Page 40 of Her Defiant Warrior

Their tongues met, and she sucked at him. His cocked swelled as he thought about her sucking it down. She pulled away for a moment, panting for air, then she was back. Jase nipped at her lush lower lip that he had been staring at all night. Bonnie moaned as she pulled his head down closer.

Baby girl liked it when he played a little rough. Jase needed more, and they weren’t going to get it standing at the edge of her living room. He easily picked her up and deposited her gently on her comfortable sofa. He braced himself on top of her. He could see the trepidation in her eyes.

“We will stop the moment you want to. We’re taking this at your pace,” Jase said as he looked down at the beautiful woman beneath him. Her strawberry-gold curls flowed against the blue patterned pillow, and Jase took a moment to slow things down by taking one curl and twirling it around his finger.

He stroked back the fine wisps of her hair that lingered on her cheek.

Bonnie clutched at his shoulders, her nails digging in, but she had a pensive look on her face. Then she bit her lower lip and he saw a blush creep up from her neck to her face.

“Tell me, baby. It’s all good.”

She wiggled against him and her hips connected with his erection.

“I’m not having sex with you tonight.”

“I knew that before I asked you out,” Jase whispered in reply.

“Then why did you ask me out?” Bonnie frowned. “I’m not even sure if you’re going to get sex on the third date, like you’re supposed to.”

Jase laughed.

She was adorable.

“Bonnie, I meant it. We’re taking this at your pace. Not just tonight, but all the times we’re together, and I intend for us to be together for quite a while.”

Bonnie’s frown deepened.

“I don’t understand you. Why me?”

“Do you like me?” Jase asked. “Do you want to go out on another date with me after putt-putt with your kids?”

Jase found himself holding his breath until she nodded.

“Yes, I want to. I had a wonderful time tonight.”

“Well, if you had a wonderful time, why wouldn’t I have had a wonderful time? Why wouldn’t I want to repeat the experience?”

He watched her closely and saw his argument finally sinking in as her eyelids lowered and she gave him a slow grin.

“I do give good conversation,” she purred.

Jase braced all of his weight on his right forearm and cupped her jaw.

“It’s more than that. I liked you at Malik’s. It was a kick-and-a-half to see you wrangling your two kids. You never lost your temper, and you held them accountable. You reminded me of every outstanding commander I’d ever worked under.” At that moment, he realized something else. He’d wanted her before he had ever set eyes on her. All that sass and laughter while she’d been on the phone on the other side of the bushes had entranced him.

Bonnie nuzzled into his hand and kissed his palm. But Jase would not be deterred. “Then there was the fact that I was the typical guy, and I was intrigued because you weren’t interested in me.”

Bonnie’s expression changed, and she rolled her eyes. “You do realize that was not a game. I was not trying to get you to chase after me.”

“Which, after I got shit from my family, made me want to chase you all the more.”

“And they say that it’s hard to understand women,” Bonnie sighed. “You men can have just as convoluted thinking as we do.”

“I never said otherwise.” Jase stroked his hand downward so that it rounded her throat, his thumb measuring her every heartbeat.

“But I really, really wanted to get to know you. And I mean spend some quality time talking with you, and touching you, as you cut my hair. Jesus, Bonnie, I had to work naming all the capital cities around the world and their leaders, just to keep my dick from bursting out of my jeans during that fucking shampoo.”

Her pulse sped up and her eyes dilated. Apparently, he wasn’t the only one who’d been turned on by the whole shampoo experience.