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He laughed, even as he shook his head. “Not like that. I want you to show me some of those sweetFortnitemoves.”
She lit up like a Christmas tree. “Really?”
He nodded.
Penny quickly moved toward him and said, “Let’s start with Fresh. It’s a classic.”
Gage mimicked her moves, making her laugh as he did his best Carlton impersonation.
For the next hour, the two of them laughed their asses off as they worked their way through her extensive repertoire of dance moves, including Groove Jam, Disco Fever, and even the Flapper.
He cried uncle first and, exhausted, the two of them dropped down to her couch, both trying to catch their breath for a few minutes.
“Sorry about tonight,” he said. “I threw you in the deep end without really preparing you. I’ll do better next time.”
Penny twisted to face him. “You’re a good teacher, Gage. I’ve never…I mean, I’ve always been on the outside of a lot of this stuff, looking in and trying to figure out how to get where everyone else is. Tonight was really fun, and I think next time I’ll have a better idea of how to act, how to fit in.”
Gage hated the idea of her conforming, taming down her dancing, or trying to make herself…less.
Less of what made her Penny.
But she was dead set on this course, determined that this was the path to finding a guy. So who was he to try to change her mind? She was tired of being alone and wanted someone in her life. Her end goal had him starting to wonder if he’d made a mistake by eschewing relationships, by confining himself to sex without strings.
He dismissed that thought the second it landed.
He wasn’t wrong.
Rising, he said, “I should probably head home.”
Penny stood as well and walked him to the door. “Thanks again, for everything.”
He nodded and started to reach for the doorknob. Then, before he could think too much about it, he turned back to her. “How about one last lesson?”
Gripping her shoulders, Gage pulled her toward him and kissed her.
His lying side said this would be a platonic kiss, sweet and short, and he’d decided to let that voice guide him.
Until his lips touched hers.
Then he admitted to himself—in no uncertain terms—exactlyhow he was going to kiss her.
He slid his hands around her back, pulling her tight against him, as he pushed her lips open, driving his tongue inside her mouth, plundering, possessing.
She tasted like the wine, sweet, tangy, offering him everything he silently demanded. He could get drunk off her kisses.
Her hands were on his waist, her fingers gripping his shirt. He wanted the clothing gone, wanted to feel her fingers on his bare skin, wanted to hear the soft moan she just gave him in the bedroom, wanted to turn the volume up on it until it became a scream as his cock sank deep in—
Gage broke the kiss, lifting his hand to touch her flushed cheek. Penny’s closed eyes opened slowly, and she blinked a couple of times.
“How did I do?” she whispered.
Fuck.
Lesson.
Mentor.
“Good,” he said, clearing his throat when his word came out too gruff, too husky. “Very good.”
