Page 37 of A Reclusive Heart

After this morning, he should have grown bored with her, especially after he realized that was all he would ever be able to get from her. Even knowing that there was no chance in hell that he was going to slide into heaven couldn’t stop him from thinking about her. He wanted to touch her and make her come again, but this time while she screamed his name and he sure as hell wanted her to touch him again. It had been the first hand-job he’d received since he was a kid and undoubtedly the best. He’d never come so hard in his life and he knew that if she ever fully took him into her mouth that it would probably kill him.

“No,” Jamie said, not bothering to look back at him, which was probably a good thing since he couldn’t seem to tear his eyesaway from her tattoo and ass. “It’s warm in here and we’re going to Georgia, so I doubt I’ll be cold.”

He sent a glare at her ass before he forced himself to look away. “Too much sunlight isn’t good for your tattoo,” Nick reminded her, hoping she’d just take the damn hint and cover up before he had to break the jaw of the bastard practically drooling next to him. What the hell was wrong with this asshole checking Jamie out when she was clearly with him?

Maybe the asshole didn’t know that Jamie was with him, Nick decided since the damn woman was a good five feet in front of him instead of by his side where she belonged. He threw the bastard a glare as he stepped up to Jamie’s side and threw his arm around her shoulders. Jamie threw him a curious look but didn’t say anything.

Smart woman.

Right now, he was torn between kissing the hell out of her and spanking that sweet ass of hers. This was all her fault. He shouldn’t be feeling like this. In fact, he hated feeling like this. Instead of standing here with her, he should have followed through with the brush-off that he’d automatically started this morning and right now, he should be flirting with the hot stewardess that kept shooting him welcoming glances.

What in the hell was wrong with him?

“Are you still cranky?” Jamie asked.

“I’m not cranky,” he bit out even though he was feeling pretty damn cranky at the moment.

“Uh-huh,” Jamie said absently as she looked around the busy airport until her eyes landed on the small cafe. “Well, while you’re doing whatever it is that you’re doing, I’m going to get something to eat while we wait to board.”

Before he could stop her, she was stepping out from beneath his arm and heading over to the cafe. He took note of every guy that stopped what they were doing to stare at her ass. That washisass they were all staring at and he wasn’t having it. Until he was done with her that was his ass to enjoy and he was damn well going to enjoy it, Nick decided as he stalked over to her and took her back into his arms where she damn well belonged.

At least for the moment.

“Where are you going?”Nick asked as she headed towards the front exit of the large convention center.

She gestured towards the door where most of the fans were heading. “To grab a taxi and head back to the hotel,” Jamie said, frowning since he was the one that told her that they were leaving.

Nick gestured towards the back exit of the building. “The RNL was so pleased by this year’s turnout that they decided to treat you to a limo for the night,” Nick explained as they made their way towards the back exit.

Jamie wondered if this was going to be the moment he chose to clear the air between them. Even though she’d already figured it out for herself, it would be nice to hear it come from him. It wouldn’t be the first time that she heard the rejection speech, but it would probably be the most painful one. She wasn’t looking forward to hearing it, but she knew this morning that this little love affair of theirs probably wouldn’t last the day. She got to have her experience with him and she wasn’t about to ruin it by being sad that it was ending before it really had a chance to begin.

“Here we are,” Nick said, gesturing to a sleek black limousine parked less than ten feet from the door.

Jamie sent the driver, an older man with short brown hair, a polite smile as she accepted his help into the limo. Once shewas inside, she took her time taking everything in since it was her first time in a limo. There was a lot more room than she thought there would be. There was plenty of room to seat eight adults comfortably, a flatscreen television and even a minibar in the sidewall. Being given the kiss off by Nick would definitely be memorable, Jamie thought with a frown as she watched a black divider suddenly slide up, cutting off her view of the driver. Privacy was probably for the best. She’d really hate to have anyone witness this.

“Come here,” Nick suddenly said, drawing her attention from the mini cans of Coke to the backseat where he was lounging as he pulled his tie loose. When she hesitated, Nick reached over and grabbed her hand and gently pulled her closer until she somehow found herself straddling his lap.

“Much better,” Nick said, sounding pleased as he pushed her hair away from her neck and leaned in.

Her eyes closed on a soft sigh when his mouth found her neck and his hands moved over her bottom. “Um, what’s going on?” she couldn’t help but ask, wondering if perhaps she’d misread his crankiness. She did seem to make him especially cranky lately.

Nick chuckled against her neck, and God, did that feel good. “What does it look like?” he asked teasingly as he readjusted her on his lap until she found the large bulge in his pants pressed tightly against the spot that ached for him.

“Umm,” Jamie said, licking her lips as she tilted her head back to give him more room to work, “confusing me?”

“What exactly are you confused about?” Nick asked, grabbing her bottom and grinding her against him. The move robbed her of the ability to speak so she had to contend herself with just grabbing onto his shoulders and holding on for dear life when he did it again.

“Uh, nothing?” she said, trying to remember what he just said. Not that it mattered, Jamie decided a moment later when he slipped one hand down the back of her pants while the other one slid beneath her shirt and cupped her breast.

This was heaven, Jamie thought on a moan as she ground herself against him. She leaned down and kissed him as she moved on his lap, desperate for the release he’d given her that morning. When she found it, he swallowed her screams while she swallowed his curses.

“Everything is canceled,”Nick announced as he tossed his cell phone on top of his open suitcase. “The signing and the interviews have all been canceled thanks to this storm.”

The truth was, Jamie hadn’t been looking forward to braving this weather and for the past hour, she’d been contemplating faking her own death to get out of it. She didn’t know what was worse, the thunder and lightning, the buckets of water that were being poured down from the sky or the hail that occasionally slammed against the hotel window. The only thing she knew for certain was that she didn’t want to go out in it.

At least she got the day off, Jamie thought as she found herself looking up from the file that she was working on to run an appreciative eye over Nick as he sorted through the folders stacked on top of the desk. Maybe they could use this time to try out a few more things. After what happened in the limo last night, they hadn’t had a moment to rest, relax, or more importantly, at least to her, to do it again. Thanks to him, she’d been up half the night aching for him. She used those hours wisely and got some work done. She’d finished editing a novel, finished her chapter early in her secret project, and finishedwriting three chapters for her latestVampire of the Heartnovel. Now that they had the day off, she wanted to-

“We can use this time to get some work done,” Nick announced, bursting her bubble as she watched him loosen his tie as he grabbed a pen and set to work.

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