tucked a stray lock behind her ear and took another sip of wine. “Finished up at Oregon State, went to culinary school, then came back here. That’s about it.”
“Why back here? Portland doesn’t do it for you?”
“Honestly? I missed Elijah and Aiden.”
“Really?”
She laughed. “I know, right?”
“I’m guessing the Salem party scene has livened up though. Or at least I hope so.”
“You’re asking the wrong person,” she said.
“You get all your partying done at OSU?”
“Sure,” she said with a laugh. “But no, if I’m being honest I don’t have much going on with my social life.”
“Yeah. Me either,” he admitted.
“Yeah, right.”
“I’m serious!”
“Okay, Mr. Morn—never mind.”
“It’s okay, I know what you were going to say. So. No boyfriend?”
She blushed. “I used to have one, but—”
Cade leaned toward her. “Yeah?”
“Yeah. But it ended. Actually, he dumped me as soon as he, um…”
“He what?”
“It doesn’t matter. Never mind.”
“It does now. You have to tell me. You can’t leave me hanging like that.”
“Well, I sort of… refused to have sex with him? And as soon as I did, he broke up with me. And—God, I don’t know why I’m telling you this? Anyway, like two days later I saw him out with another girl.”
“Well, that sucks,” Cade said. “He’s an asshole. Want me to kick his ass?”
Lily laughed. “No! It was awhile ago, anyway. And there… well, there hasn’t been anyone serious since.”
“No? No one?”
“No one,” she repeated as she stared into her glass.
A sharp knock came at the door.
Lily pulled the small coffee table forward as Cade opened up the food. He handed her a pair of chopsticks and they started eating.
“So,” Lily said as she dug into the shrimp lo mein, “what’s your deal?”
“My deal?”
She blushed. “Your deal with dating.”
He felt a warm tightness in his chest.
Is she still interested in this topic? He stole a glance at her amazing legs, taut and slender.
“Well, there’s been no one serious since ever, really.”
“Ah. Too bad.”
He could feel her eyes on him. Cade saw his own desire reflected in them.
What would it be like to just grab her, wrap those legs around my waist? Press her up against the wall, kiss her neck?
Would she moan his name? If he reached for those tiny shorts, would they be damp?
Cade snapped himself out of the fantasy. That couldn’t happen, for a number of reasons. Her brothers would beat the living daylights out of him, and that didn’t even touch on the destruction of their friendship. Cade cleared his throat.
“Do you have some water?”
Lily hopped up to get it. As she bent over and leaned into the refrigerator, he couldn’t stop staring. As she returned with the glass, he reached for it too quickly. Cold water spilled down his shirt.
“Oh my God, I’m so sorry!” she said. “Here, I’ll go get a towel.”
She raced to the kitchenette and back, then started to blot at his chest. It was innocent, but her touch was too much for him to take. Cade leaned forward and kissed her.
She wasn’t expecting it, but her body responded instantly. Just as she began to open her mouth, she froze and stepped back.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“I’m… shit, I’m sorry,” he said. “I need to go.”
Lily looked startled as Cade jumped up and bolted toward the door.
As he started up the truck, he berated himself.
Fucking stupid! Now she’ll tell her brothers… God, what if she tells them everything? There’s a lot to tell…
He’d made a mess and he hadn’t even been in town a week. He cursed as he pulled away and sped toward home.
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