tomorrow?”I call out.“Lunch?”
“Sounds good,” Dylan answers back.
When the lunch rush finally dies down, it’s well after three and I need to be back at Somerville’s at five.Basically, Leo and I are switching places since we’re down a few assistants this week.He’s been working on hiring a few more people, so once that’s taken care of, I’ll be over in the kitchen at Somerville’s until they start renovations, while Leo will spend most of his time at Apple Jacks.But until then, we’re both working our asses off.And then there’s the catering aspect of it all too.
I toss my chef’s coat into the bin, letting out a hard sigh, and despite being exhausted, I’ve never been happier.I have about two hours to head back to my house, take a quick shower, eat and be back in the kitchen doing what I love.
Living on the property and being close to Leo isn’t the only bonus.I normally wouldn’t have been able to go home and shower between shifts, but today, I’m happily walking back to my little house, the sun is shining, the air smells of apples and I got laid.Like the best lay I’ve ever had in my life.I’m still reliving it in my head and I’m about to relive it in the shower.
I push open the door to my house, laughing when I see the stack of boxes still cluttering up the entryway.At least my bedroom is sort of unpacked.I really need to find the time to get all this stuff put away, but really, I have what I need.My bed, my toys and now Leo.
I start up the shower, stripping off my clothes, needing to wash all this smell and sweat from the day off me.My mind can’t seem to focus on anything but what went down in my bedroom with Leo yesterday and this morning though.Distracted and needing release, I skitter out of the bathroom and grab a dildo from where Leo had stashed them in my nightstand.As I’m jogging back to the bathroom, I catch a glimpse out the window of my bedroom.It feels totally weird to live in the middle of nowhere, but still in the heart of this vineyard.I’m surrounded by nothing but openness, and I have zero worries that someone is going to see my naked ass scampering around my house.It’s not like living in the city where my neighbors could literally see into my house from their living room.
The bathroom is warm and already fogging up when I pull open the glass shower door and step inside.The hot water hits my skin, setting it on fire and doing nothing to cool down the need to get myself off to thoughts of Leo.
I wet the suction cup on the bottom of my dildo, positioning it on the tile wall and I bend over to make sure it’s in the right spot, but just as I do I hear a voice.
“Need a hand.”
“Oh my fucking god!”I screech, yanking the dildo off the wall, ready to use it as a weapon.Without even thinking about it, I smack a very naked Leo in the chest with it, hard, and he yelps.
“Fuck, Hannah!”he yells out, his hand covering where I just hit him.“I was trying to surprise you.”
“Well, you fucking did,” I reply, my heart racing, my breathing amped up as if I’ve just run a mile.
