Leah sighed and pushed away from Quinn’s kitchen table.

College application forms would be the death of her. She needed coffee, and maybe a shot of something strong, as well. She set a mug under the single-cup coffee maker and carefully measured the ground coffee into the reusable pod. Then she reached to her right and pulled open the junk drawer for the third time this week.

She swore under her breath. Okay, enough was enough. That was clearly where the cutlery was meant to be.

Before she could fling the contents of both drawers onto the counter and fix what was clearly broken, she heard the growl of his muscle car as he pulled into the lane behind his house.

When he came into the kitchen, she was back at the table, sipping her coffee.

She lifted her head and he kissed her gently on the mouth.

“Hello my angel. How goes the paperwork battle?”

“It goes…” She fought back a frown, but he was too observant for that.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

“You’re grumpy.”

She made a face. “It’s no big deal.”

He sank to his knees in front of her and made a cajoling noise. “Come on. Out with it, don’t let it stew inside. I’m not letting you take it out on my ass with a paddle.”

Oh, that sounded fun. She gave him an are-you-sure? look that he just shook his head at. She huffed out a breath. “Fine. Your spoons are in the wrong place.”

He blinked up at her, then burst out laughing. “Okay. Move them.”

“But I don’t want to be bossy.”

“Babe, you live to be bossy. And you haven’t had a chance to properly jack someone up in two months. Please, feel free to tell me how my kitchen has terrible feng shui.”

She hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Go make a coffee.”

“Are you trying to show me that you’re right? It’s really fine. Move it, I don’t care.”

“But if you have it like that for a reason—”

“This is your place now, too. And you care about stuff like that. I don’t. Please, be my very bossy not-at-all-a-guest and switch them around.”

“Can I ruthlessly purge some of the shit in your junk drawer, too?”

He gave her a pained look. “One thing at a time?”

“Probably not.” She jumped to her feet and got right to the task before he changed his mind. It didn’t take long as they worked together, and once it was fixed, she was in a markedly better mood.

She crowded him against the counter and pressed hard against his rock-hard body. “Thank you for being you,” she whispered. “And for giving me that delicious spanking idea, too.”

“About that…” He leaned in and brushed his lips against hers, and at the same time he squeezed her butt. “Check your back pocket.”

She twisted around. He’d tucked a piece of paper into her jeans. A print out. Admission for two to a local fetish convention for the month following. “Oh my God.”

He wrapped his arms around her. “I don’t know if they allow spanking demonstrations there, or if we’ll just look at some paddles or whatever, but…”

“Oh. My. God.” She squealed and jumped up, wrapping her legs around his waist. She peppered his face with kisses. “You are the best boyfriend in the entire world.”

He blushed, and she knew if she followed the pink down his neck and under his tattoos, he’d be flushed right down to the very happy trail leading into his pants. Quinn loved her with his entire being, and she loved him right back. They had to do something about that boyfriend label. It wasn’t serious enough.

She was going to marry this man.

She didn’t deserve him, but she’d spend the rest of her life trying to make him as happy as he made her.

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Thank you for reading Fall Quiet! The island that Quinn and Leah meet up on, Miralinda, is also home to my ASSIGNMENT: Caribbean Nights series, and you can read Mick and Cara’s story in Ruined by the SEAL, available now. Their wedding, and another glimpse at Quinn and Leah, will be in a future ACN novel.

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