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She nodded, mouth still wide open while her eyes raked over his body. “Yeah,” she said on an exhale.
Hands on his hips, Ryder smiled and flexed his muscles. He put on a little show since Skylar couldn’t seem to tear her eyes from his body. The flare of desire in her eyes was enough to make him forget her rejection, almost. After several long minutes she still stared so he had to take matters into hand. He stalked to her, pushing her back until she was between his hard body and a wall. “Skylar?” He pushed a little more.
One hand went to his chest with the goal of pushing him back, instead it ended up caressing that hard muscle that flexed under her hand. “Y-Y-Yes?”
“Is there something I can help you with?” He pressed his body into hers, making her gasp and bite her lip.
“Lunch.” Her voice was husky even to her own ears. Her other hand went to his abs and skipped down every bump and back up again until it rested on her chest. “It’s time for lunch.”
“Are we having lunch in here?”
She heard amusement in his voice and looked up. Damn he was gorgeous with those smiling blue eyes. She had never seen him look so fun or happy. The dark stubble on his jaw was the perfect length to scrape against her, “Oh!” She shouldn’t have thoughts like that. They didn’t like each other. But he looked so good right now, her lady parts responded like they never had before.
Ryder stood still while her soft hands caressed his body. Her hands combined with her sweet scent, was having a big effect on him. A very big effect. “Skylar,” he groaned. Her hands continued to roam over his shoulders, down his pecs and abs, before brushing his waistband. She did it over and over again, snapping his control in half. “Skylar,” he said and then swooped down and took her mouth. The kiss was combustible from the start. Her mouth was lush and sweet and so damn responsive, he couldn’t get enough and tunneled his fingers through her hair to get a better taste, a deeper taste of her mouth. He shouldn’t be kissing her but he couldn’t stop, not even if his life depended on it.
Skylar heard a groan and realized it came from her. She pulled back, eyes slightly dazed when she looked up at Ryder. He looked…devastatingly handsome. “Wow.”
Ryder took a step back. “Yeah. Wow.” He ran one hand through his hair, then the other. “Do I, uh, need to apologize for this?” He waved a hand between them.
She shook her head. “I’d be insulted if you did.” She gave him a nervous smile which he—surprisingly—returned. “That was a great kiss. A really. Really great kiss.”
His smile slow and lazy and sexy as hell. “It was.”
That kiss is why I said no to this man, or why I meant to. Her head dropped to his chest. “Shit.”
“Regrets?”
“Yes. No. Who knows?”
He chuckled low and deep, vibrating in her ear. “I think you do.”
She lifted her head and looked in those blue eyes. “Do you feel this or am I nuts?”
“I feel it.” His voice was wary, cautious.
“This, Ryder,” she motioned between them. “This is why I made that face when you asked me out.”
“I don’t follow.”
“This thing between us. The spark, chemistry or passion. Whatever you want to call it. It’s too strong, too powerful. It’ll consume us and everything around us.”
She sounded devastated by the prospect but it didn’t sound too bad to him. “And that’s a bad thing, I take it?”
“It’s awful. But I fear it’s inevitable. Even Aunt Marie thinks so.”
“You talked to your aunt about us?”
Skylar shook her head against his chest. “No she talked to me. Said maybe nothing has happened yet, but that it would.”
“She was right.”
“She was.” Skylar stepped back from him and she instantly missed the heat and hardness of his body. “We should go before she comes up and explains how sex will be better if we experiment with different positions and then break out the Kama Sutra.”
He laughed but she didn’t join in. “You’re serious?”
“As a heart attack. Pace yourself Ryder, this weekend is going to be one wild ride.”
He smiled. “I can’t wait.”
