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She pats the towel over her throat and turns to look out the window and when my mind starts wondering to places it shouldn’t, again I walk over to peer out and put distance between us. It’s still raging outside The sky had been clear without a hint of cloud before it got dark. “This storm came out of nowhere.”
“That’s summer in East Texas for you,” she says with equals parts affection and disdain.
I turn to face her just as she lifted her arms to twist the towel into a turban on her head.
Her skin is incredible, and even the artificial light doesn’t dim the sun kissed glow of it.
“You’re staring at me,” she chides reproachfully, but she bites her lip, trying and failing to hide a smile.
“You’re really hard not to stare at.”
Her hand comes up to cover the birthmark on her cheek, almost like she’s been slapped and her expression shutters before she looks down at her lap.
“Did I say something wrong?” I ask.
She shakes her head and drops her hand. But she doesn’t meet my eyes again. “Not unless you didn’t mean that in a good way,” she says after a few seconds in a voice that’s just above a whisper.
“I meant it in the best way possible,” I reassure her.
She tugs the towel off her head and hands it to me. When I take it from her, our hands touch and a crackle of something passes between us.
I run it through my hair and then pull my shirt off to rub my chest dry. When I look up at her, She’s leaned back on the bed, watching me.
“Now, you’re staring,” I tease her.
She flushes but, her gaze doesn’t waver. “Just wondering if you’re going to let me touch you, too.”
“I thought you’d never ask.” I toss the towel aside and hold my hand out to her.
Beth
Magic
I slip my hand into his and link our fingers. My mouth has gone dry, and I lick my lower lip. His eyes follow the movement and narrow like a hunter who has sighted his prey and is trying to decide the best way to catch it.
“I don’t know what your situation is, but I’m very attracted to you. I want to kiss you. And you can touch me, and whatever else you want.”
If my hair had been on fire, I wouldn’t have been able to scream because his words, and the heat in his eyes leaves me breathless.
In the face of my silence, he flushes and drops my hands and takes a step back.
“I’m an ass. I’m sorry, I thought that…I can come back tomorrow. Or not at all.”
“No!” I say it more sharply than I mean to and surprise registers on his face. “I’m not good with words…but I can show you.”
When I move to stand in front of him again, confusion furrows his brow and narrows his gaze. But when I slide a hand around the back of his neck, he doesn’t miss a beat; his hands slide around my waist and pull me close. My breasts press into the solid wall of his chest and his heart thumps against my own.
Our faces are only an inch apart, his lips are slightly parted and his mossy green eyes devour mine. “Show me, then” he murmurs.
I cup his jaw, and marvel at how soft the stubble is. God.I want to touch the rest the rest of him.
I raise up on my toes so that we’re nose to nose and my lips start to throb. “I’m very attracted to you, too.”
And then I lean forward, slowly bringing my lips toward his. He cups the back of my head, and it fits perfectly in the cradle of his big palm like it was carved from the same bone.
His nose brushes the tip of mine.
