Page 42 of 40 and (Tired of) Faking It
“Not even that early.” He shrugged. “I got enough.” Moving through the door, he decided to presume and leaned in to give her a lingering kiss, only drawing away—reluctantly—when he needed a breath. “What have you got going on for your Sunday? I was hoping maybe you might go for a hike with me.”
Her gaze dropped to the drinks in his hand. “If that mocha is mine, I’m definitely up for a hike.” She tugged at her robe’s sash. “Let me grab a quick breakfast.”
“No need,” he said, winking. “I’ve got it waiting in the car.”
When she turned back to answer, her gaze dropped to his smile, and a faint flush rose to her cheeks. “Have I told you how much I love your dimple?”
He had to laugh, and oddly, his cheeks grew warm. “My dimple? I was kind of hoping you liked other things better.”
“Oh”—she headed down the hall, pulling off her robe in the process—“I definitely do.”
A flash of heat went through him, and he let his gaze linger until she moved through the door at the end of the hall. Tempted as he was to follow her, that would keep them here a couple of hours, and he wanted to feed her first. So he wandered around the living room, drinking his coffee and keeping a tight rein on his libido.
Lily returned five minutes later. “So where did you want to go?”
He turned from the wide front windows where he’d examined the world as seen by Lily. Her hair had been pulled back, workout clothes on, tennis shoes in her hand. So open and unassuming and…he wanted her. Just like that. No glamour or glitz or pretense or playing games. In that moment, watching her, something solidified inside him.
“JD?”
“Hmm?” He shook his head. Right. “I was hoping to check out some of the trails in the national park. You know, see what’s near the resort.”
His words were the truth, but that wasn’t the complete truth. The complete truth had shaken him deeply.
Yes, he needed to see what natural resources might be available for his guests. And yes, checking out things for the resort gave him an added excuse to get Lily to come along. But it was more than that. It was the smooth way they fit together, so easily, so quickly. It felt right, like two puzzle pieces sliding easily together.
She was the first thing he’d thought about when he woke this morning. The last thing he’d thought about before falling asleep last night.
He didn’t just want to spend time with her; he desperately wanted it. And not just in bed.
That last one was the ultimate mind blower. Bed had been the only place he wanted to take a woman for years. Until now. And he definitely wanted to take Lily there, just notonlythere.
Jesus, he was totally fucked over this woman, wasn’t he? Even asking himself the question…
What the hell had happened here?
He silently watched her put on her shoes, trying not to shake out of his skin. When the last loop was tied, Lily looked up at him. “You okay?”
He mentally shook himself, locking away the shock resonating inside him. “Fine. Ready?”
She bounced up off the couch. “Hand me that mocha and I am.”
That smile. He couldn’t resist it. “Can I have another kiss first?”
A sultry look flared in her eyes, and she began a slow prowl across the living room. “Another kiss?”
His mouth went dry, gaze dropping to her full breasts and hips outlined in the tight workout clothes. “Uh-huh.”
She eased closer. Anticipation tightened his entire body.
“It would have to be a pretty good kiss to be worth a mocha,” he pointed out.
“I’ll see what I can do.”
Moving into his space, Lily brushed her body against his. Once. Twice. She couldn’t fail to feel the hard length of his erection on prominent display. Probably noticed the way his breath had picked up, how his lids had gone to half-mast too, if the secretive smile playing around her lips was anything to go by. Lily as the shy woman uncertain of her appeal had drawn him like a lodestone. Stepping fully into the knowledge that she was sexy and that he wanted her? That Lily blew his mind.
He couldn’t wait. Drinks in one hand, he gripped the back of her head with the other and pulled her up to meet him. Mint and Lily filled his mouth as his tongue pushed deep. Lily opened to him immediately, drawing him in, sucking lightly on his tongue as he delved inside.
His cock jerked against her belly as she completely melted, wrapping her arms around his neck, molding her body to his.
