Page 10 of Drunk on Love

“If I hadn’t, would this be it for me for tonight?”

He’d read her mind. She grinned back at him.

“Depends how comfortable that couch out in the living room is,” she said.

He laughed out loud and took a step toward her.

“Luckily, we won’t have to test that.” His hands moved slowly up the sides of her arms to her shoulders. “Or, rather, luckily for me, I won’t have to undergo that test.”

She laughed softly as he bent to kiss the side of her neck. She was pretty sure it was lucky for her, too.

LUKE HADN’T PLANNED THIS.He’d had a stressful few days, and he knew this upcoming week would likely be just as stressful. He’d enjoyed the distraction of talking to Margot at the bar, and yes, he’d thought more than once as she’d gestured or laughed that he’d really like to see what this expressive, engaging woman was like in bed. And he’ddefinitelythought that he wanted to see her out of that dress that skimmed her body so well and that made the hard points of her nipples all too evident to him as he sat there next to her and tried not to look at them.

But he hadn’t expected that a woman like this would come home with him. She’d seemed amused by him at the bar, sure, but he didn’t think she was actually interested in him. He’d planned to just say good night to Margot at the door and walk home. Alone.

But then that crowd of people had tried to push past her at the door, like the entitled tourists that he could tell they were, and had made her stumble. So he’d had to shoulder his way through that crowd, to guide her through them. Though he’dnoticed that she’d managed to put one of her elbows neatly in that one guy’s stomach, hard enough to make him trip into the guy next to him.

And once he’d touched her, he hadn’t wanted to let go. So he’d delayed saying goodbye at the door, by saying something trite but true about the night sky. And when he’d seen her face, all soft and open and full of wonder as she’d looked up at the sky, he’d had to just see if he could kiss her.

And now she was here, and all he could think about was Margot, right in front of him.

He pushed the strap of her dress to the side and kissed her shoulder. She let out a soft, gentle sigh, and her eyes fluttered shut. He trailed his fingers up her arm, and pressed kisses along her shoulder, her collarbone on one side, then the other. As he kissed her, she moved her hands from his hips and slipped them under his shirt. He liked the way she explored his body—eager, confident, almost demanding. He felt pretty demanding right now, too.

She moved back, and tugged at his shirt.

“This is in the way,” she said.

“I absolutely agree,” he said.

He pulled it off and tossed it into the corner.

“Now, that’s better,” he said.

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at him.

“I absolutely agree,” she said. They grinned at each other.

He ran his hands up her body and stopped at those nipples that had so tormented him in the bar. He very gently pinched them both, and she laughed again, that throaty laugh that he felt all the way to his cock.

“Was that meant to be a request?” she asked him, that laughter in her eyes.

He shook his head, his hands still on her breasts.

“Oh no,” he said. “I’ve just been wanting to do that for hours.” He bent his head down to hers. “When I have a request, I’ll make that very clear.”

She moved her hands into his hair and looked at him with eyes full of need.

“Kiss me.”

He didn’t hesitate. He kissed her, again and again, as her hands roamed around his body, as his hands pulled her flush against him. He slowly backed her up as they kissed, until finally her legs bumped up against the bed.

“I thought,” he said, breaking the kiss, “that we might be more comfortable if we didn’t have to worry about standing up.”

Margot sat down on the side of the bed and swung her legs over to join the rest of her body. She reclined on the pillows he’d bought just the day before, and looked up at him with half-lidded eyes.

“It’s really amazing how much we agree on this evening,” she said. “I’m excited to see if this continues.”

He sat down at the foot of the bed and put his hands on her ankles.

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