“Did you okay this with Jack and Lauren?”I whisper, but the staff hears me and laughs.They must have known something was up too, because they don’t seem to be as shocked as I am.
“Whose idea do you think this was?”Leo replies, pulling me in for a hug.“Congratulations, babe, you deserve it.”
Chapter Twenty-Four
Leo
With the lunch rush now over and the kitchen cleaned, I head over to Tony’s station where he hands me two bowls of the Mediterranean salad I asked him to prep because I know it’s one of Hannah’s favorites.
“Thanks,” I say with a smile.“Do you know where—”
“Your bae is outside,” he says, cutting me off.
“My what?”I ask with a laugh.
Tony turns to me, a smirk on his face as he replies, “Your bae.”
“Dude, I literally have no idea what you’re talking about.What the fuck is a bae?”I ask, shaking my head at him.
“Hannah, she’s outside,” he replies with a laugh, like it’s obvious I should know what he’s talking about.
“Okay,” I say, drawing out the word because I still have no clue what the fuck a bae is.
Grabbing some cutlery, I take the salads outside where I find Hannah sitting at one of the bench tables, making some notes.“Hey,” I say, sliding a bowl in front of her as I straddle the bench seat beside her.
“Hi,” she says, smiling as she glances up at me.
“Whatcha doing?”I ask, leaning in to press a kiss to her neck as I glance down at whatever it is she’s working on.
“Uh, nope, no way,” she quickly says, closing her notebook and pushing it to the side.
“Whoa,” I laugh, reaching over for it.“Come on, now youhaveto tell me.And when you do, please say that this is some kind of sex wish list or something?”
Hannah hits me with a look that has me laughing again.“What, you think I can’t just ask you for what I want in the bedroom?”she asks, like she hasn’t told me exactly what she wants me to do to her a hundred times already.Something which I seriously love too.
I lift my shoulder, smirking as I reply, “Well, yeah of course and I fucking love that, babe.But I don’t know, maybe you still have a list of stuff you wanna try.”
Smiling, she leans in to press a kiss to my lips.“Oh, I have a list,” she replies, her voice low as she nips at my bottom lip.“We’re about halfway through it.”
My eyes widen, my smile disappearing as my jaw drops.I slip an arm around her waist and pull her closer so she’s sitting between my legs.“Fuck, now Ireallywanna know about this list of yours.”
“You will,” she teases, pushing the notebook further to the side.“But that’s not in here.These are my menu ideas for when Somerville’s reopens.”
I pull back, narrowing my brow at her.“Okay, so why can’t I see them then?”
Hannah grins.“Well, aren’t you like the competition now that you’ve made me head chef over there?I can’t go revealing all my secrets to you, can I?”
For a second, I actually think she’s serious, like she honestly thinks she and I are competing now and we can’t talk about any of the shit we used to talk about with work.All the food ideas, the roster, everything that made being together and working together so much fun.That is, until she suddenly bursts out laughing, her head falling back.
“Oh god, I really got you then, didn’t I?”she laughs.“You should’ve seen your face, it was—”
I curl my hand around her neck, pulling her mouth to mine in a hard kiss.“You cheeky shit,” I murmur, my mouth against hers.“You’re lucky I love you.”
She smiles against my lips.“And I love you.And of course you can look at the menu ideas.I value your input, Leo.We’re a team.”
Now it’s me smiling.“Yeah, we are,” I tell her.“And this team is definitely talking more about this sex wish list of yours too.Actually, we’re going to be putting in some serious teamwork with it.”
“Sounds good,” she whispers before kissing me again.
