Page 35 of Here Comes Trouble
She thought back to all the teasing and flirting she’d allowed herself to indulge in over the last couple of days.
Yup, she probably had.
Swinging the door open she found him standing there, with his thumbs casually hooked into the belt loops of his jeans, like hot sex personified.
‘Hey. Are you okay?’
Pushing her shoulders back, she attempted to convey mature control, all the while shaking in her shoes. ‘Yes, I’m fine. I-I just got a bit overwhelmed.’
He nodded, like he understood. ‘Can I come in?’ he asked. He held up both hands. ‘It’s totally fine if you don’t want me to.’
She paused for a second, then nodded. She needed to stop running away from this. From him. ‘Yes, come in.’
There was a flash of relief in his eyes as he smiled and walked past her into the bedroom.
‘What’s going on, Jess?’
She shrugged awkwardly. ‘I-I just don’t need any complications in my life right now.’
‘Why does this need to be complicated?’
Her heart skipped a little.
‘I’m not the sort of person that sleeps around, it’s not my thing.’
‘How can having a night of hot, meaningless sex with me not be “your thing”?’ he said, but with a tease in his voice.
Rocking back on her heels she grasped for a response, but none was forthcoming.
‘What exactly are you worried about?’ he asked more gently.
She huffed out a sigh. ‘Come on, Xander, you know exactly what… I’m not even remotely like the women you usually date!’
‘Perhaps that’s why I like you so much.’
‘You like me?’ She was aware her eyebrows had shot upwards at this piece of information.
‘Believe it or not, I do. You’re the most genuine, interesting,surprisingperson I’ve met in a long time. And correct me if I’m wrong, but I think you’ve got a thing for me too, despite your misgivings,’ he finished, flashing her a sly grin.
The corner of her mouth twitched up into a smile; she couldn’t help it. ‘Okay, I admit, I like being around you. You can be good fun when you’re not trying to trip me up with your massive ego.’
He took this as permission to move closer to her so they were now almost toe to toe.
‘Maybe you should let yourself do something crazy for once then. Just for the hell of it,’ he murmured, gazing at her with those captivating eyes of his.
The expression of raw lust on his face made her shiver with pleasure.
‘What do you want from me?’ she asked, her voice low and husky with nerves.
‘I want to kiss you,’ he said quietly.
The air pulsed with expectation.
‘I want that too,’ she whispered back. Because she did. She really did.
She sucked in a breath as he slid his hands up to cup each side of her jaw and pulled her towards him. Her senses reeled as his lips crushed her mouth, soft, yet hard with hunger as he teased her lips open so he could slide his tongue between them. He tasted delicious, like the most delectable main course and the sweetest dessert all wrapped up in one sensational feast.
Sliding his hands under her thighs, he lifted her up against him and she felt the rigid length of his cock press against the agonisingly sensitised nerves between her legs.
