CHAPTER 2: CARNAL DESIREKAT’S NEXT DAY AT WORK was going much better than the last. At least, she’d made it through the breakfast and lunch rushes without a single rude customer—a good day, indeed. Until that moment when Gage walked in with Adam.
“Let me guess, another…appointment?”
“Yeah, something like that. Dylan was hoping you could keep an eye on Adam for a few hours.”
“And am I going to feel like a jerk for your second bruising when you show up at my house long after Adam’s bedtime tonight?”
“I’ll pick him up here, long before your shift’s over.” He smiled, one corner of his mouth curving up just slightly higher than the other and making her tamp down the ripple of desire that coursed through her body in response to the boyish grin.
“I suppose I can keep him entertained for a fe
