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“Oh, shit,” she muttered.
Josh pulled her close, although she was pretty close already. If she could climb inside him she might, he thought. “You’re afraid of thunder?”
“Don’t laugh at me!”
He chuckled. “I wouldn’t dream of it.”
“Liar,” she hissed.
“Why are you afraid?”
“I was caught outside in a bad storm when I was younger. The noise gets me.”
“Okay. But you’re safe here.”
Now he was lying. She wasn’t safe with him at all. Maybe from the storm, but he couldn’t vouch for anything else. While the thunder was loud, Josh knew that there were other things that were a lot scarier.
Regardless, he kept hold of her, rubbing her back until the thunder and lightning stopped and her body finally relaxed. She had to be exhausted. Her body had tensed at the first rumble and had been tight as a strung bow for at least fifteen minutes. He’d never seen anything like it. She wasn’t just afraid of thunder, she was fully and completely terrified. “I have the cupcakes.”
Cupcakes had to help.
Caroline’s sleepy face popped up. “Really? They survived.”
“One was trashed, but edible; I gave that to Tessa. But the dark chocolate made it. Interested?”
“Are you kidding?” She turned over and pushed herself up, looking at the crushed box on her dresser. “I had a dream about the chocolate one.”
“Hold on,” he said, grabbing her hands and pinning her to the mattress. “We had mind blowing sex and you dreamed about a cupcake?”
She giggled. God, it was the sweetest damned sound.
Obviously knowing his feelings, she raised herself up and kissed him lightly. “Jealous of a cupcake, are you?”
“Hmmm...” He rose and brought the box to the bed. Caroline’s face was a mix of sweetness spiced with seduction. Josh took the chocolate cupcake from the box and ran his finger over the icing. Her eyes were sparkling in the dim light streaming in from the window. When she licked her lips, he brought his finger to her mouth and she licked the creamy chocolate. Jesus Christ.
The cupcake ended up on the night table. He hovered over her and pushed her hair back from her face, marveling at the delicate beauty of her features. The women they ran into tonight, women from his past, had no appeal, but the woman in bed with him was driving him insane.
“What are you thinking about?” she asked.
“I’m thinking about you. About what I’m going to do about you.”
“Oh? Is there some kind of decision?”
“You know I’m having a hard time with this. With where we’re going.”
“I know. I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. But I feel like I shouldn’t be here.”
“Uh-huh. I know.” She reached around and slid her hands into his hair, pulling him down for a kiss. “You shouldn’t be here and this is a huge mistake.”
His mouth played with hers, sipping and nipping at her lush, full lips. “It’s a disaster.”
“Right. A disaster.” Her hips lifted and pressed against him and Josh heard himself groan. She may have been inexperienced, but she knew exactly how to make him respond. He got hard immediately.
“You’re too easy,” she said with a laugh. But she stopped laughing when he didn’t hesitate and slipped inside her and started moving. It wasn’t fast and hard like before, but slow and soft. Sexy. Hot.
“I know I shouldn’t say this,” she whispered. “But I’m glad it was you.”
