Page 34 of Burning Love
“I do. Plenty enough space for me. It’s working out. I’ll figure the rest out as I go.”
“And you’re ready to go now,” he said, leaning against the counter in the kitchen, looking ultra sexy with his ankles crossed, his hands behind him on the granite, his eyes watching her every move.
“I am,” she said, walking closer to him. “If you give me a kiss goodbye.”
He tugged her forward. Not as fast as he’d done before, but a nice smooth motion that told her he had some game.
Her arms went up and over his head and behind his neck, her mouth on his, their kiss hotter than the other two. She hadn’t thought it was possible.
She broke free of him and stepped back, fanned her face, and took a few deep breaths.
“Do you need some air?” he asked.
“Nope,” she lied. “I’m good now. Talk to you soon, Jace.”
Talia strutted out his front door knowing his eyes were on her ass and legs since she’d changed back into her shorts.
She wanted to feel as if she got somewhat of an upper hand on him to end the night.
11
A LOST CAUSE
Jace heard the car door shut three days later while he was painting his living room and moved to the front window to see who was in his driveway.
The good thing about not having close neighbors, he knew when someone was on his property.
If he’d hoped it might be Talia, he lost that bet when his father walked up the stairs.
He put the roller down and went to unlock the door and pull it open.
“Hey,” he said. “What brings you by?”
“I need to get my tile cutter.”
“Oh shit,” he said. “I should have brought it back last week and got busy.”
Jace had a lot of tools, but some things he didn’t buy and only borrowed. He’d needed it to tile the half bath floor and feature wall two weeks ago.
“Not a problem,” his father said. “I drove by to get it on Saturday, but you had company and I didn’t want to interrupt.”
“Thanks.”
“And that quick answer tells me it was a woman,” his father said, smirking.
The same smirk that Jace had.
It still amazed him how much he looked like his father. Even acted like him.
How could his mother have lived with seeing that for years and never told him the truth?
“We only had dinner.”
“Normally you don’t offer that much. Dare I ask if maybe you’re dating someone seriously for once?”
“It’s been two dates.” He didn’t know what it’d be. He’d never had anything serious in his mind and hadn’t planned on it now, but Talia had him confused almost as much as she was.
She saw right through him. He knew it.
