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God, she was sexy. And he was in really big trouble.
She picked up her wineglass and sipped, her gaze lingering on his. “Shows how much you love her,” she continued.
“Yeah. So you can guess how much I wanted to rip off your ex’s balls and shove them down his throat when I found out they were sleeping together.”
She choked on her mouthful of wine. “How old is she?”
“Twenty-two.” Jeff grabbed another piece of cheese just so he had something to chew. He would’ve preferred nails but it would have to do.
“He likes them young.”
“You can say that again.” He popped a grape in his mouth and reached for the wine, drinking straight from the bottle. Screw it. She might as well know who she was dealing with if she was sleeping with him. “Sorry,” he said when he caught her stare. “I’m not Mr. Manners.”
“You don’t say.” When he set the bottle down, she surprised him by lifting it to her mouth. She dribbled a little liquid down her cleavage and he had to adjust his cock—and his earlier estimation.
He thought he’d seen her at her sexiest before? Hell no. That move just won.
“Better from the bottle,” she decided, emptying her own wineglass. She let the glass fall to the mattress between them as she went back to the bottle for another hit.
“You trying to kill me?” He speared a hand through her hair and dragged her closer, covering her lips with his before she’d had a chance to swallow. Cheap red wine—which she hadn’t complained about and had even smiled over—spilled into his mouth and he groaned as her tongue chased it. “I want you again,” he said, meeting her gaze.
“About time. It’s been at least an hour.”
He dropped his forehead against hers. “Would it be inappropriate if I again commented on your ex’s stupidity?”
“No. Comment on that all you’d like.” She plucked a grape off the platter and fed it to him. “Your sister’s probably cute, if she looks like you. Though I have a confession.”
“You like girls?”
“Ha ha. No. I didn’t think you were cute at first.”
Jeff grabbed his chest and fell onto his back, nearly toppling the rest of the grapes. “No! Anything but that. You didn’t think I was cute? How can you say that, you shrew?”
Her giggle threaded through him as sweetly as the cheap wine and left an even better aftertaste. “It gets worse. I thought you were…”
“Ugly? If so, you warmed up pretty well.” He tweaked her nipple, smiling as it beaded from his touch. “And continue to do so.”
“Not ugly, no. I thought you were like me. Attractive, but sort of average.”
“Average,” he repeated, blinking until she came more sharply into focus in the soft light cast from the bedside lamp. Her hair tumbled around her face, framing her warm brown eyes and pink cheeks. “Average?”
“I don’t think you’re average anymore. I think you’re—” She stopped, took another gulp of wine. “Yummy.”
He had to laugh. “Me or my cock?”
She glanced down at the member in question and back up at his face. “Truthfully? Both.”
He grinned. “Christ, I think I love you.”
Chapter Five
Jeff eased back, noticing that she’d stiffened. Way to go, stud. “Metaphorically speaking,” he added carefully.
“I know. It’s just been a long time since anyone’s said they love me, metaphorically or otherwise.” Karyn pushed aside the plates and the wineglass between them and curled against his side, resting her head on his chest. “I’ve never had an affair before.”
“Never?”
“No. Lon was my third lover. We met the summer before college. The first two guys were my high school boyfriends. I figured some things improved with time.” She circled his nipple with a blue nail. “And they did, before the sharp and irreversible decline.”
