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Luckily, he laughed with her. “You looked a little frazzled. Who was that guy?”
She shrugged. “A friend of a friend, I guess? His name was Axl and he just sort of plastered himself to my side and…” She shuddered. “It was awful. You totally saved me.”
Nodding, he replied, “My pleasure.” They both grew silent. “I didn’t mean to pull you away from your friends, though. I just thought…”
“Don’t worry about it. I thought this was a girls’ night, but it wasn’t. All those guys are either their boyfriends or crushes, and I totally think they were trying to set me up with Axl. This wasn’t the night I wanted or needed at all.”
“Damn. Sorry.”
“What about you? You finally go out and now I pulled you away from your friend. You don’t need to hang out with me if you don’t want to.”
Now it was his turn to shrug. “Honestly? He kind of cornered me at the gym and he’s been telling me about this place for a while, so…”
“You just caved,” she teased. “Got it.”
“Basically.” Another shrug. “The good news is we don’t have to stay here. We have officially given ourselves a plausible out.”
“I know!” she laughed. “And I have to admit, you gave a stellar performance as the long-lost lover.” The blush heated her cheeks even as she said the words because…yeah. Lover was definitely wishful thinking.
He was watching her, but didn’t respond.
“And that kiss?Wow!That was quite the surprise! I mean…it wasveryhot.”
Still nothing.
Swallowing hard, she wasn’t sure if she was making a fool out of herself or what, but she also couldn’t seem to stop talking.
“And they all believed us. I guess since we’ve kissed before, it wasn’t one of those awkward things, right?” Now her laugh was more on the nervous side. “The girls are going to want all the details tomorrow, so…”
“Lily?”
“Hmm?”
“Let’s get out of here,” he said gruffly, his gaze full of heat and promise.
And she knew any details she shared tomorrow wouldn’t be made up.
* * *
There was only so much temptation a man could take, and tonight Noah reached his limit.
He didn’t care that Lily was a Montgomery.
He didn’t care that her father disliked him.
Hell, he didn’t even care that this could put his job in jeopardy.
All he knew was that he was tired of denying his feelings and depriving himself. Lily was beyond irresistible to him, and for this one night, he was going to have what he wanted.
And by the way she was practically sprinting to keep up with him as they walked out of the building, he’d say she felt the same way.
They stepped outside and Noah went directly to his car and that’s when he finally paused. “Did you drive here?”
She shook her head. “No. I came with the girls.”
“Good.” Opening the passenger door, he looked down at her and was surprised when Lily moved in close, cupping the nape of his neck, and dragged him down for another kiss. She was all warm curves and soft moans and part of him wished they were already back at either her place or his. The drive was going to be maddening. They were both panting and clinging to each other when he lifted his head. “I hate to sound like a cliché, but…your place or mine?”
“Mine,” she said, giving him one more kiss before sliding into the passenger seat.
