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Emery kicks off his shoes and pulls off his socks. He looks behind him at me with a grin, and this time, I don’t turn away when he catches me staring at his ass. I decided not to fight the feelings I have.
“Are you sure you don’t want to come in?” he asks. “The water’s great, and the company’s even better. I promise not to bite unless you ask me to.”
Crap.
What am I supposed to do when everything in me wants to strip down to nothing and find out just whether all his arrogance is earned? Skip the whole underwear thing and just get naked. Let the night take us wherever it takes us.
But then I’d be just like every other woman he’s ever been with. They throw themselves at him, and the only thing I can think of that’s different about me is that I haven’t.
No. I have to resist a little more. I know that I’ll eventually cave, but I won’t let myself be another woman Emery Brooks plays with for a night and tosses to the side.
He’ll have to work to get my clothes off.
Chapter 16
Emery
God, I want Madison more than any woman that I can remember. As she sits down on a chair and grins at me, I have a hard time not begging her. That’s the last thing I should do, though.
Madison’s interested, at least. I can tell by the way she keeps blushing. More and more each time I say something playfully sexual. If she wasn’t interested, she’d laugh and brush it off, but now I know she wants me too. I just have to keep pulling her strings.
And then I have to show her passion.
“Do you enjoy being an exhibitionist, Emery? Is that it?”
“Not really. I’ve worked hard to look good, so I’m not scared to take off my clothes, and I enjoy a good dip in the hot tub. I don’t know why you’d be worried about it either, since I’m sure you’ve worn a bikini in public before.”
I’m pretty positive that she’s wearing a thong, and that’s why she’s hesitant to take off her dress. It’ll just make it better when she does. I can be patient with her, even though it’s not one of my usual tendencies. For some reason, I’m willing to step outside the normal for Madison.
She puts her hands in her lap as she grins at me. “How do you know I don’t wear full-body swim dresses like they did in the twenties?”
“Then I’ll stop assuming. Why are you sitting out there instead of climbing in the hot tub with me?”
The blush creeps into her cheeks again, and I know that I’m right. She wants to get into the water with me.
I can’t let up now. “It’s because I was right. You’re wearing a thong, and you’re scared I’ll see your ass for a third time. Is it still swollen?”
The blush doesn’t go away, but she gets that feisty look in her eye like she does at the office. “No, it’s not swollen anymore!” She pauses for a moment, and then says, “But it’s not exactly pretty. Note to self, do not put fake tanner on just your butt because it looks ridiculous.”
I can’t help but laugh. “Fine. I’ll turn around, and once you get in the water, I won’t be able to see your bronze ass. I won’t stay turned around for long.”
As soon as I say the last bit, I turn around and begin counting out loud. “1, 2, 3…”
There’s a moment of hesitancy, and then I hear Madison standing up. The ruffle of clothing follows. I keep counting until I hear the soft sound of her stepping into the water, and I turn around to see her settling in behind me.
The blush on her face is as deep as I’ve seen it yet. She’s not comfortable, but she wants to be here. She wants to take off her clothes.
Because if she didn’t, she wouldn’t have worn that black bra. Deep down, she wants me to see that bra, even if she said she was only agreeing to the date because I bought her the book.
I don’t hide it when I look at her. “What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done in a hot tub?” I ask as I move closer to her.
“I’ve never done anything crazy in a hot tub. Remember, I’m not exactly the wild partier that you are.”
No, she certainly isn’t a partier. She’s a stay at home and read dirty books kind of girl. “Fine. Let me reword that question. What’s the craziest thing involving a hot tub you’ve ever fantasized about? Don’t even try to tell me you’ve never had one since I know those romance books are chock full of them. You even talked about a few of them in your reviews.”
I’d thought her blush couldn’t get any deeper, but it does. I stand on my knees directly in front of her and put my hands on either side of her. We may be in a hot tub, but I’m sure that I can feel her body’s warmth heating the water around her even more.
“Emery, you know that this isn’t really a normal first date conversation, right? Most people stick to things like aspirations or hobbies, and you’re trying to talk about my fantasies.”
