Chapter 45

“No, Mark.” He removed his jacket.

“Yeah, but—” I took it and hung it in the coat closet, then did the same with mine.

“No. This is my problem. I’ll deal with it.”

“Okay.”

“You’re giving up awfully easily.”

“Geez, there’s no pleasing some people,” I griped. “I wanted to do something, and you said ‘no’. I said ‘okay’, and you’re suspicious.”

“I can’t imagine why.”

“There, you see? You’re even confusing yourself!” I jumped. “Hey!” He’d pinched me.

“Don’t make me have to get tough with you.”

“Oh, yeah?” I swung him around, backed him against the wall, and leaned into him, kneeing his thighs apart and bracing my forearms on either side of his head. “Show me,” I murmured against his lips as I nuzzled them.

His arms came around me. “I thought you were from Massachusetts. Hey!”

It was my turn to goose him. “Smartass.”