Page 61 of Return of the Bad Girl (Rock Canyon, Idaho 4)

Her moans gained pitch with each pass, and she buried her lips into his shoulder as her muscles clenched, and her second orgasm of the day brought about wave after wave of relief. Spent and relaxed, she held on as he shouted her name, a warm smile spreading across her lips when she felt his cock flex inside her as he came. His chest heaved against her, and while she waited for him to collect himself, she drew lazy patterns over his back.

Besides, she was quite out of breath herself.

He pulled away enough to look down at her. “If you want to go again, you might have to give me a minute.”

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nbsp; A breathless giggle escaped her as she admitted, “When you said sex with you was a ride, you weren’t just whistlin’ Dixie.”

“Whistlin’ Dixie? Who are you, Granny Clampett?”

“My mom used to say it. She was originally from Mississippi and moved here when she was thirteen.”

His harsh laugh caused her stomach to flip-flop all over. She’d never heard him laugh, and damn, it was sexy. But Gabe’s laugh also sounded hoarse, like he didn’t use it very often. She’d always loved to make people laugh, especially as a kid.

Involuntarily, she smoothed her fingertips across his lips, lingering on the edges and then trailing up to the crinkles at the edge of his eyes.

“You searching for more scars?”

“No,” she said, removing her hand. For just a minute, she had forgotten this was a fluke—a one-time thing—and had been trying to memorize the moment. As if she wanted more.

Unwrapping her legs from his waist, she felt him slide from her body and shivered as her muscles clenched again. Still, Gabe didn’t release her right away, holding her at her waist until she dropped her arms from his shoulders.

She could definitely go another round, but she didn’t plan on making a habit of jumping Gabe whenever she had an itch her vibrator wouldn’t satisfy. He was a self-proclaimed bad guy, and although she wasn’t perfect, she did want to find someone she could have a future with. A mature adult with his life together.

Besides, if she was ever going to breach her father’s defenses, there was no way she was going to do it with a tattooed ex-con by her side. If her father pitched a fit at Val’s squeaky clean former marine Justin Silverton, he’d have another heart attack if she introduced him to Gabe.

Damn, have you always been a snob, and it’s just been lying dormant? You aren’t exactly the type of girl nice guys bring home to Mama . . .

“I should get dressed and get back home. The kittens are probably hungry, and I—”

“You don’t have to explain,” Gabe said as he walked to where his briefs and jeans lay. “I get what this was.”

“You do?”

“Yeah,” he said, his back to her. She saw him drop the condom into the wastebasket before he stepped into his boxer briefs, pulling them up and over those hard, drool-worthy calves and thighs until his sculpted ass disappeared beneath the navy cotton.

She bit her lip to shut her mouth. If she didn’t stop staring at him, drool was going to start dribbling down her chin.

He turned around to face her as he shook out his jeans and pulled them back on. “You were horny as hell, and I was available. I understand, and believe me, I didn’t mind.”

Okay, so maybe she’d been thinking almost the exact same thing, but that didn’t mean he could just assume that she was using him to get her rocks off.

Why not? That’s what it was. Why can’t he call a spade a spade?

Because despite her best efforts not to let it get to her, when he’d looked into her eyes, part of her had felt like he could see into her soul.

“Is that what it was for you?”

He had the damn nerve to shrug. Bastard.

“Huh.” She moved over to where he’d tossed her jeans and took several long, calming breaths.

“I say something wrong? Was this supposed to be something more?”

“No, of course you’re right,” she said, pulling her jeans on without her underwear. “I helped you move your shit around just so you would fuck me. I had this whole thing planned. I’m like some kind of moving prostitute. I help you move, and you—”

He pulled her to him so fast, her mouth snapped shut.

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