Liam chopped peppers while he talked to Carmen. When she had that dreamy look on her face, he’d hoped she’d been thinking about him, and he tried not to be disappointed that she thought of Gus. He’d wanted her to think of good memories of Gus.
But he also wanted to grab her and kiss her. Before she went back to the house for the food, he almost had. If she hadn’t had a shell-shocked look, he probably would have followed through. He set the knife down as she talked about her dad, and he couldn’t help but look at her mouth and her full pink lips. He wanted to taste those lips.
She shoved away from the door and sauntered closer. She had no idea how sexy she looked walking toward him like that. She wore another curve-hugging sweater, but no jacket to conceal it all. A cream-colored scarf was
