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“Why?” Her voice rose in disappointment. It wasn’t a bad idea, it was a fantastic idea.
“Because I’ve tried long-distance relationships and they never work out.”
“I agree.” Penny watched his chest rise and fall. “Long-distance relationships are the worst.”
“So…” His tongue ran over his lower lip and she knew he was tasting her there.
She stepped toward him again. “So what?”
He shoved his hands in his back pockets, like he needed to physically restrain himself from reaching for her. “So it’s a bad idea to start something now when there’s no future in it.”
Penny put her hand on his chest. “I’m not saying we should have a relationship. I’m saying we should have sex.”
He blinked. “Oh.” The sound warmed the air between them.
“That’s all you have to say? Oh?” Her fingers smoothed over his T-shirt.
“I don’t—”
“Want to?” she challenged.
He shook his head. “I don’t think we should.” So he did want to. He was just being a chicken.
“Why?”
His expression softened into regret. “Because I don’t want you to get hurt. I can’t do that to you.”
Penny made a sound of frustration. “I’m a big girl. I promise not to get attached.”
His eyes bored into hers, challenging. “You sure about that?”
Not really. But she wanted to find out. Consequences be damned.
Her fingertips curled into his shirt. “I don’t want to wonder what it could have been like.”
“You don’t think we’ll regret this?” Lust pinked his cheeks as he glanced down at her hand on his chest.
Was it her or was the room getting smaller? “I think we’ll regret it even more if we don’t. At least once, to get it out of our system.”
“Once?” He blinked, and she could swear he looked almost—disconcerted. “You think that’ll be enough?”
Penny smiled. “Let’s find out.”
Indecision twisted in his expression. His eyes flicked to her mouth, and she knew he was thinking about kissing her again. His control was slipping. She almost had him. She rose up on her toes, straining toward him—
“I can’t,” he said flatly.
She dropped back on her heels and took her hand off his chest. She wouldn’t force herself on him. If he said no, he said no. “That’s too bad.” She struggled to keep the disappointment out of her voice.
His eyes dropped to the floor, shoulders slumping.
Projecting an attitude of cool nonchalance, she picked up her purse, took her phone out, and typed a quick text. She smirked in satisfaction at the way he jumped when his phone vibrated.
“That’s for you,” she said, her pulse pounding at her own boldness.
“What is it?” He fumbled his phone out of his pocket and frowned at the screen.
“My address. Just in case you change your mind.”
