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She cursed under her breath as she walked away. “Stupid, stupid, stupid.” What the heck had she been thinking letting that tidbit slip out?
She didn’t get far. Within two steps Josh had caught up, grabbed her hand in a no-nonsense grip and was all but dragging her along behind him.
Not wanting to make a scene in the dining room, she allowed it until they got to the elevator. “Josh, what are you doing?” she demanded as he pressed for the penthouse and swiped his key-card over the reader.
The door opened and he pulled her in behind him without answering and kept hold of her hand until the doors closed.
“You don’t drop a bombshell like that and then make a run for it, Penny,” he told her through gritted teeth.
What the heck was wrong with him? He seemed way too upset about a throwaway comment which applied to something so many years in the past.
“It’s ancient history, Josh,” she told him, pulling out of his grip, even if there was nowhere to go since he’d fast tracked the lift directly to the top floor. “And it’s probably better left that way. We’re both different people now and there’s a whole lot of water under the bridge.”
“Good,” he replied. “Then you’ll have no problem putting all that aside and renewing our friendship as adults then, I assume?”
She opened her mouth, not exactly to argue, they were her words, after all, even if it wasn’t exactly what she had meant.
Josh continued before she managed to reply. “But you know what, Penny? I do want to talk about it. I think we should clear the air, start from scratch and let bygones be bygones. But we should each say our piece first.”
The elevator ground to a halt and Josh took her hand again. Despite his words it seemed he wasn’t completely convinced that she wouldn’t make a break for it.
When they arrived in his suite, he let her go and started pacing the floor like an angry lion. Really, why was he so agitated?
Penny stayed by the door, waiting for him to give her some indication of where this was going.
Despite that, she was still taken by surprise when he spun around, marched over to where she stood, backed her up and trapped her against the wall with his big body. He looked at her for just a second, then growled, his intense gaze searing into her and making her shiver with renewed awareness. Then he tunneled both his hands into her hair, angled her head and crushed his mouth to hers.
Penny’s lips parted in a surprised squeak which Josh took full advantage of, his tongue surging and dueling with hers.
Surprise widened her eyes for just a moment before she blocked out the world and melted against him, pressing herself just as close as she could and giving as good as she got.
And still it wasn’t enough.
A wildfire seemed to blaze to life inside her veins. Hot, molten desire rushing through her from head to toe. Her breasts became heavy and her nipples throbbed, desperate for attention while a heavy pulse settled between her thighs.
Penny was mindless and what’s more she didn’t care. She had waited so long for this. It was something she’d dreamed of and fantasized over as a teenager and it appeared that none of the intervening years had diminished that desire. All she wanted was to get closer to him. To feel every inch of him. As he fisted his hands tighter in her hair, Penny found herself frustrated by the layers of clothes keeping them apart. One hand wrapped around his nape, she used the other to jerk at his tie, throwing it carelessly to the floor as impatience got the better of her.
She wasn’t sure which of them was more shocked at the ripping sound that filled the space between them when she tore at his shirt, not even bothering to attempt the buttons.
Josh surged against her and she could feel the hard evidence of his desire digging into her stomach. She wanted to feel that pressed against her most sensitive places and rubbed up against him in an attempt to slake some of that need. It wasn’t enough.
She paused, momentarily, from her desperate exploration of his muscled, hair roughened chest so that she could wrap her legs around his waist. Josh encouraged her, grasping her buttocks and squeezing as he surged and ground against her core.
Penny groaned and ripped her mouth away from his, flinging her head back and desperately sucking in air. Josh took advantage of her move by feasting on her neck, the decadent nips and soothing licks sending a screeching cascade of fireworks down her spine.
“Josh…bedroom,” she managed huskily, looking at him from beneath lust heavy lashes.
He didn’t need telling twice. Pushing away from the wall, he carried her across the room, his mouth still roaming across her shoulder where he’d pushed down the neck of her dress to reveal a new expanse of skin to explore.
Penny vaguely noticed that it was a different bedroom from the one she’d used earlier. It was even bigger and sported a huge four poster bed.
Josh tossed her onto it, and made short work of removing the ruined shirt. “We were supposed to talk…” he panted as she shimmied out of her dress.
“Later,” Penny replied, catching him behind the neck and pulling him down to continue their kiss while she grappled with his belt buckle.
Josh canted his hips then unzipped his pants when the belt hit the floor while Penny worked the button at his waist. A moment later she was pushing them down, both hands skimming his tight ass as she explored this new territory.
Josh surged to his feet, letting them fall, then kicking them away as he settled back between her legs in just a pair of jersey boxers.
