Page 11 of Bear In A Boutique
He took it and an amused grin lit his face. Her breath caught at the unexpectedness of it.
“Your hand is on my ass.”
What? She lightly clenched her fingers, mortified to feel the perfectly round, firm flesh under her hand. His ass.
“It is?”
Why did it feel like she was losing intelligence by the second? What was it about this man that turned her into a lovesick idiot?
“Yep.”
“Sorry. I was trying not to fall.”
Their eyes locked and she completely lost her breath. She should get down now and let him get back to work, but holy hell, he had some kind of hold on her, and she couldn’t look away.
“Olive.”
“Yeah?”
“Your hand is still on my ass.”
Heat flushed her hairline as she jerked her hand away.
“You're welcome to keep it there,” he said easily. “But only if I get a turn.”
Her brain went completely dumb. Ryker Mitchell was flirting with her. “You… want to touch my ass?”
A sexy, thick sound worked from his throat, sending heat right between her legs.
“You have no idea.”
Dumbfounded, she could only look at him. What did she even say to that?Yes, please. How about right now?Maybe she should just bend over and give it a little wiggle and see what happens next.
“That took a turn I wasn’t expecting.” Running a hand over her hair, she rolled her shoulders and tried to recenter herself.
“What can I say? I’m a wild ride.”
A little moan worked out of her. “I bet you are.”
Ask me if I want to find out. Come on. Come on.She’d overlook asshole Ryker to experience fantasy Ryker just once, just to get him out of her system. Who was she kidding? He wasn’t a man you got over; he was a living, breathing Adonis who would break your bed before he broke your heart.
He went back to work like this little fuck-me exchange never happened. She turned to leave when his voice stopped her.
“Desi is going to install the same security system he put in Cara’s bookstore. It’s like Fort Knox over there.”
She took a deep breath. We’re back to normal. Ok.
And this was good news. Desi Mitchell was an ex-military security expert who’d returned to Estes Park after his military service ended and now outfitted the majority of businesses in town with top-notch security systems, including his wife Cora’s bookstore. Cora had tragic security issues in the past that kept her housebound and narrowed her world. That was before Desi changed her life and now she was the most protected woman in all of Colorado.
“That’s good, considering I’m here alone most of the time.”
“I know and I don’t like it.”
Tingles raced over her scalp. Since when did Ryker worry about her safety?
“Considering what you’ve been through already.”
Right. That one time she was kidnapped, and he was there to save the day.
