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I watched him shrug off his suit jacket and roll up his shirtsleeves. My mouth watered at the sight of his forearms. One was tattooed; both were muscular. I don’t know what it was about his forearms, but I felt a pang of want right at mycore.
“We have…” he started to say, as he opened a large stainless steelfreezer.
“Chocolate chip, white chocolate, salted caramel, pecan, gin and tonic…” he frowned at that one. “Strawberry and…” He looked over to me with a smirk. “Veryvanilla.”
He stared at me, expectantly. “So?”
“Salted caramel,” Isaid.
“I like that you like salted,” he said. I ignoredhim.
He pulled two tubs from the freezer and placed them on the bar in front of me. He then walked to a drawer and retrieved twospoons.
“I’m surprised you know your way around a kitchen,” Isaid.
“Why wouldn’tI?”
Again, anotherquestion.
“Don’t you havehelp?”
“Help? No. I like to cook, I spend most of my time in this room, and I like ice cream beforedinner.”
“Obviously this is your house then,” Isaid.
“Obviously.” He opened the lids of the ice cream tubs, pushed one towards me then handed me a spoon. “Eat.”
Watching him lick ice cream from a spoon, while keeping his gaze on me, had that pang at my core resembling an explosion. No matter what he did, it was erotic, seductive. It was a game he played very well, I was sure ofthat.
Or maybe it wasn’t. Maybe he was simply a seductive individual. From what little time we’d spent together, he clearly knew what he wanted from life and took it with bothhands.
“You play a good game,” I said, eating a spoonful of icecream.
“Game?”
“The seductiongame.”
He laid down his spoon and smiled. “It’s not a game,Lauren.”
“Oh, okay, let me guess, it’swhoyou are,” Ichuckled.
“No. When I said it’s not a game, I meant, I don’tplay. I’m deadlyserious.”
My hand paused halfway between the ice cream tub and my mouth. I was sure my mouth might have even stayed open. He reached over and wiped his thumb under my spoon to catch the ice cream that was about to drip. I watched, unable to take my eyes away, as he placed his thumb between his lips and sucked. Yes, he was deadly serious allright.
“Why are you trying to seduce me?” Iwhispered.
“Because I want to, because Ican.”
Was I that desperate, naïve? Scott had been my only boyfriend, lover, and husband. I was totally out of my league withMackenzie.
“I think I should go,” I said. I laid my spoon on the bar and replaced the lid of thetub.
He stood and waited for me. I was a little disappointed that he hadn’t immediately tried to stop me. But then, I wasn’t playing games either. He frightened me. Not that he was scary, but because I was unsure of the feelings coursing through my body. My clitoris throbbed, my heart hammered in my chest, my skin felt electrified. My head was telling me to get the fuck out ofthere.
“I’ll drive you home,” hesaid.
“I can catch acab.”
