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“Well, I only got in a single sip.” I push the door open, but before I can hop out, Bear sticks his giant head through the gap between the front seats and points those big doe eyes in my direction. I can’t deny the lug a few enthusiastic pets. When Rowan and I were younger, I often talked about getting a giant dog I could hardly fit my arms around when I hugged him.Don’t read into this, Kinley.
“He likes you,” Rowan says, one corner of his mouth lifted in approval. The earlier tension dissipating. I can’t stop staring at his lips. Electrical currents race through my veins at the mere memory of what those lips are capable of doing to my own. “Kin,” he says, his tone a warning.
“Hmm?”
“You keep looking at my mouth like that, I can’t be held responsible for my actions.” I can’t tell if he’s teasing or serious. The tortured look in his eyes suggests a little of both. Part of me wants to test the theory.
“I better go.” I squeeze Bear’s giant head, pressing it against my cheek. I’m tempted to steal the big furry dog tonight. I wonder if he’s a cuddler. Probably a bed hog.Definitelya bed hog. “Bye, Bear. I’ll see you later.”
Rowan meets me at the side of the truck before both my feet touch the ground.
“It was one sip, Rowan. I’m not—”
He cages me in against the side of the truck, a hand on either side of my face. Heat radiates from his hard body, filling the nearly nonexistent gap between us. With anyone else, I’d be afraid. I’d want to escape. But with Rowan, it’s taking all my restraint not to reach for his neck and pull him closer. I yearn to feel his hard body pressed against mine. To melt into him until I can’t tell where I end and he begins.
“Tell me you don’t feel anything, Kin,” he says, his hot breath tickling my cheek. Those stormy eyes have me pinned in place. I can’t move. I can’t breathe. My heart pounds rapidly in my chest. Surely he can hear it thundering beneath my rib cage. “Tell me you don’t feel anything for me, and I’ll leave it alone.”
I part my lips to speak, but I don’t have words.
Because the truth is…I feel a whole lot of something. I’m just not sure what it’s all about.
“What’s holding you back?” He’s closer now. Close enough that his lips lightly brush my cheek with each spoken word. I feel the graze of his hard chest against my aching nipples. His body heat surrounds me like a warm, fuzzy blanket. The urge to rock my hips forward against him is…new but not at all surprising. It’s obvious to me now that I’ve avoided him all this time so I didn’t have to confront how badly I wanted him as more than a friend.
“I—I don’t want you to be a rebound.”
Rowan’s oh-so-kissable lips tip up into a devilish smile. “I don’t care about that.”
My eyebrows draw in confusion. “You should—”
“If I’m a rebound, Kin,” he sweeps a hand over my cheek, tangling his fingers in my hair, “I’ll be the last one you ever need.” His lips descend on mine, capturing my mouth with expert ease. As if his lips remember exactly how they fit with mine. Moving in a sensual rhythm that feels like…home.
I should fight this, but I don’t want to.
I snake a hand up his neck and tug him down, parting my lips for him as I do. Inviting his tongue to tango with mine. Our bodies mold together as one, and it’s very clear I’m not the only one turned on. My belly brushes his erection, sending instantaneous shivers throughout my body. Reminding me of the time when we were teenagers and I went looking for him down at the creek. He thought he was alone as he stripped down. The way I felt then made me feel guilty, but I couldn’t look away. I didn’twantto look away. That wicked memory has nothing on the way I feel in this moment. I want to drown in this kiss and never come up for air.
Just as my knees start to wobble, Rowan pulls back.
The liquid heat in his gaze is nearly enough to give me an orgasm on the spot. “You should get inside, Kin.”
“But—”
“Now.” It’s his firm tone that drags me back to reality, reminding me that we still have to work together. We shouldn’t be doing this. I push off the truck and turn away before I do something stupid. Like throw myself at him and tackle him on the front lawn. I’m panting as though I’ve been chased by a grizzly bear, and I don’t dare look back. Because that bear is Rowan and Iwanthim to catch me.
That kiss.
I slip inside, unable to resist the urge to peek over my shoulder. Rowan stands in the driveway, hands shoved in jeans pockets, and watches me. It’s his protectiveness making sure I get inside safely. But it turns me on more than it ever has.
I close the door and lean against in, touching my fingers to my still buzzing lips.
That kiss was so much more potent than our first.
I’m in trouble.
Big trouble.
CHAPTER8
Rowan
