Page 9 of His Best Man's Baby

His green gaze met hers

. “What you tell me tonight is between me and you.”

“Really?”

“Scout’s honor.”

“Boy, please. You were never a scout.”

He chuckled and winked. Her nerves settled a bit more.

“Since you shared with me, I’ll do the same.”

Tae tilted her head to the side, studying him. Jax had always seemed open about what he wanted. He didn’t bite his tongue or go along with the crowd. He had no shame even when others tried to judge him. One would wait an eternity for an apology for being what he was. “You have secrets? Don’t tell me you don’t like Alise either. No, wait. You do like her, and you’ve been keeping it from Daniel, heartbroken that you’ll never get to be with her.”

“Funny.”

She shrugged. “Anything’s possible.”

“Sure,” he agreed. “You’re right. The woman I’m interested in does belong to Daniel, in a sense.”

“I don’t get it. Is there some oth—” She froze. “Are you serious?”

“Is it so hard to believe? You’re incredibly beautiful and very sexy. Does my admission disgust you?” When he looked at her breasts, she resisted raising a hand to them, both turned on by his interest and confused by it. She and Jax had always flirted, but she’d never thought he was for real. Just because Daniel had dated black women didn’t mean Jax would find them attractive enough to take to bed.

She cast her gaze toward the floor, a tingle starting between her legs that she’d like to blame on the alcohol. “Not at all.”

Jax stood up to make her another drink, this time with vodka, and Tae accepted it. She took her feet out from under her and crossed one leg over the other. Jax downed another drink and stretched his arms over his head. The bastard knew what he did, she thought, amused as she watched the ripple of corded muscle.

“Have you been with anyone since Daniel?”

She choked on her drink and pounded her chest coughing. Jax rushed over and patted her back. He brushed close to her side, and she felt the heat from his body, but only concern registered in his expression. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Thanks.”

“You can ignore my question.”

“No, I haven’t,” she admitted after a few minutes of silence.

Jax hadn’t moved from the side of her chair. Now he leaned over her, his mouth so close she felt his hot breath on her neck. She dared not look up at him, but he had no such qualms when he grasped her chin and raised it. A tremor raced through her body at his touch, but still she kept her lashes lowered. Jax’s thumb teased her bottom lip, and she had the most ridiculous desire to suck on it.

“You need to get him out of your system.”

She didn’t know what made her say, “I suppose you think you’re the one to do it?”

He closed the breath of space between them and kissed her. Tae’s lips parted of their own accord, and she dipped her head farther back before her mind caught up with what she did. She raised her hands to push him away, but her will snagged on the feel of his warm skin beneath her fingertips.

“Make no mistake,” he intoned, “if I took you, another man would not enter your mind.”

“Y-You…” She cleared her throat. “You’re pretty confident. Every man can’t please me sexually.” What the heck was she saying? No way she’d show a man of Jax’s physical perfection her lumpy body with the stretch marks and cottage-cheese thighs. Hell, she’d been terrified of showing Daniel, but when she did, she’d been a size smaller, and he loved her at the time.

Jax dropped a hand to her shoulder and then moved it down her arm until he reached her hip. When he slid it around to her belly, her pussy clenched. She bit her lip as he massaged a spot above her clit, not even touching it, but so close it drove her insane.

“I could drop to my knees right now and eat you until you scream.”

She shivered and shut her eyes. “I should go back to my room.”

“Is that what you want?”

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