Page 161 of Buy Back My Love

“You don’t have to.”

I was close enough now that she had to tilt her head a little to look up at me. Neither one of us said anything for a few seconds, and my eyes dropped to her mouth before I could help it.

“Van.”

“Tell me to leave.”

She should’ve. Hell, maybe I should’ve left without making her say it, but Lee stayed right where she was.

I lifted my hand slowly and touched the side of her face, giving her plenty of time to move away. When she didn’t, I leaned down and kissed her.

She grabbed the front of my shirt and kissed me back. That was all I needed. I wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer, and whatever argument we had been having disappeared somewhere between one kiss and the next.

This wasn’t like the one under the mistletoe with half my coworkers standing around watching us. It wasn’t like that first kiss at her shop either, when both of us had been trying to figure out what the hell we were doing. There wasn’t an excuse this time. We wanted to kiss each other. That was it.

Lee’s hands slid higher against my chest while I kissed her deeper, and when my mouth moved down along her neck, she sucked in a breath.

“Van.”

I kissed the same spot again. “Hmm?”

“Don’t kiss me like that.”

I lifted my head. “Why?”

She looked at me like she was deciding whether she wanted to answer.

“Because these hormones already got me horny as hell, and you not helping.”

I lifted my eyebrows. That was not information she needed to give me while I was already hard.

“Wipe that look off your face,” she warned.

“I didn’t say anything.”

“You thinking too loud.”

I laughed, then looked at her again. “I can help.”

Lee stared at me. “I’m not fucking you while I’m pregnant with another man’s baby.”

“Who said anything about fucking?”

Her eyes narrowed.

I leaned closer until my mouth brushed hers. “I said I can help.”

She kissed me again, and I let her set the pace. I wasn’t about to rush her after everything she had just said. Every time she pulled me closer, I followed, and when she slowed down, so did I.

We made it halfway down the hall before Holly came trotting behind us.

Lee looked over her shoulder. “No ma’am.”

I laughed.

She turned toward me. “Don’t laugh. Go get her.”

“Why do I have to get her?”