AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Just good?”
He cursed under his breath. “Am I allowed to say it was amazing? I feel too guilty. I shouldn’t have done that. But it was spectacular.” He nodded. “And wrong.”
Lori laughed and pulled him down for a quick, hot kiss. “Itwasspectacular and wrong. I’m glad we agree.”
“Perfect. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m still at risk of being arrested.”
While she chuckled, Quinn turned away. She heard him zip his pants and watched as he looked around for a garbage can. It took a moment before she realized she had her own cleaning up to do. The panties that were hooked around one ankle had twisted under her heel, and while she had been feeling pretty adventurous, she wasn’t daring enough to put them back on and find out what kind of disease a dirty girl could catch from an alley floor.
Lori kicked off the black lace and crumpled it up to stuff into her purse. She popped her breast back inside her dress where it belonged and tried not to picture what she’d looked like a few seconds before.
When she pushed away from the wall, she weaved a bit but finally found a bit of strength left in her knees. The strength must have migrated from somewhere around the region of her heart, because it felt suddenly lonely. A tinge of embarrassment made itself known. Her cheeks flamed.
My God, had she really just done it in an alley a few feet from the innocent patrons of Andalucia? What if someone had heard them? Maybe someonehad.
Lori grabbed her purse from the ground and dusted it off. “Let’s get out of here.”
He approached out of the dark. “Did you spot a surveillance camera or something?”
Her gasp echoed against the masonry blocks. She glanced frantically around.
“Well, don’t look up, for God’s sake. Haven’t you ever watchedAmerica’s Most Wanted? Now they’ve got a full face shot.”
“What?”
“Lori, I’m teasing you.”
She fought the urge to stomp her foot in frustration but didn’t quite succeed.“Can we just go?”
She grabbed his hand and jogged as best she could in heels, pulling Quinn out onto the street. Here it was still the deep blue of late dusk. The streetlamps blinked on as she stole a furtive glance around. No crowd had gathered, and there didn’t seem to be blue and red lights flashing closer in the distance.
Quinn murmured, “Look at that. Scot-free.”
“Hey,” she snapped, relief adding fuel to her frustration. “You’re the one with the professional reputation to protect. I’d think you’d be more nervous.”
The smile he turned on her oozed self-satisfaction. “Don’t be silly. I’m Aspen’s most eligible nerd. WhenIdo it in an alley, sleazy is just plain sexy.”
“You…” she stammered. “You’re…”
Quinn leaned down and kissed her, cutting off her outrage pretty effectively. His tongue swept all the embarrassment away and made her strain toward him.
“Feel better?” he breathed against her lips.
“Almost.” She put her own tongue to work to shut him up. Jeez, they’d had sex just minutes ago, but she was ready to do it again. Now. In the alley. In his car. In her truck.
Her truck.
Lori broke away and glanced at her watch. Nine-thirty. “Crap. I’ve got to head back over the pass.”
Though he sent her a dark look, Quinn didn’t argue. Instead, he walked her through the dark, the same path they’d taken earlier in the evening, but so much more intimate now. His long fingers curled loosely around hers, fingertips brushing a secret caress against her thumb.
“I’m sorry,” she murmured. “I had no reason to get mad.”
He glanced at her, his profile a darker shadow against the sky. “No, there was no reason. I was there with you because I wanted to be. If I wanted that woman so much, I would’ve kept dating her.”
She nodded.
“You know, Lori, we’re from the same place.”
