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Her compliment took him by surprise, which made him feel vulnerable—something he avoided at all costs.
“Don’t grow too fond of me,” he warned. “I’m a good time, but not a long time.”
“You don’t have to worry about me falling in love with you, Aiden. We’ll enjoy our time together this weekend, but I have no interest in seeing you once we’re back in the city.”
Why not?
He gave himself an internal shake. That was good. The last thing he needed wasthatcomplication.
“Then we’re on the same page.”
Still, there was that niggling feeling in his gut that didn’t like the idea of this being a weekend-only thing.
Chapter Eleven
Dakota
“Do you want to go get some ice cream?” Aiden asked as he laid his folded-up towel along the back of an empty beach chair.
She hadn’t expected that.
“Um, sure?”
“Hope said they stopped for ice cream when they went to the fish market, and it sounded good.”
“I like ice cream,” she said with a smile. “Let me get changed.”
They walked hand-in-hand up to the house. Aiden’s coworkers smiled in approval when they passed the group.
Once inside, he reached down and picked up the black duffel in the entry—the one she’d gotten a feeling about when she saw it earlier.
“Give me twenty minutes,” she said as they stood in front of her guestroom door.
He gestured to an open door, opposite hers, that was set up like an office. “I’ll be right across the hall.”
Dakota made a point of looking over his shoulder at the couch.
“I think you’re too big for that sofa. Good thing you’re sleeping with me tonight, huh?”
With a smirk, he replied, “Why do you think I agreed to yoga at sunrise?”
“And here I thought it was because you were lusting after me.”
She heard his bag hit the floor with athud, then he crowded her against the open door of the guestroom, pinning her hands above her head.
“I’ve been lusting after you since you sassed me in the parking lot at World’s End,” he growled before capturing her lips with his.
Although the kiss was urgent, his lips were soft and tasted like salt, and Dakota readily returned the kiss. He released her wrists, but she left her hands in place. A small whimper escaped her when he cupped her cheek with one hand while sliding the other around her neck. His grip was loose, but the message was clear—he was in control. She found it incredibly sexy.
When he pressed his erection against her center as he moved his lips to her neck, she wrapped her arms around his neck and arched against him.
“Maybe we can get ice cream tomorrow,” she whispered as she clung to the back of his head to hold him against her skin.
“Yeah, I have something better in mind for dessert right now,” he said as he lifted her ass. She dutifully wrapped her legs around him.
Aiden spun around, used the back of his heel to slam the door shut, and walked her to the bed, where he gently deposited her on the comforter.
Without a word, he pulled her coverup over her head and quickly dispatched her bikini top, then tugged her swimsuit bottoms down her thighs and past her ankles. He paused to stare at her naked body, and she squirmed under his scrutiny until he finally murmured softly, “You are so fucking beautiful,” then dropped to his knees and pushed her legs farther apart to accommodate his broad shoulders.
