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“What do you mean?” I asked, not bothering to freeze my movements.
I plucked a french fry out of the bag and eyed it before sliding it into my mouth and taking my first delicious bite. This was amazing. I’d forgotten how good restaurant fries could be. The kind that had the extra crispy exterior covering the pillowy potato inside.
“Usually when I’m out in the heat, something cold and refreshing tastes better,” he said. “I’m impressed. Nothing like a woman who knows a good meal when she sees it.”
I couldn’t see his eyes. They were still covered by sunglasses. But I could feel his stare on me. From what I could see of his expression, though, he wasn’t judging me at all. He seemed genuinely impressed.
So I went for it. I picked up the burger, still wrapped in paper, and unwrapped it just enough to free a small section of the concoction inside. I stared at it hungrily for a long moment before sinking my teeth into it.
Flavors exploded in my mouth. That’s what thirty-two months of grilled salmon and green vegetables would do to you. When you finally got real food, it was like discovering paradise.
“Mmmmm.”
That groan involuntarily escaped as I closed my eyes and took in all the flavors. The bacon, mixed with cheese and ground beef… It was just the right amount of spice and juiciness. Unlike the dry, grainy veggie burgers my boyfriend had insisted were as good as the real thing.
“If you like that, you should try the steak,” Jared said.
My eyes popped open. It wasn’t that I’d forgotten he was sitting there. The burger just had all my other senses on overload, which was exactly why I’d closed my eyes. Looking at him might drive me to the first ever orgasm not brought on by my vibrator or my own touch.
“Sorry,” I said. “I’ve been on a strict diet for a while.”
The way his eyebrows shot over the top of his dark sunglass frames told me he was surprised. “Diet?”
I shouldn’t bring up the ex. That was the wrong thing to do when trying to win over a guy. But I wasn’t trying to win this guy over permanently. Just one night with a stranger, and I could check that off my list.
“I was living with a health nut,” I said. “He was obsessed with his body fat composition.”
Body fat composition. Three words I’d spent twenty-two years of my life not knowing. But nearly three years with Charlie and I couldn’t seem to shove them out of my mind.
“Sounds like a fun guy,” Jared commented. “This guy’s your roommate?”
“He’s my ex-boyfriend,” I said. “We met in college and moved in together senior year. I dumped him when he said I couldn’t travel to Vegas for my friend’s bachelorette party. And that’s why I’m here.”
There. It was all out in the open. May as well be honest with the guy. He needed to know up front what I was offering.
“You’re in Blackbear Bluff because your boyfriend won’t let you go to Vegas?” Jared asked.
“Ex-boyfriend,” I corrected. “I’m in Blackbear Bluff because it’s been a long time since I’ve done some things. Like eating a burger.” I held the burger up to demonstrate. “And having good sex with a man who knows his way around a woman’s body.”
Saying those words directly to him empowered me. I’d never felt so confident and in control. The eyebrows jutted up again, and I wished, more than anything, I could rip off the sunglasses. Okay, I’d rather rip off his clothes.
“I’ve never done that,” I said. “And that’s on my list after eating this burger. I heard this town was full of horny single guys.”
I took another bite of my burger, but somehow the flavors didn’t pop quite as much this time. Maybe because my attention was on the man in front of me.
Suddenly, he reached up to pull his sunglasses off his face. He did it slowly, though. Like a striptease. Like he knew I’d been dying to see what was behind those dark lenses. Dying to see what was beneath that T-shirt and pair of blue jeans too.
“Well, I brought you the burger,” he said. “I’d be happy to help you with whatever else is on your list.”
3
JARED
How did a man get so lucky? I’d simply been dropping off some paperwork for Bo when I stumbled upon a blonde beauty. And now that beauty was seated next to me in a purple coverup over her bathing suit. It was sheer, though, so I could see the outline of those perfectly plump breasts.
Not only did she devour a juicy cheeseburger and moan in a way that made my cock stiffen, apparently, she wanted a man to devourher. And I wanted to be the one doing that devouring.
I sat up and shifted my legs so we were facing each other. She grabbed another french fry. I waited until she’d taken a bite to speak again.
