Page 50 of Take Her On

Suddenly, the air thickened. Jamie kept her eyes lowered a moment, afraid of what she might find in Maya’s gaze. She forced herself to look up, and when their eyes locked, her breath hitched in her chest. A powerful emotion was swirling in Maya’s irises, the one that made Jamie’s throat constrict. Transported back to that night in her bedroom, she swallowed, her stomach doing little somersaults.

That stare should be weaponised. It should be password protected, defended by armed guards, placed under high alert.

The things that stare could make Jamie do.

She reached into the driver’s-side door, needing a distraction. “Starburst?”

Maya glanced down at the packet of sweets in her hand and cleared her throat.

“Sure.” She fumbled to retrieve a red one from the bag.

Jamie’s mind stalled, confused as to how Maya’s taking a sweet from her and undoing the paper could be filled with such tension. The nimble fingers unwrapping the sweet before placing it in her mouth, and the flick of her tongue.

A wave of arousal shot between Jamie’s legs. Damn. She chewed hard. The blackberry flavour coated the inside of her cheeks, and she was happy to have something else to focus on.

“So…dinosaurs?” Maya asked, admiring the colourful plaster on her knee.

“Sure. Beats the boring ones.”

“I suppose you have a point.”

The engine rumbled to life, and Jamie handed Maya her phone. “Do you wanna pick the music?”

Maya’s eyebrows bounced, and she hesitated a moment. Then she thumbed the screen, browsing the ridiculously long playlists, and chose a song.

“Just Can’t Get Enough” played through the speaker, and Jamie palmed the steering wheel. Memories of Maya, soaked to the bone and tapping her foot, jumped into her mind’s eye. Had that really only been a couple of months ago?

“I knew you liked this one.” She flashed her a smile as she reversed out of the car park.

“Guilty.” Maya tapped her foot to the beat again, watching the clouds drift by the window, while Jamie sang along to the chorus, bobbing her head from side to side. Music really was her happy place. Whenever she heard a beat, she couldn’t stop her body from reacting. And sharing the same air as Maya heightened all of those feelings. It made her giddy, and her moves were all the more exaggerated.

Maya gave a chuckle, the type that started in your tummy and burst out like it had a life of its own. Earning that response from her made Jamie feel like a fucking rock star.

She glanced at her, a smile tugging at her mouth. “I have a suspicion you like my dancing, too.”

“It’s…certainly something.”

“I’m curious about you.”

Maya turned to her, a crease deepening on her forehead. “How so?”

“Curious how you dance. I’ve never seen it.”

Maya blew out a breath that was so exaggerated and silly, Jamie wanted to kiss her. “Well, you’re not about to.”

She slowed to wait at the traffic lights, using her knowledge of Maya’s competitive edge to goad her. “You must be worse than me then. That’s the only logical answer.”

“Not a chance,” Maya shot back, but Jamie caught the way her eyes narrowed.

“I guess there’s only one way to find out, isn’t there?”

“You’re pushing your luck,” Maya mumbled, but the infectious smile creeping onto her face said otherwise.

“It is pretty entertaining.”

“Mm-hmm.”

An idea rocketed into Jamie’s head, and she nudged Maya playfully. “Hey, maybe we can make a deal?”