Page 87 of Sing it, Sam

Sam’s fingers tease at the nape of my neck. Goosebumps prickle like wildfire over my skin. “Sam,” I growl.

“Janie,” he whispers, close to my ear. He flattens his palms and smooths them over my shoulders, as if trying to relieve some of the tension there. It doesn’t work; if anything, it makes me more agitated. I’m trying to do something special for him.And he’s being a stupid boy.

“What’s the hold-up?” I bark out.

His fingers travel up to the nape of my neck once more, twirling the hair there. “What if I don’t wanna?”

I close my eyes and snort out a breath. Sam has gone from an impassioned male to a small child in mere seconds.

“Get. On. Me,” I growl as my patience wears paper-thin.

Warm hands curl over my shoulders, holding tight. “The three little words every man wants to hear,” he says, and plants a soft kiss below my ear. His inner thighs squeeze around my hips. I hook my hands beneath his bent knees and hold his weight.

Carrying Sam won’t be a walk in the park, but I can do this. I’ll do anything to make this easy for him, so he can enjoy my piece of paradise. Even if he’s being a twit about getting there.

“In a perfect world, I’d be piggybacking you. You’d whisper all kinds of sweet things in my ear,” Sam croons.

“Yeah, well the tables are turned, my friend.”

Sam chuckles. “Guess I’d better whisper all kinds of devilish things in your ear, then.”

I negotiate a fallen tree branch at my feet, widening my step. Once over it, I pause to regain my balance and then find a rhythm in my step.

“Hmm,get on me. Are those three words you’ve been dying to hear?” he asks.

I bite down on my bottom lip, desperate not to burst into laughter. I need to move, and fast, before I lose momentum. Sam’s hands sweep around my collarbone, and then his fingers fumble over my chest before one hand grips his other wrist.Did he just intentionally grope me, or was it an accident?

My nipples tighten with Sam’s low chuckle rumbling at my ear. “Now’s not the time to make me weak at the knees, Sam Marshall. I want us to make it to the bank in one piece.”

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