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But then his gaze landed on the list with BATTERIES in all caps on my countertop, underlined and with two exclamation points after it.
I wondered if he knew. Great. Now he had me wanting him to kiss me. Deciding to put some space between us before I hopped on him like a sex-starved lunatic, I walked back toward the sofa.
“Can I ask you something?” He came into the living room, taking a seat next to me, turning his body so we were face to face, sitting even closer to me than the last time. So close our knees were touching.
“Yeah, sure.”
“In our first conversation, you said you wanted sex in the dark, no foreplay, and him leaving by the morning. Why?”
I sucked in a breath and wished he hadn’t been sober enough to remember everything I’d blurted out the first night we’d met. “I guess I was thinking I don’t want the pressure of anything else right now.”
“And the lights off are because...?”
“Because it’s been two years, and I’m not ready for anyone to see my post-baby body.”
“I’m confused. Tristan’s father and you—I didn’t think you separated until a few months ago—”
“We didn’t have sex while I was pregnant because, in his words, I was enormous. Then afterwards—Let’s just say there was one attempted time, and it didn’t go well. I guess I didn’t have anything on his twenty-year-old replacement.” After my admission, I busied myself with gulping more of my beverage.
“God, you are pissing me off.”
My eyes went wide in astonishment. “What? Why?”
“Why are you this down on yourself? It’s no wonder Chad wasn’t into you. Over your coffee tonight, you probably gave him a top ten list of why he shouldn’t be.”
I couldn’t help it. Tears welled up instantly at his nail-on-the-head assessment.
“You know what? To hell with this—”
Suddenly, he took the bottle out of my hand, plopped it on the coffee table next to his, cupped my face, and crushed his mouth to mine. Lips that were firm but soft at the same time explored mine. Heat ignited through my body at the contact. Then it was suddenly gone.
I opened my eyes to see him staring at me, as if waiting on my reaction.
“Um, was that a you feel sorry for me kiss or—”
I didn’t have a chance to finish as he moved one hand to the back of my neck while the other cupped my chin, trailing his thumb over my lips intimately. “I’ve wanted to kiss you for weeks.”
“But you friend zoned me.”
He tucked my hair behind my ear. “I was trying to be respectful of what you have going on. Didn’t want to push you into something you might not be ready for. Then tonight I sat across the hall for hours, hoping you’d be home early. Hoping I hadn’t lost my chance.”
Before I could register the full impact of his words or that he’d wanted to kiss me for weeks, his mouth covered mine again. This time he paused to take off his glasses and then leaned in. His tongue dipped inside and tasted me with both finesse and possession.
A low moan came from deep inside of me. Before I knew it, he’d shifted me so my knees were straddling his lap on the couch. His tongue danced with mine, dominating and consuming me more than a kiss ever had.
I found myself lost in such an unexpected pleasure. The man certainly knew how to kiss.
His strong hands angled my head, allowing him to deepen the delicious assault on my lips and exposing my neck. His mouth then traveled there until he reached behind my ear and whispered, “Do you want me to stop?”
“Not even a little bit.” I hardly wanted to pause to answer his question, let alone stop kissing.
“You’re sure? Because I’m about ten seconds away from taking you into your bedroom and fucking you in the dark like your plan dictates. And just so we’re clear, it’s not because I don’t want to see every inch of you. But I want you to be comfortable before that happens. If you’re not sure, then tell me you only want to be friends.”
Who was this man? He was sex on an alpha stick, that’s what. I nodded, at a loss for words, something which hardly ever happened.
“Yes, you want me to take you into the bedroom?”
I didn’t think ‘yes’ was a strong enough word. But I could only manage an “uh-huh,” completely stunned by how this night was turning out.
