Page 12 of Angel In Armani

“Excellent choice,” he said and put his mouth to hers.

He took his kissing seriously, this man. That became apparent in the first few seconds. Any thoughts of How do I get out of this if he’s a terrible kisser? flew out of her head with the last shreds of her sanity when he settled his mouth on hers and began to light every nerve ending in her body on fire with a series of soft gentle exploratory kisses that were the work of a master.

She made a humming sound of pleasure and moved closer against him, curling her hand behind his neck as his lips teased and nipped and played.

When she began to grow impatient and arched a little more into him, opening her mouth, he didn’t need a second invitation. The kiss turned deeper. Hotter. His tongue was just as skilled as his lips.

He tasted as good as he smelled. A little like the beer they’d been drinking and a lot like … well, Lucas, she guessed. Delicious. Male.

And all hers for just one night. She was suddenly eager not to waste any time.

She reached for the first button on his shirt and popped it open. Lucas stopped kissing her for a moment. Then started again when she moved her hands to the next button and the next. It didn’t take very long to free them all. She pulled her mouth back from his kisses and pushed his shirt open, eager to see if the body beneath was all she’d imagined.

The power chose that very moment to go out.

Chapter Four

“Are you kidding me?” she muttered, frustrated.

Lucas laughed, the sound somehow even sexier in the dark. “Like to look, do you?”

“Depends on the scenery,” she said, still annoyed. “Yours had potential.”

He laughed again. “You know, in medical school they taught us that when one sense is deprived the others become heightened.”

“Not sure super-hearing is what I need right now.”

“I was thinking more of touch.” One of his hands took hers, lifted it, and placed it on his chest. Her palm tingled at the feel of warm solid muscle. “Touch is much more fun.”

He had a point. And at this moment, following doctor’s orders seemed like a pretty damned good idea.

He recommended touch. So touch it was going to be. Greedy now, she pushed at him and he rolled obediently and lay on his back. She swung a leg over him and settled astride him, pushing the shirt open with the impatience of a child tearing open a Christmas present.

If he was to be hers for one night only then she was going to make the most of it. Enjoy every inch of him.

She laid her hands on his chest and felt the bump of his heart under one of them, rushing fast like her own. So maybe he was human after all.

Flesh and blood.

She wriggled a little and felt the flesh part all too clearly. Nice. Very nice. But that would come later. No point rushing the touching. Start with the chest and work her way down. A smile bloomed on her face.

Her palms warmed from the heat of his skin, tingling as his chest rose and fell beneath her. He didn’t talk, just lay quietly. The room was still very dark, though her eyes were starting to adjust a little, but somehow she knew that his eyes were focused on her face.

There was something intimate in the weight of his unseen gaze. Too close, almost. More intimate than the fact that he was nearly half naked and she was straddling him, only thin cotton and wool separating them from being flesh to flesh.

They stayed that way, breathing together until she began to be able to see him, a little. Even half hidden by the lack of light, he was beautiful.

She bent down and kissed him again, wanting to be lost again, to not have to look at him a moment while she caught her breath.

His hands came up around her upper arms and she sighed into him as their tongues met and the pleasure of his kiss cut off the thinking part of her brain with ruthless efficiency.

So good.

So very very good.

Maybe they could just kiss until sunrise. Kiss like teenagers, lost in discovery.

But that would mean wasting the rest of him. And that, no matter how glorious his kisses, would be something she’d regret until she was old and gray. And probably beyond.

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