Part 1: No Regrets(Divine Creek Ranch 2)(75)
“That’s good. I washed the sheets from your bed and the towels earlier today. It’s all put back now, and I made your bed up, too.”
“Thank you for doing that, angel.”
“Mmm, knowing you were going shopping for fun stuff, I felt like it was the least I could do for you.” Her body quivered as she added, “I can’t wait to see what you got.”
“Baby, you’re trembling. Have you looked forward to me getting home all afternoon?” he asked, already knowing the answer. Holding her close
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like this, he could smell her arousal. He pressed her closer, and she relaxed into him.
“All day long,” she said slowly as he nuzzled her breast.
He glanced over at Kelly to find she still worked with her back turned.
He wondered briefly what she would think if the two of them disappeared into his side of the duplex for a few hours.
“Tell you what. I’ll bring in the shopping bags. You take a shower at my place, and I’ll tell Kelly we’re going to spend some time alone.”
“I hate to leave her alone working out here.”
“It’s the heat of the day right now. She’s probably planning to go inside any minute. I don’t think she’ll mind. I’m going to take you both to supper later, before I go in. We have several hours to play before then. Would you like that, honey?”
“Yes, Eli,” she responded quietly as he got off the bike and opened both saddlebags and removed several shopping bags from the roomy
compartments. He carried them in as she followed him into the house. She didn’t say anything else, but the excitement she was feeling was palpable to him, as well. While she got ready for her shower, Eli went back outside. He stepped off the porch and walked over to where Kelly knelt, wiping the dirt off her gloves.
“Hi, Eli! I’m going to take a little break now that it’s so hot. Matthew needs to cool off, too, so I think I’m going to go in and lie down with him on the loveseat for a little while. Do you think Rachel will mind? I can’t go as long as I used to before I had him. The heat zonks me out.”
“Are you drinking plenty of water?” He squatted down to help her up.
“Yeah, Rachel reminded me to drink, too. I have my bottle right here.”
She held up a sweaty bottle of cold water.
“I think Rachel and I are going to take a break, too. You don’t mind if we take some alone time, do you?”
“Of course not, Eli! If Christopher was here, we’d take some alone time, too,” she added devilishly.
“I’m going to take you both out for supper before I go in at eight o’clock, so don’t make any supper plans, okay?”
“’Kay. Go have fun. See you at…”
“Six thirty?”
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“Perfect. See you then, big brother. I’m going to go nap with Matthew on the loveseat, in the living room, away from the bedroom. Go have fun.”
She snickered.
“You’re a riot, sis, a regular comedian,” he commented sarcastically as he turned to go back inside.
“Love you.”
“Love you, too,” he replied as he walked back to his front door. There wasn’t a better little sister anywhere, devious though she was.
Since Rachel had finished cutting the lawn, he put the mower away in the garage, along with the weed eater and his shovel. He closed the garage and went in the house.
The bathroom door was open, and steam floated in the air from the shower. He opened one bag and went quickly through its contents.
Everything would need to be removed from its packaging and washed and put away, but for now, he removed only the things he would need for today.
He laid a dish towel on the counter, and after the shower turned off, he ran a sink of warm soapy water. He removed the wrapping from the items he needed and placed them in the warm water.
He removed other items from another shopping bag and cut off the tags.
He left the items in the sink to soak a bit longer so that they would be nice and warm when he removed them. He walked back to the bathroom and smiled at her in the mirror as she combed out her damp hair.
“You have time to dry your hair if you want to, honey. I need a few more minutes before we get started. I bought something I think you might like.” He placed the satiny bundles in her shaky hands. “You’re trembling.
Are you excited?”
She caught her bottom lip between her teeth and nodded mutely, her eyelids sliding shut momentarily. Her chest glistened with droplets from her shower, and he couldn’t resist leaning down to kiss one on the upper swell of her breast above where the towel rested. His tongue flicked out to lick it up and caused her to gasp softly and sway toward him a little.