Lexi cleared her throat. “Noah Matthews.”
“Whoa. You neighbor reminds you of Noah Matthews. Oh my God. He is so fucking hot. I want to lick him. I want to make him my love slave. I’m standing in front of the air conditioner just thinking of him. Does your guy have tats? Oh, Noah’s are so hot. I’ve always wondered what’s at the end of the big one.” Evie stopped when she heard Lexi laughing. “What’s so funny? I know you think he’s hot too, we’ve watched his videos together. Boy, can he move his hips,” she purred.
“Evie, stop. He doesn’t remind me of Noah Matthews. He is Noah Matthews.” This time Lexi was ready for her and had the phone away from her ear when she screamed. “Are you done?”
“Seriously, he’s in the house next to you? Have you seen him? Of course you have, duh. Are you spending time him with him? What’s it like being around all of his sexy manliness? I think I’d have an orgasm just shaking his hand. Did you?”
Lexi was laughing so hard she didn’t hear the door open behind her.
“No, I didn’t have an orgasm when I shook hands with him. But I was having a great fantasy about him when you called. He’s building a fire pit for me. You should see his muscles move when he works.”
Noah grinned from ear to ear hearing her words. “Babe, we can always take this upstairs if you want.”
Lexi screamed and jumped off of the counter. She stared at him with wide eyes and promptly turned around and opened the freezer and stuck her head in.
Evie was screaming on the other end of the phone. “Was that him? He’s in your house right now? Get off of the phone and take care of business. Call when it’s done. I want a full update. Bye, sweets.”
Lexi kept the phone up to her ear even though Evie had hung up. She was hoping for the floor to open up so that she could disappear. Maybe she would go to Boston for a few months until he was gone.
Suddenly the freezer door was swung all the way open and Noah stood there grinning at her. “Can we just ignore the fact that you heard that?” She set the phone down in the freezer.
“Nope. Come here.” He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her in close. Her hands naturally came up to rest on his shoulders.
His skin was slippery with sweat and his heat spread into her body. It was a direct contrast to the cold from the freezer at her back. They stood staring at each other. She felt as if she had electricity running through her veins. She shivered as he broke eye contact and tilted her head to the side as he started to nibble on her neck moving from just below her ear down to her shoulder. She sighed when he started to slowly move back up.
He whispered in her ear, “You taste so good. I want to spend the rest of the day with my mouth on you.” The arm holding her in place pulled her in tighter, their bodies were smashed against each other. She could feel that he was hard and her nipples grew harder and ached from wanting his touch.
He moved his face along hers towards her mouth. His eyes locked with hers. He paused at the edge of her lips, giving her time to draw away if she didn’t want this.
His lips had just grazed hers when the phone rang. Lexi sprang back away from him, shaking her head. She turned and answered the phone, grateful for how cold it had gotten sitting in the freezer.
“Hello.” She sounded more breathless than she wanted. “Hello... Is anyone there? Hello.”
Noah gave her a questioning look. She shrugged.
“I’m sorry I can’t hear you… You’re going to have to call back.” She disconnected the phone and closed the freezer door. Before Noah could take a step towards her, she held up her hand. “Fire pit. We are working on a fire pit.” She grabbed her hat and sunglasses and started to walk out the door. “Are you coming?”
Noah gave her a look at her choice of words. “Yeah, I’ll be there in a minute.” Going over to the sink, he turned on the cold water and dunked his head under the stream. He sighed, and walked back out the door.
CHAPTE
R FOUR
Lexi groaned as she sat the groceries down on the counter. One trip and fifteen bags later, she had everything in the house and put away. She’d gone to the store for a few items to make lasagna for tonight and ended up with more than she really needed. She knew better than to go to the store hungry but she’d wanted to get out of the house after finding more flowers by her back door with another note.
Alexia, I thought I would try daffodils today. They remind me of a summer day, and thinking of you warms my heart. Noah