“Nice couch.”
Yay! He likes it!
Why did that matter?
Audrey threw Tate a grin over her shoulder as she reached the island. She picked up the cupcake tin and turned back, smiling at him.
“Thanks, you should see the bed.”
Once the words left her mouth, she turned deep red as her whole body flushed with desire. For goodness sakes, could she sound any more like a slut?
Tate’s chuckles ran up her spine and his grin couldn’t have gotten any bigger. His eyes were darker and, Lord help her, the way he was looking at her, she was sure she would spontaneously combust.
“I would love to see the new bed, Audrey,” he said in a husky, manly way that made her clothes want to fly off. She was pretty sure he didn’t care about the new bedroom set, but rather, laying her down on it. The more she was around this man, the more she forgave herself for having gone home with him so quickly. He was basically sex on legs! But how, at such a young age? Poor little girls, they would have no chance with him! Lord knew, she didn’t!
He had to be a lady killer. A man whore. He was just too damn sexy.
“Ugh, yeah, here’s your cupcakes,” she said, basically throwing the tin to him.
He laughed as he looked down at them. “Wow, gummy bears, I love them.”
When he glanced up at her through half-lidded eyes, his pupils boring into hers and his lips curving into a sexy little smirk, Audrey knew he had to leave. “Thanks for being there the other morning.”
Tate nodded. “My pleasure.”
The way he said pleasure sounded way more intimate than he probably meant it, and it had her body tingling. Or maybe he did mean it that way?
He needed to go.
Now.
“Thanks again,” she said quickly, looking around him to see Aiden dancing by the door trying to put his shoes on. “Ready, bud? Aiden’s got a game,” she said, still not looking in Tate’s eyes. She could get lost in them, and since that was a horrible idea, she kept her eyes on the ground.
“Yeah, he told me.”
His voice was so husky, and dirty sounding. He honestly had the kind of voice that could talk a girl out of her panties … Oh wait, he had. Bad Audrey, bad. With a shake of her head, she looked up to see that he was still staring at her. Damn it! With the voice and the eyes and the gap, how was she supposed to stay on a Guy Break?
Audrey looked away, gathering her things. As long as she didn’t make him talk or look in his eyes, she wouldn’t be tempted to hump his leg.
“Tate, wanna come to my game?”
Oh, come on!
Aiden was hanging off Tate’s arm, laughing while Tate grinned and lifted him off his feet.
“I would love to,” he said, laughing.
Audrey couldn’t stop the smile that came across her face. Levi didn’t like kids at all. He never played with Aiden, which was probably the reason Aiden didn’t like Levi at all. The kid was one smart cookie, another person she should have listened to.
“Cool! Let’s go, A.A.,” Aiden exclaimed between giggles.
Audrey leaned against the island, taking a deep breath. Part of her was excited, while the other part was nervous. Exhaling a long breath, her shoulders slumped while she watched Aiden and Tate rush out the door.
This was going to be a long game.
“Centennial, right?”
Tate watched as Audrey nodded, walking with Aiden’s hand in hers. “Yup.”
“All right, I’ll meet you guys there.”
“Okay,” she said as they reached the car.