Total pages in book: 79
Estimated words: 75408 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 377(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 75408 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 377(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
I shut the door and dropped back against it. “Give me a second,” I told my sister while I closed my eyes and attempted to calm my beating heart.
“Sutton?”
“One. Second.”
“Oooookay.”
I took in a few deep breaths before I opened my eyes and headed straight into my bathroom. “Sorry, I just ran into Brody, and the only thing he was wearing was a towel. And his hair was wet. Why is that so sexy?”
Palmer laughed. “Did you pull the towel off and take what’s now yours?”
“No!” I stated. “He’s not mine.”
“Um, beg to differ with you, big sister. You’re married. He is well and truly yours to do anything you want with.”
I could hear Harlee giggling in the background.
“Am I on speakerphone?”
“Indeed, you are!” Harlee stated with a laugh. “I’ve got an idea. We have a package that got delivered first thing this morning. It contains some goodies in there that you and Brody could try out.”
I reached into the shower and turned the water on…to cold. Doesn’t that work for women too?
“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear any of that,” I said. “I’m jumping into the shower, and then I’ll be on my way. Sorry I’m running late.”
Palmer sounded thoughtful as she said, “Did the column in this morning’s paper distract you? Who do you think knows? Harlee said it could be Mindy. Oh my gosh—what if it’s Mitch?”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s not either one of them. Let me get going so I can get to the store. On my desk in my office is a layout of how I think the rounds should go. If you guys don’t mind starting without me, I shouldn’t be much longer.”
“No worries. We’ve already started pulling out some of the inventory. Sutton, this lingerie is amazing. You helped design it?”
“A few pieces. I helped more with the skirts and tops. Those should arrive today, and I thought we could put them in the very front of the store, maybe even do up a cute fall display.”
“I’ll be on the lookout in case UPS shows up early. Go get ready, we’ll keep plugging along here.”
“Thanks, guys. See you soon.”
I stripped out of my joggers and T-shirt and nearly yelped when the cold water hit me. Then I soon made a mental note to myself. Cold water doesn’t help put out the fire of desire after seeing one’s very hot, naked husband.
Brody
I was exhausted. It had been a long day of being under the water and welding parts of the new pier that was getting installed near the port authority building. Every part of my body was sore. Of course, that could also be from the intense workout I’d done at lunch in an attempt to stop thinking about how Sutton had looked at me when she’d run into me after my shower.
The only thing that seemed to keep my mind off of her was work. Now I was off and ready to head to Sutton’s, take a long hot shower, and climb into bed.
Yet, for some reason, I swung by Coastal Chic first. I saw that the lights were still on, so I pulled around back and entered through the back door. I could hear female voices—and stopped right inside the door when I heard my name. I knew it was wrong to spy on the girls, but I was too curious to walk away.
“Don’t be such a prude, Sutton. Take one home, and try it out.”
“Harlee, I’m not a prude. And like I said before, I’m not taking one home because Brody’s there, and he might hear it.”
“And like I said before, have Brody join in on the fun!”
A buzzing sound clicked on, and I heard Palmer laughing. “Oh my God. The tip on this one rotates! Why is it rotating?”
I closed my eyes. Jesus H. Christ. They were talking about vibrators.
“Better to find that G-spot with, my dear,” Harlee teased. “Now, back to you, Sutton. Close your eyes and picture what happened this morning, and I bet you’ll orgasm faster than you can spell it.”
“Stop saying that! I wish I’d never told you guys about earlier.”
That made me perk up even more. I was suddenly very, very awake.
“Come on, Sutton, it’s perfectly normal to be turned on by something like that. You saw Brody naked.”
“He wasn’t naked. He had on a towel.”
“Didn’t you say you wished it had slipped off?” Palmer added.
Harlee chimed in. “I think we can all agree that under those tight T-shirts and jeans Brody wears, he has an amazing body. Maybe Thomas should start working out with him.”
Palmer and Sutton both giggled.
“That’s mean, Harlee,” Palmer said with a snort. “He’s your boyfriend.”
“Meh. The sex could be better.”
“Maybe it’s you who needs to bring home a new toy.” Sutton giggled.
I closed my eyes. Sutton talking about vibrators was going to do me in right here. I needed to turn around and leave. I shouldn’t be listening. This was wrong. So wrong.