She couldn’t help but start giggling, too.

“I don’t think I’ve ever had that response after kissing a woman.”

“What’s the standard one? They probably rip off all of their clothes, don’t they? Wait,” she quickly added. “Don’t answer that. I don’t want to know.”

Andrew’s laughter came to an abrupt halt and his eyes met hers, his gaze smoldering.

“You know, it’s weird.” He traced her cheekbone with his thumb. “I know I’ve kissed other women before you, but I can’t seem to remember a single thing about them.”

She leaned in to his caress.

“You’re all I think about,” he said.

“It’s the same for me,” she admitted. “No matter how hard I try to stop it.”

He kissed her softly, and her pulse was like fire in her veins. She slid her fingers around to his lower back, gripping the waistband of his jeans. A low rumble rose from his chest, and he fisted his hands in her hair.

“This is…” He tore his mouth away, and his forehead came to rest on her shoulder. “I can’t even describe this.”

“Consuming,” Lauren supplied, and he nodded, tilting his head to brush his lips against her neck. “What…” Her voice wavered when he sucked on a particularly sensitive area of skin near her throat. “What are we going to do?”

Andrew lifted his head. “What do you mean?”

“How are we going to do this? Your last chemo is in twelve days. I don’t want to be with you publicly until then, and to be safe, I don’t want to tell anyone until after your scan.”

Andrew searched her face. “We can’t go back to the way things were. I can’t.” He brushed his fingers across her lips. “Not after this.”

Lauren couldn’t, either. “We have to be careful. Especially at the cancer center, but in public, too. We can’t go on dates or show outward affection when we’re around people. You never know who could see us…” She thought of Gavin and his warning.

“I’m all for lying low until after the scan. You’ll just move in here, yeah? We’ll hole ourselves up at my apartment for the next two weeks. I mean, if you insist, we don’t even have to leave my bed.” He grinned and winked, a boyish, hopeful gleam in his eye.

She smacked him on the shoulder, smiling. “I still have to work, big man. And you don’t get me in your bed yet.”