All The Way (All Series Book 3) by Natalie Ann Read Free Book Online Page B

not two kids by now. But not Brynn, she knew there was time for marriage and kids. They were in her plans, but she wasn’t as focused on them as Carly.
    “You still have plenty of years under me,” he said, laughing back at her.
    She raised her eyebrow. “You don’t look too old to me.” He looked just about perfect in her eyes. She felt the heat in her neck the minute those thoughts entered her head. The self-lecturing had failed again. She would have to come up with something else to stop her crazy thoughts about Alec.
    She sincerely hoped she wasn’t blushing again. She never blushed. She was used to working around men and could hold her own, yet every time she was around Alec—or thought of Alec—she blushed. It was getting embarrassing.
    It was bad enough she couldn’t stop staring at his thighs in the truck showcased in his long shorts. It didn’t even matter that his thighs were covered up. Enough of his leg showed and her mind went into overdrive. He was built—there was no way around it.
    “Thanks,” he said. “I don’t feel it, but I guess I feel it when someone says they aren’t even thirty yet.”
    “It won’t bother me. Besides, thirty is the new twenty, right?”
    He shook his head and comically rolled his eyes. “Only women say those things. I don’t even know what that means.”
    They paused their conversation for a moment while the server brought their drinks and took their lunch orders. Then she leaned across the table and told him in confidence. “Neither do I, but it seems like the thing to say.” She figured he liked to tease and joke so much, why not do it back? She always did before with men at work.
    He looked startled for a moment. Brynn was trying to figure out what she said to cause that reaction in him and thought maybe she shouldn’t have slipped back into her old ways of trying to be one of the guys. Then he shook his head as if to clear it. “Oh, your last comment. Sorry, it took me a second to put it together.”
    Did his cheeks just get pink? No, it had to be her imagination. They were outside sitting on the deck, so it was probably the sun.
    She changed the subject quickly and started talking about work again. Before she knew it, their food had arrived.
    Her mouth was salivating over the triple-decker club sandwich and fries set in front of her. Glancing over, she noticed that Alec’s burger was even bigger than her sandwich. Laying her napkin on her lap, she picked up one half and bit right in. It was delicious.
    “I appreciate a woman who has a good appetite,” Alec said a moment later.
    Crap, what does that mean? Did she have food on her face? Was she eating like a pig? She wasn’t actually inhaling the sandwich, though she was hungry enough to.
    To his credit, he flushed and hurriedly said, “I meant that as a compliment. Seriously I did, even if it didn’t come off that way.”
    “Ah, okay,” she said, hedging. Was he picking on her? Is that how he compliments women?
    He burst out laughing. “Brynn, I’m sorry.” He laughed even harder when she wrinkled her nose at him. “I can’t stand it when a woman picks at a salad or takes a dainty bite out of food, like I’m not supposed to know she eats. I really meant it in the best possible way.”
    She believed him, especially because he was starting to look so panicked. Again, considerate of her feelings. But they weren’t on a date, so the whole comment threw her off. Why would he care how or what she ate? She just worked for him. Just because she found herself fantasizing about him didn’t mean this was a date, or that he cared.
    To put him at ease, she picked up her sandwich, took a huge bite, chewed and swallowed, then said, “Good, because I’ve got a big appetite for a lot of things in life.”
    He flushed again. Then she did. Holy cow, she didn’t just say that. And it looked like he took it to a whole new level of meaning. Damn. But hey, with him, it might be true at that level,