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“Will you stop,” Bailey hissed.
He let his eyes run over her again. “I’ve tried, but it’s not working.”
“What’s not working?”
“Me not wanting you, it’s not working. Even after two days of anger and one of self-reflection, I still do.”
“I can’t believe you just said that right here on the street.”
“I learned long ago to seize the moment. I saw you all hot and sweaty, then you bent over in front of me—”
“I didn’t know you were there!”
He wanted to laugh at her agitation. She looked cute all hot and messed up. Joe was keeping it light, instead of following through with his instinct to grab her and ravish her in the street. She hadn’t run away, so he thought she was coming round to accepting his apology. He hoped so, because he’d been miserable the last few days.
“Aww, now that’s a shame, I thought you were putting on a show just for me,” he teased her.
Her hair was pulled back in a tail that was off-center. Her shirt clung to her and had damp patches, her exercise pants were like a second skin, and he thought she looked sexy as hell. He also remembered the naked parts of her he’d seen, and what it felt like to sink deep inside her wet heat.
“Who’d have thought it, the prissy piano player looking all hot and messy,” Joe drawled as he battled with the lust raging through him.
“I’m not prissy.”
“Sure you are, that just adds to your hotness.”
“I’m sure that should be insulting. I’m equally sure I shouldn’t want to stand here talking like this with you. Especially as I’m not sure I forgive you.”
“But you do, because whatever the hell this chemistry is, it’s riding you too. Especially now we both know how good it is between us when we give in to it.”
Her face was already flushed, but it deepened.
“I’m not used to this.” She looked around her again. Nervous, yes, but he also thought excited. “I’ve never done this before, Joe. The laughing, and innuendos, the talk. I don’t get it.”
“You’re a natural,” Joe said gently. “But right now I have to get back to the bar and do inventory for tonight. Otherwise, I’ll give in to the impulse and drag you into the nearest dark corner and have my wicked way with you.”
Her eyes looked left and right again. “You shouldn’t be talking like that, not here on the street. Especially as you’re on the town council.”
“You make me think bad thoughts.” He shrugged. “I can’t help it if you do it for me.”
She let out a strangled moan.
“So, we good?” He moved closer, and reached up to tug on a damp strand of hair. “I’m really sorry, Bailey. More than I can say, for the way I behaved. It’s not like me to react without facts, but you have me all over the place.”
“But—”
“How is it I know what you’re thinking?” Joe tugged her face closer.
“What am I thinking?”
“No more misunderstandings. From now we listen to each other, and ask questions.”
She nodded. “But, Joe, I don’t know where this can go.”
“Me either, but it will be fun finding out.”
He kissed her, right there on the street, and hoped Clark saw it.
“Bye.”
