CHAPTER 20

“You’re taking all of this?” Meghan asked, eyeing the double-stacked cake plate and Tupperware container full of her sugarplum cookies.

“Too much temptation sitting around,” Starlight said smiling. “Tonight’s the whole reason I made them.”

“EJ let you out of bed long enough to cook? A huge sacrifice…” Meghan teased.

Starlight laughed.

“We’re not that bad...”

Which wasn’t true. Every time Elijah was in the same room, she wanted to touch him, kiss him... to have him.

“Whatever,” Meghan said and snorted. “Are you two really trying to keep this thing a secret?”

Starlight glanced at her friend.

“‘This thing’?”

“Starlight, there’s obviously something going on between you two.”

“It’s called sex,” Starlight argued. “Nothing else.”

She had to keep reminding herself of that. Waking up to him, his tongue stroking between her legs and his fingers sliding deep, had been the perfect way to start the day. Before he left for work, the hot coffee and kiss had be