kisses?”
“The unlimited real kisses are already yours.” He gave her a quick one, wishing they were somewhere more private. “I was thinking something different.”
“Like?”
His gaze caught on a sign that read Fine Lingerie. “There.”
KT’s brow wrinkled, but she reluctantly followed his lead. “Is this a reward for me or you?”
“Both.”
She pursed her lips. “That sounded like a promise.”
“It was,” he assured her as he pulled her into the store called Romantic Notions.
A bell peeled softly as they entered, and a dark-haired lady looked up from where she was hanging bras. She smiled invitingly at the two of them. “I was thinking of closing, but I realize I stayed open just for you two.”
KT’s face looked relieved. “If you’re closing—”
“Honey, he doesn’t look like he’s going to let you out of here so easily.” The woman winked. “Indulge him. It looks like it’ll be worth it in the end.”
“Trust her,” Chance said with a raised brow.
KT rolled her eyes, but there was a smile hovering at the edge of her lips.
“My name is Olivia,” the woman said. “Take a look around while I go change this guy. When you’re ready for help let me know.”
Chance and KT looked down at the floor where there was a happy squeal of a toddler. He had light hair but his mother’s dark eyes, and he laughed when his mother scooped him up and airplaned him over her head.
Rubbing his hands together, Chance looked around the store. “I feel like a kid in a candy store.”
KT rolled her eyes. “Men are so predictable.”
“I’m not predictable, babe.” He walked over to a white bra made of the sheerest lace he’d ever seen. Just the thought of seeing her in it, her nipples peeking darkly from the lace, got him going. “I like this.”
“Seriously?” She looked at it skeptically. “It’s kind of plain, isn’t it?”
“It’s what’s inside that counts, not the packaging.” He held it out. “What size are you?”
She shrugged, her cheeks flushing.
“You don’t know.” He stared, intrigued. “You don’t wear bras, do you?”
She glared at him. “You wear one and tell me they aren’t modern torture devices.”
He walked over to her, taking her in his arms and trailing his hands up her spine. Instead of an elastic band anywhere, he felt the supple muscles of her back. He felt a surge of need—need to feel her in front, need to lift her shirt up and see the naked evidence for himself. “The thought that you’re naked under this shirt is driving me crazy.”
“Everyone’s naked under their clothes.” She shrugged at the look he gave her. “Well, it’s true.”
Olivia came out from the back carrying the little boy, who squirmed until she let him down. She nodded at the bra in his hand. “That piece is beautiful on. You want to try it on?”
“She does,” Chance said before KT could say anything. “The underwear, too.”
Olivia winked at him and faced KT. “Don’t worry, honey. I specialize in making this painless. Go through the curtain, and I’ll be back in a second.”
KT trudged off like she was on her way to the electric chair.
Grinning, Olivia touched his arm. “I’ll do my part and then you do yours, and we’ll convert her to a lingerie girl yet.”
Chance smiled. “I’d like to see that.”
“I know you would.” She winked at him and went behind the curtain. “Don’t let Parker pull down the displays. I’ll be right back.”
He looked down at the boy, who’d somehow snuck up and sat looking up at him. Chance knelt down and pointed to the truck in the kid’s hand. “Truck?”
The kid lit up. “Vroom!” he said enthusiastically.
When KT and Olivia came out of the back, he was lying on the floor letting the boy drive the truck all over his body, occasionally lurching like he was an earthquake just to hear the boy laugh.
“This is interesting,” KT said with a lift of her brow.
“I was doing as I was told.” He ran a