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He leans in and supports himself on the car, his arm next to my head. “Really now, what are you? Twenty-one?”
I inhale a deep, shaky breath. “Twenty-six. How old areyouthen? Stone age?”
His face becomes a blur as he leans in closer. I almost feel the heat radiating from his skin. “Thirty-seven. Is that an issue?” His voice has taken on a deeper tone, a rich murmur that reverberates through me.
I shrink back, but have nowhere to go, my breaths becoming erratic, embarrassingly obvious. Christian flashes a knowing smirk as he scans my face. I shake my head. “No.”
He pushes away, leaving me in heat, gasping for air.
“You should go to your friends.”
My brain isn’t connected to my mouth anymore. “What if I don’t want to?”
He grabs my arm and spins me around. “Then you’re coming with me.” He rips open the door and throws out his arm in a chivalrous gesture, inviting me to sit.
As I slide in, enclosed in silence and darkness when he shuts the door, my brain screams at me to not be a freaking moron, but my body screams louder, wanting more.
Christian jumps in behind the wheel. “Where to?”
I give him the address, my mouth dry. I take him in as we take off, his massive thighs in well-fitted suit pants, those large, strong hands, his sharp profile. His chest rises and falls rapidly, and he doesn’t seem unaffected either.
“Don’t look so scared, Kerry. We can just talk, if that’s what you want. Or I’ll just drop you off and get going.”
“I’m not scared.”
He gives me a quick glance. “Hon, you look like a deer caught in headlights.”
Do I?“Well. A woman shouldn’t go with a man she’s known for an hour.”
“No, she shouldn’t.”
A spike of adrenaline shoots through me. “But I think you’re a really decent guy.” I hope to God I’m right.
He smiles. A sight that makes my heart jump. “I love your trust, and your innocence, Kerry. I didn’t think there were any women like you left on earth.”
I exhale with relief as I see my neighborhood getting closer. “I’m nothing special.”
Christian doesn’t answer and we pull up outside my house. He shuts down the engine and turns to me. “Can I follow you to the door?”
I nod and reach for the handle.
“Allow me.” He hops out and dashes around the car, holding open the door for me as he gives me a hand for support.
I melt as I take it. “How very old-fashioned of you. I didn’t think there were any of you left.”
“Oh, we were two. I had to kill the other one. I don’t like competition.”
I laugh, and much too soon we’re at my door.
Christian glances around us. “Nice place you’ve got. Make a lot of money at the center?”
“Oh no, I live off dirty guilt money. But that’s another story.”
“Now I’m even more intrigued.”
“It’s not that interes—” I swallow the rest as he moves in on me.
“Can I kiss you?” he asks, his voice husky.
