Free Ice Cream Man by Melody Lane Page B

What are you still doing down here?”
    She yawned. “Come with me.”
    He followed her into the sewing room, then watched as she held up the striking aqua silk shirt on a padded hanger.
    “This is what I’ve been doing all night.”
    Antonio frowned. “For me?”
    She nodded. “I made it for your audition. Do you think it’s something you’d like to wear?”
    “Of course I’d wear it.” He walked over to her and fingered the garment, then looked at her. “What a great color. Is this silk?”
    Janice nodded. “You have to trust me on the color and the style. I do have a knack for these things.” She couldn’t help but smile. “The color will look great with your skin tone. All I need to do is have you try it on and make a couple of last minute adjustments.”
    Antonio was staring into her eyes. “Janice, this is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I…I don’t know what to say.”
    With the way he was looking at her, Janice felt choked up. He had warmth in his chestnut eyes that she had never seen before in a man. Antonio had the look of love.
    And it was for her.
    As he put on the shirt and stood in front of the mirror, Janice watched with eager anticipation. He turned from side to side looking at himself and appeared to be pleased. Staying up all night for him had been worth it. So worth it. The shirt looked gorgeous on her ice cream man.
    No.
    He was no longer the ice cream man, not at all. He was transformed into the handsome, talented actor named Antonio Rodriguez right before her eyes.
    She came closer to him and pinched a little of the fabric near his right side at the waist. “I think I’ll take this in on both sides.” Looking up in the mirror, she saw how the update would be. “It should be absolutely perfect then.” When she glanced up into his eyes, he was staring at her again.
    “How long will it take for you to finish?” he asked.
    “Ten minutes.”
    “Okay.”
    Janice sewed the few inches on each side of the shirt to fit Antonio flawlessly. When he tried it on the final time, she couldn’t help but sigh. Whether it was because he looked so good or because she was so tired, she didn’t know.
    He put an arm around her and smiled. “We’re going upstairs before you fall down.”
    Antonio locked up her shop and they both walked back up to her apartment with the shirt in tow on the padded hanger.
    She yawned. “I think I’ll take that shower now.”
    His eyebrows rose. “I think I’ll help.”
    Her ears tweaked. What? He was going to help!
    It only took a moment for him to strip off her clothes and lead her to the hot water he had already started for her in the shower stall. They climbed into it together, bodies wrapped tightly around each other. The hot water ran over their hair, down their faces and Janice couldn’t help but close her eyes as she leaned against his wet, naked body. Nothing had ever felt this good, this right, before.
    Antonio took the soap and rubbed it over her back, her shoulders, then slipped soapy hands over the soft curves of her butt and in between her cheeks. Hands went to her breasts as he caressed and massaged them slowly and lovingly, like each one was a work of art. Leaning down to her face, he nibbled on her lips before he eased his tongue into her mouth for a full, sensuous kiss.
    Fingers moved down over her abdomen. She could feel the heat pooling between her legs as they moved to her folds and gently touched them. When two fingers plunged inside to her soft center, breath came quicker. A finger on his other hand moved up to her clit and started a soft massage. The water rained down over her face and she couldn’t breathe.
    He leaned over to her ear and spoke softly. “I’m going down. Brace yourself.”
    Leaning against the back of the shower stall, she watched as this gorgeous man bent to his knees in front of her. As he rubbed her clit gently with a finger, she couldn’t help but moan. The moaning became louder when she felt the