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Panther arched an eyebrow and looked me over. “Well, I’m certainly not going to say no to that.”
I started walking backward toward my bike, a grin on my lips, his hand in mine. “Hmm, I was hoping you’d say that.”
Panther licked his lips as we continued toward our bikes, the heaviness from before replaced with a levity that made me feel like I could float on air.
“Okay, I have to do a few things first, but…how about you knock on my door at eight and I’ll treat you to a night you’ll never forget?” I pressed a kiss to his jaw. “A night that will remind you that you are exactly who I want and who I want to be with.”
A shiver racked Panther’s body. I stepped back then dropped his hand and climbed onto my bike. As I gunned the engine, I flashed a grin his way. I took a mental snapshot of him standing there, looking at me like I’d hung the moon, and I promised myself as I rode out of the parking area that by the time the night was over, I’d make sure he saw the stars too.
26 Panther
I WASN’T SURE why I was nervous, but as I stared at the clock, waiting for eight to arrive, I became more and more anxious. It was ridiculous, but at the same time made total sense after everything that had happened today.
Solo had promised me a night I would never forget, a night that would remind me that I was exactly who he wanted and where he wanted to be. That sexy smirk as he rode away from the playground told me he knew exactly what his promise had done to me.
I’d never felt such anticipation in my life, and he knew it.
I looked down at my jeans and shirt and wondered if I should change for the fiftieth time in the last thirty minutes, and then told myself to stop being an idiot. I looked fine, and I doubted I’d be wearing it for long anyway.
When it finally turned eight, I got to my feet and headed next door. Things had been surprisingly quiet over there, considering I could usually hear some kind of movement. But any worries that Solo wasn’t home disappeared the second I knocked on the door and he pulled it wide open, and holy hell, the sight of him took my breath away.
He was dressed in nothing but a pair of cargo shorts that sat low on his hips, and it was clear Solo hadn’t worried at all about what he was wearing, and why the hell would he? His body was a work of art. Any nerves I’d been feeling vanished in the face of all those rippling muscles begging me to touch them. Add in the dog tags hanging around his neck and the sexy smile curving his luscious lips, and I was done.
Nothing had ever made me feel the way Solo did. He’d not only managed to capture my attention but my heart. Now that I knew he was in this—really in this with me—I allowed all of those feelings I’d been wary of to take over. I gave myself permission to let go.
“Good evening, Lieutenant Hughes.” Solo’s smooth cadence was an invitation I couldn’t refuse.
Damn, he was beautiful. His brown hair, buzzed short, enhanced the thick lashes surrounding those dark eyes, and his high cheekbones and full lips spoke of his Spanish heritage, as did the spectacular tan. There was no way I could stop myself from touching him.
I ran my fingers down the silver chain hanging around his neck. “Evening, Lieutenant Morgan.”
Solo licked his lower lip, and for a second I thought I saw the same flash of nerves I’d been feeling a second ago. It was as though we both understood that this was a new beginning for us. The beginning of…forever.
“Would you like to come in?”
I nodded. “More than my next breath.”
Solo chuckled and stepped back to let me pass by. My eyes swept around his room and my breath got caught somewhere in the back of my throat. Sometime between him leaving me at the playground and now, Solo had turned his room into something straight out of my dreams.
The room was awash with a soft, flickering glow courtesy of God only knew how many candles set about the place. As I walked farther into his room, it became clear they weren’t the usual wax-burning variety but those battery-operated ones.
There were tall ones, short ones, tea lights, and even some little lanterns. I heard the door shut behind me and turned to see him leaning up against it watching me. The shadows of light playing over his skin made him impossibly sexier, and when my eyes traveled to the bed to see that he’d already pulled back the covers for us, my cock began to pound in time to my heart.
