“Okay. I won’t,but you’re going to owe me.” He wasn’t sure if he was teasing or not, but fromwhat Carter had learned of Grant’s family, if he wanted to fit in he was goingto have to learn to fight dirty.
Grant smiledwickedly, leaning closer. “What am I going to owe you?”
“You’ll find out.”To keep from having to decide what to say, Carter gave him a haughty look andopened the door.
Laughing, Grantclimbed out of the car and went around to walk Carter to the door. Carterneeded to get his head wrapped around everything before he invited Grant in,but he was hoping that wouldn’t be an issue.
Grant seemed to beone step ahead of him because the Dom stopped at the bottom of the steps anddidn’t make any attempt to go in. “Do you want to go out on Friday or maybestay in and relax?”
“Staying in soundsperfect.” Carter took a deep breath and looked at Grant. “How about you comeover around seven?”
“Great.” Grantsmiled and took a step closer to Carter. “Do you need me to bring anything?”
“No, we’ve got thecookies for dessert, and I have everything else.” If he was going to hang outwith Wyatt, he might have suggested some beer or a bottle of wine, but he had afeeling he’d need a clear head with Grant. Too much alcohol, and he’d be up foranything the Dom suggested.
“I’m lookingforward to it.” Grant stepped even closer, until Carter could feel the hem ofhis skirt brushing against Grant’s legs. “Do you know what else I’m lookingforward to?”
He shouldn’t ask,but he had to. “What?”
“Seeing what kindsofstimulatingthings you have hidden away. I’m thinking that I mightneed you to model a few things for me. Just so I can make a good choice, ofcourse.” Grant’s voice was low and made Carter’s stomach whirl.
While he tried toget the butterflies under control, his mind was too mixed up to respond. Grantgave him a wicked grin and pressed his body against Carter’s. Looking up at Grant,he gripped the post behind him for support. Suddenly his knees didn’t feelstrong enough to support the rest of him.
Tilting his head,Grant slowly brought his lips down to Carter’s. The maddeningly slow descentleft plenty of time for Carter to move or to say something, but he had to tastethe full lips in front of him. He wanted to know if their chemistry was goingto be as explosive as he’d thought.
It was.
Grant’s mouthtouched his, brushing their lips lightly together. It was like fireworks went off.Grant nibbled with his lips and teased at Carter’s mouth until he opened forthe Dom. A deep moan escaped when he felt Grant’s tongue slide across his.
He felt cherished,but there was no doubt who was in charge.
It made him wantto melt into Grant and beg for more. For the Dom to drag him inside and stripoff his clothes—and that thought chased some of the desire-filled haze from hismind. He wanted to believe Grant would take one look at his lingerie and say hewas the sexiest thing the Dom had ever seen. The little doubts eating away atthe back of his head had him hesitating.
Grant must have realizedsomething was wrong because he gentled the kiss, pulling back slowly. GivingCarter one last peck, he straightened up. “I had a good time tonight. I can’twait for this weekend.”
“Me too. It’sjust…” Carter wasn’t sure he could explain it without sounding like a wimp.
“It’s all right.We’ll go at our own pace. We both had fun tonight, and that’s what mattered.”Then his expression grew teasing. “Well, that, and I got my kiss goodnight.”
Carter couldn’tresist. “Behave, or I’ll tell your mother.”
Grant laughed.“You cheat like the rest of the family. You’re going to fit right in.”
He made it soundlike he could see Carter in his life. Not just as a new boyfriend, butsomething more. Like Carter had a place in their family and it was just waitingfor him to step into it. Grant said boyfriend, but the word seemed to mean morethan that.
Carter couldn’tdecide how he felt about that…elated or terrified.
Chapter 4
Grant
“Is thateverything for now? Anything else about the radio campaign on the agendatonight?” Brent looked around at everyone in the meeting, then glanced down tomake a few more notes. “I think that’s everything, then.”
As some of the stafffrom the different insurance offices started to head out the door, Bryce triedto slip out with them. He had to have known the interrogation was coming, buthe hadn’t ducked out fast enough. Garrett cleared his throat and spoke up overthe chatter. “Bryce, not so fast.”
There were a fewgiggles and a couple of teasing remarks as everyone else filtered out. WithGrant, Bryce, and Garrett each running a different branch of the familyinsurance company and Brent running the claims department, the employees allfelt like family, so the comments had to be expected. When it was just the fiveof them, Bryce tried to play dumb. He went back over to the table and sat down,looking at Brent. “I thought we covered everything. Did we miss something?”
“Don’t play stupid,”Grant barked out. “What’s been going on with you? We heard you skipped outearly almost every day this week.”
