Hang Tough(20)
Tobin shrugged, but he was pleased.
She laughed again at the porcupine tray. “These are awesome. Kids will go crazy for them.”
And then . . . she reached the other two trays. She shifted her stance a couple of times before her gaze sought his. “So what happened here?”
“What do you mean?”
“You know what I mean.”
He manufactured a confused frown. “They look fine to me.”
“Really? Because they are completely inappropriate.”
“How so?”
“You cannot send cupcakes decorated like breasts and a dick and balls to a school carnival, Tobin.”
“They’re not that bad.” Belligerently, he folded his arms on his chest. “Maybe you just have a dirty mind.”
Jade stared at him. “There is a phallic-shaped piece of fruit sticking up between two oranges—not a huge leap to see an erect cock and balls. And your gumdrops have nipples.”
“Huh. Well, the adults will get a charge out of them.”
“No, they will charge GG with indecency.”
“Shit. You’re right.”
She inhaled a deep breath. “What were you trying to make?”
“With which one?”
“The gumdrop nipples. What’s the small dot halfway down? Because it looks like a belly button, which really makes those look like boobs.”
Tobin rubbed the skin between his eyebrows. “It was just a mark to know where to put the licorice smile.”
“Adding that in might fix it.”
“Except I used all the licorice.”
“Awesome.” She leaned over the other tray. “I can’t wait to hear your explanation on this one.”
“An attempt to re-create Gonzo from The Muppet Show.”
“While you get points for creativity, I think Gonzo’s eyes are blue.”
“Yeah. And that would’ve been so much better. Blue balls and a banana dick nose.”
Jade laughed.
God. She was even prettier when she laughed.
She’d look even better with swollen lips after he kissed the daylights out of her.
“Good luck figuring out a way to fix them,” she said.
He shook his head to clear it. “They’re done. I’m not a creative guy on my best days. Today was grueling, moving livestock with one less helper than usual, and I’m fried. I get to get up at five thirty and do it all again.”
Jade slipped her hands in the back pockets of her jeans. “Was any of the livestock you moved yours?”
Strange question. “I don’t own cattle. I’m just a hired hand.”
She studied him. “Somehow . . . I don’t believe that.”
That hadn’t sounded antagonistic, just curious.
When Jade realized she’d been staring at him, she backed up. “Anyway, see you tomorrow.”
“Did you get what you came for?” he asked when she’d almost reached the door.
“Pardon?”
“You’re in the kitchen. You haven’t grabbed a snack or a drink. So I have to ask, Little Miss Rule Follower, why you came in here when you knew us inhabiting the same space is against the rules?”
Jade blinked innocently—but couldn’t quite pull it off. “I thought you would’ve finished long ago.”
“Wrong. You knew I’d be struggling with this, didn’t you?”
“I suspected you’d exaggerated your skills. So . . . maybe I came down here to peek at your cupcakes so I could secretly snicker at them and feel superior.”
He hadn’t expected that much honesty from her. “And the verdict?
“Split decision. Those three pans? Very clever and unique. No snickering. However the boobs and dick ones? I’m totally feeling—”
“Superior?” he supplied.
“More like bad for you. Because dude. Those seriously suck.” Her eyes lit up. “Can I snap a picture of them and post them online as a Pinterest fail?”
“I have no idea what that even is, so I’m gonna say no.”
“I’d let you do a Pinterest fail on me if the situations were reversed.”
All Tobin heard from that was do me.
Yeah, baby, I’d do you in a fucking heartbeat.
Wrapping that silky black hair around my hands as I ate at that sassy mouth. Feeling your legs clamped around my hips as I powered my cock into you slowly, making you wait to get off because you like it fast and hard.
Whoa. What the hell was wrong with him? He shouldn’t be fantasizing about fucking Jade; he oughta be fantasizing about her fucking leaving. He didn’t even like her.
Actually you don’t even know her.
“Tobin?”
He offered her a hangdog smile. “Sorry. It’s late and I zoned out there for a moment.”