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He laughed. “You do more than that, but I’m finding your modesty as appealing as your blunt honesty.” Truth and heat sparkled in his eyes.
“Did you reach your goal yet, of charming the whole town?”
“Not yet,” he said and held up two sets of crossed fingers. “Any day now, though, I’m sure.”
“You’re a determined guy, I’m sure you’ll reach your goal sooner rather than later.”
Grant let out an adorable snort of laughter and even though I was focused on his hair, I felt the weight of his stare through the mirror. “You want to ride with me to Tulip tomorrow? I promised Miles I’d get the alcohol for his engagement party, and I figured we could enjoy the best pizza in Texas, according to my friend Reese.”
“Does your friend Reese happen to work at this pizza restaurant?”
He barked out another utterly masculine laugh. “No, but I appreciate the jealousy. Reese owns a barbecue restaurant, which is damn good, but she swears this pizza is worth the drive.”
“Since you’re driving, I have a feeling she’s right. So yeah, I’ll give you a few hours of my time tomorrow night.” Spending time with this man was starting to be one of my favorite past times.
Right now, though, being this close to him was pure torture. He was freshly showered, smelling like man and ocean with maybe just a hint of leather. “You smell good.” I hadn’t meant for the words to slip out, but that’s what happened when you were in a constant state of arousal.
“Thanks. Just my natural aroma.”
I smacked his arm. “You wish.”
“I wish for lots of things, Brenna. For example, I spent most of the day wishing for one of your sweet kisses.”
Me too. They were more intoxicating than my granddaddy’s moonshine, and I was slowly becoming an addict. “So you showed up for a cut and a kiss?”
“Nah, the cut was just so I could get nice and close to you.” His arms snaked around my waist and Grant pulled me close.
When our lips touched, I felt it all the way down to my bones. We stood there and kissed like we were completely alone in the world, like two lovers who’d been separated across the decades, like two people who couldn’t get enough of each other. But we weren’t alone and worse than that, The Big Tease was public. Very, very public. I pulled back and nodded at the big picture windows. “The whole town can see us. Wouldn’t want to ruin your reputation.”
Grant though, was completely nonplussed by my words and pulled me closer until I dropped down in his lap with a squeal. “I have no reputation, and who better to ruin it with? Now come here woman and let me finish that kiss.” It was long and hot and shot straight through to the heart of me. My core and my skin, pebbled with goosebumps brought on by the touch of his roughened skin against mine.
It was a kiss that begged for more, which I would have happily given, in another time and place. I pulled back, breathless and smiling. “What was that for?”
“I told you, been thinking about tasting those sweet lips all damn day. Is that okay with you?”
I nodded. It was more than okay. “Hell yeah. It was a good kiss. A hot kiss.”
“Perfect.” He gave my ass a little smack. “Now get back to my haircut, I’m taking a pretty girl to dinner tomorrow night and I want to impress her.”
“It’ll take more than a haircut to impress her,” I shot back and reached for my spray bottle, comb and scissors. My body shook with desire while I gave the quickest haircut of my life and took a step back to examine him from all angles. “All finished. I don’t know if you’ll impress her, but you sure do look pretty.”
“Thanks. I picked these jeans out all by myself,” he joked and followed me to the cash register, paying and tipping too much for the short trim. “You hungry, Brenna?” He asked the question as if he didn’t know that I was absolutely ravenous for nothing but him.
“Sure am,” I said casually.
He flashed a wide grin and leaned across the small counter until our lips were less than a breath apart. “Meet at your place in twenty?”
Hell yes. “I think I can pencil you in.”
“I’ll see you in twenty.”
I let out a shuddery breath and nodded, thinking about how much a woman could accomplish in twenty minutes with the right motivation. The answer came quickly because the man standing in front of me was more than six feet of motivation.
“I’ll be waiting.”
Grant
The drive to Tulip was mostly quiet, dead silent actually. I didn’t know what was on Brenna’s mind, but my thoughts were full of her from last night. Deceptively innocent pink and white lingerie, pale skin and rosy nipples peeking through the lacy material. Lush pink lips formed into a perfect pout when she answered the door. It was hot as hell, as was everything that came next, and it all played on a permanent reel in my mind.
