She turned on a lamp by the bedside as a cylinder on wheels rolled in. On the bottom, a spinning wheel acted like those robot vacuums. The difference in this one was the height and the arms extending out.
“This one is Ben. He focuses on dust. He’ll do the floors and walls, any surfaces he encounters, like nightstands.”
As Ben moved along the wall, one arm extended up to swipe at the wall, another moved along the baseboard.
Another noise and then another robot moved in while Ben continued to move.
“This is Jerry. He does the bathrooms.”
Jerry was a taller, thinner cylinder with claws on some of the extensions. And Jerry was moving directly at him with one of those claws at a very uncomfortable height.
Sam moved out of the way, and Jerry continued into the bathroom. It turned on the tap and wet a cloth it held. Another arm squirted cleaning liquid into the sink.
Sam watched the robots move and turned back to find Tansy grinning at him. “You put me in this room and didn’t warn me of the ice cream cleaners?”
Another laugh. Tansy stood and gathered up her clothes. “I told you I forget everything when you kiss me.”
And that had Sam forgetting about CleanySaurs and remembering he had a sexy woman in his bed. “Are they cleaning your room next?”
Tansy shook her head. “Nope. I scheduled these a few days ago. They do mine during the day when I’m gone. I’m trying out a few schedules to find optimum cleaning and charging times.”
Sam grabbed his gun and phone from the nightstand. Tansy turned off the lamp and Sam had to take one more look at the CleanySaurs before he followed her to her bedroom next door.
She’d slipped on a robe and was putting her clothes in a hamper when he moved in behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
He leaned down to kiss her neck, and she immediately tilted her head to give him better access.
“Cold?”
She wrapped her arms over his. “What?”
“You wrapped up all this sexy skin. Makes me want to unwrap it.”
“I’m not used to walking around naked.”
That made him growl. “I’m glad you don’t make a habit out of it when I’m not here, but feel free to get comfortable doing it anytime I am.”
She laughed and turned to loop her hands around his neck. “You, too.”
Hell, he’d do anything naked it if put that sexy gleam in her eye.
Tansy had left a bedside lamp on low, and her bed was still made. Her phone sat on the nightstand and he remembered about the emails from Asshole.
But they could wait.
Everything could wait.
Sam leaned down to kiss her and then walked her backward to the bed. “Now, let’s see about that unwrapping.”
He tugged on the robe’s belt and loosened the knot, then glanced down at the glimpse of skin available for viewing.
With one finger, he traced along the edge of the robe, starting at her neck and moving down to where the fabric rested on her breast.
Tansy’s breathing changed, and he continued teasing her with the barest touch of a finger.
Then her hands got in on the action, tracing along the edges of his muscles. He flinched in response and she smiled at him up through her lashes. “I believe it’s my turn to play.”
Then she dropped to her knees in front of him and grinned. “Hang on and let’s see if we can make your bones melt this time.”