“I’m sorry, but I must excuse myself,” said Santiago. “I have a cake I must finish for a wedding tomorrow.”
“Of course,” said Tanner. “Thanks again for fitting us in on such short notice.”
“It was my pleasure. Please enjoy. If you have any questions, we will be in the kitchen.” Santiago and his sons left us alone to try the cakes.
I breathed a sigh of relief when the door closed behind Angel and Diablo.
Tanner looked at me. “You okay? You seem a little nervous.”
Of course I’m nervous!There had been at least a 50% chance that Diablo would come right out and ask Tanner if he and Angel could bang me. But I couldn’t tell Tanner that. “Wouldn’t you be nervous too if you were meeting your culinary idol?”
“I suppose so. Try to relax and enjoy this.” He rubbed his hand on my leg and all my worries melted away.
“I still can’t believe you convinced him to do this,” I said.
“He owed me one,” said Tanner.
“For what?”
“His restaurant was going to go under a few years back. I gave him the cash he needed to keep going.”
Wow, I had no idea. Tanner had saved my chef-idol. That made me like him even more.
“Which cake do you want to try first?” asked Tanner.
“How about the triple chocolate?”
“Works for me.” He lifted up the blindfold. “Might as well try it the chef’s way.”
I smiled as Tanner slid the blindfold over my eyes.
I heard a napkin unfold. A clink of silverware. The delicious sound of a fork cutting through cake. Really none of this should have been erotic, but I was a little overheated from my conversation with Angel and Diablo. And the blindfold did actually heighten everything. Especially the smell of Tanner’s expensive blueberry cologne.
“Open up,” said Tanner.
I parted my lips andholy shit.I had been expecting it to taste amazing, but this was next level. Cake had a tendency to be too sweet - sometimes even grainy from all the sugar. But this cake was moist and chocolatey and just the right sweetness. It was heaven.
“That good, huh?” asked Tanner.
“I didn’t say anything yet.”
“Your orgasmic moans said everything I needed to know.”
“I wasn’t moaning.”Was I?
“Yes you were. And now that I’m tasting it too, I can see why.” Tanner made an exaggerated moaning noise.
I couldn’t help but laugh. If I hadn’t been blindfolded, I would have shoved him. Or smooshed some cake in his face. Which gave me an idea… If I could somehow get him to put the blindfold on instead of me, I could really have some fun with him.
“I know you’re mocking me,” I said. “But if you had tasted it with the blindfold on, you would have moaned too. Chef Santiago was right about it really enhancing your senses. Wanna give it a try?”
“I’ll go blindfolded at our next cake tasting.”
Another mention of future cake tastings?! Ahhh!I could have squealed with excitement.
“Besides, I prefer you wearing one.” He lightly touched the side of my neck.
A shiver ran down my spine. Not because his words were dirty. But because I was almost positive what his secret was now. He had me blindfolded and had just touched my neck in a really seductive way.I knew it!He was a freaking vampire! My heart started beating even faster. Oh God, was this how I was going to die? Blindfolded during a cake tasting with a secret vampire? What was my life?
