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"No, just for hanging around the place," he said. The grin faded from his face and he looked at me intently. "Not that I need an excuse."
I was about to ask what he didn't need an excuse for, when he leaned in and pressed his lips lightly to mine.
Fireworks erupted around us, a technicolor display of flashing lights and booming sound.
Oh wait, that was my heart racing like a receiver racing to the line for the winning touchdown in the dying minutes of the Down Under Bowl.
When our mouths touched, mine burned like wildfire, but soft and sweet.
I kissed him back, lost in the moment and hungry for more.
He laced a hand around the back of my head and drew me closer.
"Meow!" Karma said loudly.
Startled, we jumped apart.
Karma gave Bam a look, nose in the air and jumped off the couch. She walked away, tail high in the air.
"I guess pussy objects," Bam said.
She might, but mine hadn't.
CHAPTER 15
BAM
I sauntered out the front door of Grace's apartment building. I probably looked like the cocky-ass cat that got the cream, but I didn't know how to feel. Kissing Grace…it was like nothing I ever felt before. Nothing I ever expected to feel.
She felt like home.
That scared the ever loving crap out of me. I had nightmares about sleeping in the back of a car. Nothing I would tell anyone about. I didn't need therapy or anything, no way.
Point is, home means everything to me. It's the place you're safe, surrounded by stuff you like and people you love, and all that shit.
I'm no poet, but that's how I think it should be.
Kissing Grace felt like forever. Part of me wanted to keep on doing it. The other part… Well, it was glad the cat interrupted and gave me a reason to stop, make excuses and head out the door.
Graciously, of course. I'm almost sure she didn't suspect anything funny.
Maybe.
I strolled to where my truck was parked by the side of the road. I upgraded when my first cheque came from the Rapids, so it was pretty sweet, but nothing that stood out too much.
Certainly not compared to the yellow Maserati parked behind it.
A woman sat on the hood, her bare feet dangling. A streetlight illuminated her red hair.
"The streets aren't safe for a woman out here all alone," I said easily. I walked past my truck and stood a few feet back.
"Lucky I'm not alone then," Rubie said. "If a big, bad football player can't protect me, who can?"
I shrugged. "I dunno." Any other time, I would have asked her who'd protect her from me. The taste of Grace's lips still on mine kept me from even wanting to flirt.
That and I'd do better to stay away from the world of pain I'd be in if her father found out and objected.
Normally, I was a huge advocate of women doing whatever the hell they liked, but I was on the thinnest ice with Carson Thomas as it was. One more crack and I'd fall so far I'd probably never come back out again.
