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Lara bit the inside of her cheek. “I’m thirty-two.”
Charlotte’s eyebrows rose. “Okay.”
“Okay to which part…”
“Okay to your idea that nineteen is the same as a few. And okay to having dinner tomorrow.”
Lara couldn’t stop herself from smiling. “My place okay?”
Charlotte nodded. “Yes.”
“And promise me that you’ll just relax. Don’t overthink it. We’re just having a meal. I’ll cook.” Lara pushed herself off the arm of the sofa and stood in front of Charlotte. “Anything you won’t eat?”
“No, I’m easy.”
Lara felt her lips curving into a smile. “I won’t read into that.”
Charlotte’s cheeks flushed, as if she hadn’t realized the double meaning in what she’d said.
“I’ll show myself out.”
“You booked a car already?”
“No,” Lara said as she took her phone out of her pocket and tapped it a few times. “But it’s done now. Seven minutes away.”
Charlotte nodded as she followed Lara to the front of the house, both of them standing in the foyer. “Can I ask you something?”
“Sure.” Lara put her phone away, dropping it into the pocket of her shorts.
“At Jessica’s party, when you saw me outside… Why were you looking at me?”
“Why did you think I was?” Lara asked, her heart beating a little faster.
“I thought you might have been interested in me, and then once we started talking, I guess, I thought you were more of a fan, or maybe an agent looking to sign a new client.”
“I was looking at you because ever since I saw you walk in, I couldn’t take my eyes off you,” Lara said, hoping she wouldn’t scare Charlotte off with her honesty. “That suit…” Lara inhaled a deep breath. “You looked so fucking sexy. So confident. I would have done anything you asked me to.”
“Just that night?” Charlotte asked with a glint in her eyes, completely surprising her.
“I don’t know.” Lara slipped her hand beneath Charlotte’s shirt, her short fingernails lightly dragging over her stomach as she backed them up against the wall, her other hand on Charlotte’s hip, guiding her backward.
“Maybe we’ll find out tomorrow,” Lara said as she lowered her head to slowly place open kisses along Charlotte’s neck, up to her ear, until Charlotte turned her head, their lips crashing together, a throaty moan escaping Charlotte’s lips as she tried to take control of the kiss, but Lara slipped her leg between Charlotte’s using her body to keep her there.
Lara knew her phone would interrupt them any minute, so she didn’t waste any time, kissing Charlotte thoroughly, her thigh pressing against Charlotte’s center, their tongues dueling, Lara’s hand lost in Charlotte’s silky-smooth hair.
Lara wanted to leave Charlotte wanting her, wishing it was tomorrow already and judging by the look on her face when Lara’s phone chimed and she pulled away, Charlotte’s face flushed, her breathing heavy, her hair disheveled, and her eyes dark, Lara had achieved her goal.
“See you tomorrow,” Lara said, leaning in for one last kiss, parting her lips against Charlotte’s, pulling away before Lara wanted to, knowing her taxi was outside, and that with any luck, they’d be picking up where they left off tomorrow.
She spent the short ride home not entirely believing that any of that had just happened, her thoughts all over the place, her body on fire.
She couldn’t remember the last time she’d been so consumed with want. She would have loved to be in Charlotte’s bed right now, but there was too much uncertainty there. She needed Charlotte to really want this, because Lara knew she wouldn’t be able to handle Charlotte’s rejection after they’d already slept together.
It would be such a blow. Lara had wanted this woman for years. She could wait a little longer, because somehow, Charlotte Dixon wanted her.
Lara couldn’t stop thinking about how crazy that was even as she unlocked her front door, tossing her keys in the wooden tray in the hallway, wiping a hand across her face as she went upstairs to get ready for bed.
Although she doubted that she’d get much sleep tonight. She couldn’t stop thinking about the way that Charlotte had looked at her, the way she’d kissed her. It was like something out of a dream. But it had actually happened.
