Page 17 of Wilde Abandon
Chapter five
Foxwalkedintothediner expecting to have to wait for the next ten minutes, in which he’d tie himself in knots wondering if she’d show and what she thought about the kiss they shared last night.
Had the initial shock worn off that he was the guy DMing her?
Now that she’d had time to think about it, did she just want to be friends?
Did she have any idea how much he wanted her?
Yes, his mind was spinning.
“Fox.”
Her voice sent a wave of heat through his system.God, the way she said his name.It rolled through him in a wave of desire and longing.
His gaze went from the counter in front of the open kitchen to the booths lining the front windows.She sat three down with a cup of coffee in front of her.
She was early.
He hoped that was a good sign, that she was as anxious to see him again as he was to see her.
He walked up to the table and stared down at her, wondering if he should kiss her hello like he wanted to or just take his seat.
She cocked a perfect arched dark brow and her gorgeous blue eyes held him enthralled.“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”His insides quaked and felt funny as happiness bubbled inside him.He liked it because he rarely felt this way.
“It’s something.So just spit it out, because it’s just me, and you can tell me anything.”
He’d never had trouble spilling his guts to her.He wasn’t about to start now.Not when he wanted to be close again like they used to be.“I really want to be the guy who gets to kiss you hello, goodbye, and for no reason other than we both want it.”
A fork clattered onto a plate.The woman at the table next to them let out a surprised gasp.He felt her gaze on them, but didn’t take his eyes off the gorgeous woman in front of him.
Melody stared up at him, her eyes bright with mischief and challenge.“You are the only one in my life who gets to do that.So by all means, kiss me.Because I want you to.”
He didn’t need to be told twice.He slipped into the booth right beside her as she scooted back just enough to give him room.He cupped the side of her face, brushed his thumb over her amazingly soft skin, looked her in the eye, and said something else he wanted her to know.“I am so tired of missing you.”He swallowed her little gasp as his lips claimed hers and he sank his tongue deep, tasting her.Coffee, mint, her, it all mixed into the need they shared.
Before he dived in for more and pulled her closer, he remembered their rapt audience and gentled the kiss to just a simple brush of his lips that had enough spark in it to set him on fire again—she was that potent to him.“Good morning.”
She licked her plump lips.“It’s the afternoon.”
“Yes, but it’s the morning for you.”
Someone cleared their throat behind him.
He looked around, saw all the stares, then focused on the waitress, Bea, staring at him.He hit the diner often since it was just down the street from the center, so he understood this was gossip central for the town.People were going to be talking about him and Melody.
“Hey, honey, that was one hell of a show.Can I get you some ice water to cool down?”The amusement in her grin and eyes infected everyone in the room watching him.They all went back to their meals and conversations.“Are you ready to order?I know you don’t have a lot of time.”
Melody looked up at Bea.“The usual.”
“You, too?”Bea asked him.
“Yes.Thank you.”Finally alone with Melody, he stared at her, trying to decide what to talk about first.“I’m sorry we didn’t do this instead of me taking the roundabout way of contacting you.”
She shook her head.“No more apologies.Let’s just agree that we both enjoyed our online chats and that maybe it was better to take some time to reacquaint ourselves with each other without the past wedged between us.”
He let out a sigh of relief.“You don’t know how grateful I am to hear you say that.”