Justin.”
“So you’re the light weight?”
“Yeah, all two hundred and seventy pounds of me.”
“I need another pan. I don’t have one that’s big enough.”
“Ana, I don’t want you to go to all of this trouble. Let me order some food from a restaurant.” He watched her eyes go small and her mouth turn into a flat line. That might not have been the right thing to say. “Tell me what to do.”
“I’m more than capable of feeding a group of people. Do you think I was raised in a barn? My mother would be horrified if she thought that I invited people over and ordered food from a restaurant. The woman is still alive, and I do not plan on having her disapproval rain down on my head.”
“She lives in California. How would she know?”
“My mother could be in space, and she would find out.” She shook her head and started pulling bags of pasta off the shelf as she calculated how much she would need. “I need to go to the Cuban market after this, and then you can take me home. I need to get started on the sauce.”
“Did I just make a ton of work?”
“No. My aunt cooks for thirty people every Sunday, and she makes Cuban food, which takes time. I’m making pasta, which is relatively easy.”
“So this is a cultural thing?”
“Yeah, I guess. I’m more than my brain.”
“Oh, I get it now.” He leaned down and kissed her head. “I’m here to help, so you can tell me what to do.”
She smiled up and winked. “I’ll keep that in mind.” She turned the cart around and swung her hips down the aisle.
She fit his picture of the woman that he wanted in his life. She wore jean shorts, a t-shirt and Converse, and he’d never wanted a woman more, because she didn’t try to be anything that she wasn’t. What you saw is what you got with Dr. Ana James. The fact that she didn’t want to impress him, made him want her all the more. He caught up with her and took the cart. “Let me push the cart. You can tell me where to go.”
She laughed and took his hand as they made their way over to the vegetables. “Follow me, Jack.”
Yeah, he’d follow her just about anywhere. Why was doing something so mundane so much fun? He was walking around the market and shopping for dinner, and he felt like someone just gave him the key to the kingdom.
********
Ana worked in the kitchen while Jack was in the office assembling her desk. She couldn’t believe he wanted to put it together and wondered if she was giving him the wrong message. She was definitely attracted to him, but felt wary. How much encouragement was too much? She heard him call her name, and she wiped her hands before walking toward the office.
Jack sat in her desk chair and pressed the button to turn on her computer. “I think I have everything set up. Come and see if your computer is hooked up properly.”
“Wow, Jack! This would have taken me forever. Thank you so much.” She stepped up to the desk and started putting her password in. He tugged on her waist, and she landed on his lap. She gave him a questioning smile as she looped her arm around his massive shoulder.
“You just have the one chair, so I thought we could share.” He leaned forward and kissed her shoulder then moved her until she was squarely in his lap. Sharing a chair was definitely a good idea. All of Ana’s soft curves were pressed into him, and he couldn’t have been happier or more turned on. Well, he could be happier, but he’d take what he could get.
“I’m glad that I didn’t meet you when I was in college. I would’ve never been able to resist your slick moves. But then again, I doubt we ever would’ve met. The science geeks had a tendency to hang out together and never mix with the football players.”
“Is that how you see yourself?”
She studied her computer for a moment and then glanced at him. “I hate to admit it, but I probably still see myself as the shy girl with the big brain and awkward personality. Sometimes, I think we never
“So you’re the light weight?”
“Yeah, all two hundred and seventy pounds of me.”
“I need another pan. I don’t have one that’s big enough.”
“Ana, I don’t want you to go to all of this trouble. Let me order some food from a restaurant.” He watched her eyes go small and her mouth turn into a flat line. That might not have been the right thing to say. “Tell me what to do.”
“I’m more than capable of feeding a group of people. Do you think I was raised in a barn? My mother would be horrified if she thought that I invited people over and ordered food from a restaurant. The woman is still alive, and I do not plan on having her disapproval rain down on my head.”
“She lives in California. How would she know?”
“My mother could be in space, and she would find out.” She shook her head and started pulling bags of pasta off the shelf as she calculated how much she would need. “I need to go to the Cuban market after this, and then you can take me home. I need to get started on the sauce.”
“Did I just make a ton of work?”
“No. My aunt cooks for thirty people every Sunday, and she makes Cuban food, which takes time. I’m making pasta, which is relatively easy.”
“So this is a cultural thing?”
“Yeah, I guess. I’m more than my brain.”
“Oh, I get it now.” He leaned down and kissed her head. “I’m here to help, so you can tell me what to do.”
She smiled up and winked. “I’ll keep that in mind.” She turned the cart around and swung her hips down the aisle.
She fit his picture of the woman that he wanted in his life. She wore jean shorts, a t-shirt and Converse, and he’d never wanted a woman more, because she didn’t try to be anything that she wasn’t. What you saw is what you got with Dr. Ana James. The fact that she didn’t want to impress him, made him want her all the more. He caught up with her and took the cart. “Let me push the cart. You can tell me where to go.”
She laughed and took his hand as they made their way over to the vegetables. “Follow me, Jack.”
Yeah, he’d follow her just about anywhere. Why was doing something so mundane so much fun? He was walking around the market and shopping for dinner, and he felt like someone just gave him the key to the kingdom.
********
Ana worked in the kitchen while Jack was in the office assembling her desk. She couldn’t believe he wanted to put it together and wondered if she was giving him the wrong message. She was definitely attracted to him, but felt wary. How much encouragement was too much? She heard him call her name, and she wiped her hands before walking toward the office.
Jack sat in her desk chair and pressed the button to turn on her computer. “I think I have everything set up. Come and see if your computer is hooked up properly.”
“Wow, Jack! This would have taken me forever. Thank you so much.” She stepped up to the desk and started putting her password in. He tugged on her waist, and she landed on his lap. She gave him a questioning smile as she looped her arm around his massive shoulder.
“You just have the one chair, so I thought we could share.” He leaned forward and kissed her shoulder then moved her until she was squarely in his lap. Sharing a chair was definitely a good idea. All of Ana’s soft curves were pressed into him, and he couldn’t have been happier or more turned on. Well, he could be happier, but he’d take what he could get.
“I’m glad that I didn’t meet you when I was in college. I would’ve never been able to resist your slick moves. But then again, I doubt we ever would’ve met. The science geeks had a tendency to hang out together and never mix with the football players.”
“Is that how you see yourself?”
She studied her computer for a moment and then glanced at him. “I hate to admit it, but I probably still see myself as the shy girl with the big brain and awkward personality. Sometimes, I think we never
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