Page 46 of Love Like This

“No. That’s not it,” Hadley said, holding her pose. There wasnothing cuter, or hotter, than this woman standing in her kitchen.

“Lip gloss?” Spencer asked, loving the delayed gratification, andturned the hell on by it. “I could grab you some if—”

Hadley gasped in mock indignation, snapped her focus to Spencerjust in time to be kissed. “Oh,” Hadley murmured. And kissed some more. Spencercould taste the sweetness of the wine still on her lips, and for good measurelicked the bottom one. They were up against the counter, and then therefrigerator as their mouths danced and their hands explored. Both spots weregood, but not enough. Yes, it was date three, but there was no way she wasgoing to be presumptuous or expect anything beyond what they had going. Threewas technically really early, and she was a practical-minded person. Ifanything, making out with Hadley would be blissful and torturous but she couldhandle—

“Where’s your bedroom?” Hadley asked in her ear, her hands tuggingat the hem of Spencer’s top.

Kittensmarching into battle.

“Down the hall. But fair warning, Minnie Mouse is in the bathroom.Door is open. She just prefers the tub when I have company, so I let her chillthere and take everything in.”

“Pause. You have a cat named after a Disney character?”

“I do. Minnie for short.”

Hadley’s lips found hers again instantly and worked wonders theMagic Kingdom couldn’t keep up with. All hail Walt Disney. Hadley slid herhands into the backs of Spencer’s pockets as they walked, and kissed, andwalked and kissed. She paused and pulled something from Spencer’s jeans. Thecrumpled Post-It from the fridge. Spencer rolled her lips in. Wonderful.

“What is this?” Hadley asked and unrumpled the paper. “Lightcandles before she arrives,” she read out loud. She shifted her gaze toSpencer, eyebrow arched like Sherlock Holmes hot on the trail.

No point trying to finesse her way around this one. “My bestfriend, Kendra, had a hand in helping me plan the details for tonight. She’sbetter at all of this than I am. A good portion of credit goes to her.”

“And what else did Kendra say you should do?” Hadley asked. Sheundid the top button of Spencer’s capris. Spencer’s eyes fluttered closed andshe swallowed. How in the world was she supposed to answer a question like thatwhen Hadley, the wide-eyed innocent, was slowly starting to undress her? How?

“She said something about the hens. Cook them, I think.”

Hadley tugged on Spencer’s open pants and pulled her into thebedroom. “What else?” She began kissing her neck slowly, seductively.

Spencer tried to think. “Um, she said I should probably playmusic.”

Hadley lifted her head and looked at Spencer with those perfectblue eyes. “You did an excellent job of that.”

“Thank you.” Her responses were slow because her brain wasdeprived. All the blood had gone elsewhere, and the dampness in her underwearhad just graduated. How had that happened so quickly? The effect of Hadley. That’show.

“Any other advice from Kendra?”

Spencer blinked. There had been so much, and now it all rolledtogether in a jumble, because she really just wanted to kiss Hadley some more,get her on that bed and…oh, that’s right. “She said date three could be animportant date.”

Hadley nodded calmly. “Why is that, do you think?”

Spencer couldn’t make herself say the words. “It just meant thatwe were…progressing.”

“To right here in your bedroom?” Hadley asked, and loweredSpencer’s zipper.

“Something like that.”

She stroked the soft skin just above Spencer’s bikini line.“Kendra told you that if you played your cards right, you’d get lucky tonight?”

Spencer nodded. “But I’m not Kendra. I didn’t invite you overexpecting anything other than dinner and—what do you call it? Fun wine?”

“It was fun. It might also be fun if you touched me now.”

Spencer nodded. She eased her hands under the back of Hadley’s topand slid them upward, reveling in the warmth of her skin, how soft it wasbeneath her fingertips. Hadley inhaled at her touch, and even that slightreaction sent Spencer places. The music from the living room drifted in, andshe wondered if the significance of Hadley’s desire mirrored her own. Theykissed and walked their way toward the bed. The room was almost dark. In a fewmore minutes, the sun would be down entirely.

When Hadley began to unbutton her blouse, Spencer interjected,“Let me. I want to undress you.”

Hadley stared at her, and slowly dropped her hands, a sultry smileon her lips. Spencer put the lights to low so they’d have something to see by,and returned to Hadley. She unzipped her dress slowly, taking in each tinyglimpse of skin revealed to her.God,this body.The gentle curve of Hadley’s breasts came into view asshe turned, accentuated by a dark purple bra. She swallowed at the bolt ofarousal. She’d hardly touched Hadley, yet her center, her thighs, her kneesshook and ached. She wanted nothing more than to lick her way across that braline and beneath. She’d take her time and acquaint herself with every inch ofHadley. She’d hoped to keep tonight light and playful, but this was feelinganything but. The tight gathering of lust that she’d carried with her the pastfew weeks had melted and spread to every part of her. She wanted Hadley so badlythat it was hard to maintain control. She tried to take a breath to settleherself, but there was simply no air.

Hadley stepped into her space, and with one easy motion of hershoulders, her dress slid down her arms to the floor, leaving her standing therein the purple bra and matching bikinis. “My turn,” Hadley said. She slowlylifted Spencer’s shirt up and over her head. “Look at you,” she breathed,staring down at the expanse of cleavage now on display. Spencer’s breasts werefuller than Hadley’s. She’d never been hugely confident of them…until now, thatis. The way Hadley stared down left Spencer breathless and aching for them tobe touched. How quickly the tables had turned. As if reading her thoughts,Hadley traced along the top of her bra line, watching Spencer’s reaction withinterest. “You’re so beautiful, Spencer,” she whispered, reaching behindSpencer with one hand and adeptly unclasping her bra. With gentle ease, sheleaned down and captured a nipple in her mouth in a manner that could be describedas anything but timid.Fuck.Pinpoints of pleasure hit hard and Spencer threaded her fingers into Hadley’shair as Hadley pulled her in by her waist. If Spencer had any delusions abouttaking charge, she let them fly right out the window as Hadley angled hertopless and hazy onto the bed. In a matter of seconds, her pants and thong hadbeen removed from her body and discarded on the floor. “Oh wow,” Hadley said,running a hand from Spencer’s stomach down to her thigh, while Spencerconcentrated on simply obtaining air.

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