Page 42 of Dream Date With the Millionaire
“Did you want to be an architect?” he asked.
She watched the flames dancing in the fireplace. “No, I just wanted to have my own house.”
“If you have any ideas for mine, I’m open to suggestions.”
“Be careful,” she warned. “I share my suggestions as much as my opinions.”
“I don’t mind.” Bryce refilled her wineglass. “That will be better than my mother having interior designers call to set up appointments I don’t want.”
“Echoes of your dancing lessons?”
“Yep.” He grinned. “She can’t understand why I’m not in any hurry to get the house done right away.”
“I’d think you’d want to live here a while and get a feel for the place first.”
“That’s exactly what I told her, but I’m not holding my breath she’ll listen.” He leaned back on his elbows. “My mother likes getting her way, but now that Caitlin and I are older that doesn’t always happen.”
“Most people prefer getting their way,” Dani said. “I know I do.”
“What would you like right now?” Bryce asked.
A kiss. No, that wouldn’t be smart, considering the circumstances. She’d go for second best. “How about dessert?”
“This brownie is the most decadent I’ve ever tasted and, no doubt, going straight to my hips.” Dani’s pink tongue darted out and licked her lips. “These have to be homemade, but I thought you said you couldn’t cook.”
Busted. Bryce couldn’t lie. “I never said I made them. Just that I was bringing dessert.”
“So the question is, who baked them?” She studied the small piece that remained on her plate as if she were a jeweler examining a flawless diamond. “Let me guess. Either your mother, your mother’s cook, your sister or an old nanny baked them.”
“Nope.”
“Then who?” she asked.
“I have a hot-shot programmer on my team named Christopher. He’s a real rock star, but his hobby is baking.”
“No way.” She straightened. “I can’t believe a computer geek baked these tasty morsels.”
“It’s true.”
She snagged another brownie. “You’d better give the guy a raise or some restaurant is going to steal him away.”
“I’d set him up with his own bakery before I let that happen.”
She sighed.
“The brownies?” Bryce asked.
“No, you.” She studied him with observant eyes. “I’ve never met anyone like you.”
“Well, I’ve never met anyone like you, either.” He appreciated her quick thinking and sense of humor. Not to mention her beauty. “I’m happy you’re here.”
“Me, too.”
Bryce kissed her quickly, tasting chocolate and Dani.
The corners of her mouth curved. “Now that’s the perfect end to this dinner.”
“I suppose it’s getting late.”
She glanced out the window. “The rain is still coming down pretty hard out there.”
“Do you want to wait it out by watching a movie?” he suggested. “There’s a home theater and media room upstairs. That’s the other room I had redone. Nothing better than playing video games on a large screen.”
“Video games?” Interest flashed on her face. “Can we play instead of watching a movie?”
“You like games?”
“I love them.”
The more time he spent with Dani, the more perfect she got. She was definitely a woman worth making time in his life for.
“I’d rather play video games than watch a movie any day,” she added. “What platform do you have?”
“A Nintendo Wii and Xbox.”
She shimmied her shoulders and stood. “I think I’m in heaven.”
So was he. The lighting provided an alluring silhouette of her breasts. Bryce swallowed.
“A man after my own heart,” she said.
Well, maybe not her heart, but he wouldn’t mind a few of her other parts. Except he wasn’t just after her body. He wanted Dani.
“So are you ready?” she asked.
Her question jerked his gaze away from her chest.
She squared her shoulders and gave him a pointed look.
Okay, he deserved it. She’d caught him ogling her. But, hey, he was a guy. Men only had so much self-control. “Ready?”
For an apology, another brownie, a kiss…
Dani winked. “Ready to lose.”
CHAPTER NINE
WEAPONS blasted. Targets exploded. Pulse-pounding music blared. The button of the game controller toggled beneath Bryce’s fingertip. “I am not going to lose.”
