would want to stop by.
As she pulled her top on, she admitted that she had hoped he would stop by. Last night had proven that she wasn’t a complete failure in the bedroom. And sadly, she had been daydreaming all day about another night with Vince. Being preoccupied with sex was something that she didn’t have to deal with since her high school days.
Her doorbell rang and she rushed out, her hair still damp. She peeked out and saw Vince on her doorstep, a pizza box in his hands.
She opened the door smiling. “Hey, I was going to call you after I got out of the shower.”
One eyebrow rose in typical Santini fashion. “Really? After? Why would you wait for that?”
For a second she didn’t get his meaning, but it hit her and she felt her face heat. “Oh get in here.”
He stepped through the door and Rufus came shuffling out. He gave a happy bark and moved over to Vince.
“ I thought you said he didn’t like men.”
“ He only likes you because you brought pizza. You know men just want to be fed.”
He laughed and set the pizza on the table. He bent down and gave Rufus a scratch behind the ears. Vince straightened, grabbed her by the hand and in the next instant, he was kissing her breathless.
“ I’ve been waiting to do that all day,” he said giving her a little kiss on the nose.
“ Yeah?” She couldn’t stop the grin. Having someone preoccupied with her was a new feeling. “I had the same problem.”
“ Do you have any paper plates?” She nodded and retrieved them from the kitchen. When she returned, she found Vince pulling off a piece of his pizza slice and about to throw it to Rufus.
“ Don’t you even dare. That dog cannot handle pizza. Especially with pepperoni on it.”
And then she realized it had pepperoni and mushrooms. Her favorite pizza. Well, half of it was. The other just had the pepperoni. She looked up at Vince.
“ You remember my favorite pizza?”
He looked a little sheepish and nodded. How could she resist a man who remembered things like that? It was useless in her opinion.
“ Why don’t we eat this in the living room?”
He nodded and grabbed some napkins and followed her in. Rufus followed him as if he was his long lost father.
“ You disgust me. I saved you, rescued you, and took care of you. And you abandon me for a man with pizza.”
“ Us guys have to stick together, right, Rufus? Even if she stole your manhood.”
She chuckled. “That was gone before me.”
“ Jesse Johnson came by to my office today.”
And just like that everything in her tensed. “Yeah?”
He nodded and played with the remote control trying to find something to watch. “He said that Mike was booted out.”
She sighed. “He was. I told you that before.”
Vince looked at her then, his gaze direct and his expression serious. “He said he was drinking and cheating on you.”
She was going to have a talk with Jesse. A very loud talk with him. She knew he was just trying to look out for her, but this was stepping over the line.
Vince shook his head. “No, don’t look like that. You have nothing to be ashamed of.”
Jules set her pizza down. “I don’t like talking about it.”
“ We don’t have to. I just wanted you to know I knew about it. Of course, Mike was an asshole.”
He took another bit and turned the channel to an old NCIS episode.
“ You think your best friend was an asshole?”
He shook his head and swallowed. He faced her. “We weren’t friends by then, Jules. You know that we drifted apart after your marriage. It started before that when he didn’t make it into Annapolis and I did. You knew he blamed me for getting in.”
She nodded remembering how bitter Mike had become. Even the mention of Vince’s name would send him on a tirade about how the process was screwed up./
“ Then, when you got married, it was just too hard. I couldn’t see Mike with the woman I loved for the rest of my life. It had been bad enough in high school.”
She blinked.
As she pulled her top on, she admitted that she had hoped he would stop by. Last night had proven that she wasn’t a complete failure in the bedroom. And sadly, she had been daydreaming all day about another night with Vince. Being preoccupied with sex was something that she didn’t have to deal with since her high school days.
Her doorbell rang and she rushed out, her hair still damp. She peeked out and saw Vince on her doorstep, a pizza box in his hands.
She opened the door smiling. “Hey, I was going to call you after I got out of the shower.”
One eyebrow rose in typical Santini fashion. “Really? After? Why would you wait for that?”
For a second she didn’t get his meaning, but it hit her and she felt her face heat. “Oh get in here.”
He stepped through the door and Rufus came shuffling out. He gave a happy bark and moved over to Vince.
“ I thought you said he didn’t like men.”
“ He only likes you because you brought pizza. You know men just want to be fed.”
He laughed and set the pizza on the table. He bent down and gave Rufus a scratch behind the ears. Vince straightened, grabbed her by the hand and in the next instant, he was kissing her breathless.
“ I’ve been waiting to do that all day,” he said giving her a little kiss on the nose.
“ Yeah?” She couldn’t stop the grin. Having someone preoccupied with her was a new feeling. “I had the same problem.”
“ Do you have any paper plates?” She nodded and retrieved them from the kitchen. When she returned, she found Vince pulling off a piece of his pizza slice and about to throw it to Rufus.
“ Don’t you even dare. That dog cannot handle pizza. Especially with pepperoni on it.”
And then she realized it had pepperoni and mushrooms. Her favorite pizza. Well, half of it was. The other just had the pepperoni. She looked up at Vince.
“ You remember my favorite pizza?”
He looked a little sheepish and nodded. How could she resist a man who remembered things like that? It was useless in her opinion.
“ Why don’t we eat this in the living room?”
He nodded and grabbed some napkins and followed her in. Rufus followed him as if he was his long lost father.
“ You disgust me. I saved you, rescued you, and took care of you. And you abandon me for a man with pizza.”
“ Us guys have to stick together, right, Rufus? Even if she stole your manhood.”
She chuckled. “That was gone before me.”
“ Jesse Johnson came by to my office today.”
And just like that everything in her tensed. “Yeah?”
He nodded and played with the remote control trying to find something to watch. “He said that Mike was booted out.”
She sighed. “He was. I told you that before.”
Vince looked at her then, his gaze direct and his expression serious. “He said he was drinking and cheating on you.”
She was going to have a talk with Jesse. A very loud talk with him. She knew he was just trying to look out for her, but this was stepping over the line.
Vince shook his head. “No, don’t look like that. You have nothing to be ashamed of.”
Jules set her pizza down. “I don’t like talking about it.”
“ We don’t have to. I just wanted you to know I knew about it. Of course, Mike was an asshole.”
He took another bit and turned the channel to an old NCIS episode.
“ You think your best friend was an asshole?”
He shook his head and swallowed. He faced her. “We weren’t friends by then, Jules. You know that we drifted apart after your marriage. It started before that when he didn’t make it into Annapolis and I did. You knew he blamed me for getting in.”
She nodded remembering how bitter Mike had become. Even the mention of Vince’s name would send him on a tirade about how the process was screwed up./
“ Then, when you got married, it was just too hard. I couldn’t see Mike with the woman I loved for the rest of my life. It had been bad enough in high school.”
She blinked.
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