me.
“Whoa! Damn! What the hell?” Grant suddenly had ahold of my arm in mid strike.
I was suddenly staring at his pretty face. He looked horrified. “Grant! What are you doing here?” He was looking at me like I had lost my mind and still holding onto me. “Let go of my arm.”
“Are you going to hit me?”
“No, don’t be silly. I thought you were an intruder.”
He let go of me and laughed, “I thought you were one too, but I came in unarmed.”
I smacked him on the arm and said, “What are you doing here in the middle of the day?”
“I left early for my dentist appointment today. Remember, I told you about it? Eric, my boss, said there was no real reason for me to come back in today since I already know I’m going to have a long day tomorrow.”
“Oh, I forgot about your appointment. How did it go?”
“It was okay. I had to have a filling done, but I’m tough,” he flashed me a startling white smile then. It was much brighter than the smile I had seen when he left this morning.
“You got them whitened!”
“I did not, this is their natural color.”
“Smile again,” I told him.
Grant smiled at me and I said, “You are such a liar. You took time off work to get your teeth whitened. How vain are you?”
He laughed and stopped trying to deny it. Instead he said, “Very. Do you not know me at all?” I tried not to smile and encourage him, but he was just too much sometimes. I shook my head at him and went back to making my tea. Grant stripped off his jacket and tie and deposited them onto one of the kitchen chairs. “So, what are you doing home in the middle of the day? Did you really remember I would be here and you just wanted some quality time with the Grant man?”
I rolled my eyes as I poured the hot water over my tea bag. “Please. I just really needed some quiet time,” I said.
“Oh, and I came home and ruined it. I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine. Mostly, I just don’t want to think about work the rest of the day.”
“Then you’re with the perfect man,” he said. “I don’t even think about work when I’m there.”
I laughed, “Don’t let your boss hear you say that.” I took my tea and went towards the door to the living room. Grant started to follow me and without looking over my shoulder I said, “Do not leave that jacket and tie there. There is no maid service in this apartment.”
I heard him laugh and pick them up. Following me out into the living room he said, “You sure have gotten bossy since you became the big boss over there at Morgan Corp.”
“Morgan & Hunter Inc.,” I reminded him. He raised an eyebrow, but let it go. He had strong opinions about me involving Seth in the company after everything I had gone through to get it back. I sat down on the couch and drew my legs up underneath me as I sipped my tea. “I’ve always been bossy,” I told him. “You just weren’t paying attention.” He started to sit the clothes down again and I raised an eyebrow at him and made my mean face. With a look like an insolent child he picked them up and carried them with him down the hall to his room. When he came back, he was shirtless and in a pair of sweats. “Do you not own shirts?” I asked him.
He dropped down next to me on the couch and said, “Before I moved in with you, I had my naked time once a week. Out of respect for you, I gave that up.”
“And I appreciate it,” I told him with a grin. He furrowed his brow at me and went on.
“But I need to at least let my chest breathe sometimes… Is it too much for you? Tell me the truth, it makes you feel like you’re being unfaithful to your boyfriend just looking at me, doesn’t it? It’s too much Grant man for you isn’t it?”
I rolled my eyes again. “Not at all,” I said. “I just don’t want you leaving sweat marks on the furniture.”
Grant put his hand over his heart and