Tempting the CEO(24)

“Uh-oh. I was hoping for a wedge between you two. If you start allying with each other…I don’t even want to think about it.”

I stood up. “I’ll go get her and tell her it’s safe to come back to the table. I’ll look in the bathroom first and if she’s not there, I’ll wander around outside the restaurant till I find her.”

“Check under the table. She’s probably hiding there,” he joked. “And be sure to tell her I’m really mad at her. I may even stick her with the check.”

“I’d like to see you do that to my mother sometime. I don’t think a man ever has, in her whole life.”

He took both my hands and brought them to his lips. “And you’re completely different.”

The L-word was hovering awfully close to my lips. But I just leaned down and kissed him.

Let him earn it.

Maybe tonight.