Total pages in book: 21
Estimated words: 18896 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 94(@200wpm)___ 76(@250wpm)___ 63(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 18896 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 94(@200wpm)___ 76(@250wpm)___ 63(@300wpm)
“Max.” She cried out his name, her body pulsing around his, beckoning him to follow. And as his climax hit, engulfing him in sensation, Max heard the ringing of bells.
* * *
Brandy curled her legs beneath her and poked around in the candy dish he’d brought from his small kitchen. She clenched her thighs together and the waves of awareness hit her once more. How could she still be so sensitive and aroused?
She glanced over at Max through hooded eyes. He watched her intently, not saying a word. What was there to say? What they’d just shared defied description. Though she knew she’d clammed up on him afterward, her thoughts were in turmoil. She’d planned a seduction she could walk away from, not a relationship that would be hard to let go of. But no matter how she tried to tell herself she barely knew him, he’d not only touched her body, he’d touched her heart.
“Do you always work up such an appetite?” He rested his arm across the pillows, skimming his fingertips along her shoulders.
“I already told you I don’t do this often, so how do you expect me to answer that?” she snapped, then held up her hands in apology. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”
“I do.”
He took the bowl out of her hands and placed it on the nightstand. “It was intense and it scared you.”
She narrowed her gaze, not sure if she liked how well he read her. “If that’s the case then how come you’re so calm?”
He took her hand, his thumb tracing slow circles into her palm and her stomach curled with warmth. “I’m a jaded guy who’s been around and knows when he’s found something special?” he asked. “And if I’m not shaken, I think the more important question is how come you are?”
She bit down on her lower lip. She couldn’t very well tell him she’d slept with him thinking it was only one night. It was callous, and regardless of what he wanted from her, she had no desire to hurt him. Besides, what she’d wanted going into this night was no longer what she desired now.
Now she wanted a chance to see where things with Max could lead, but the thought frightened her. After all, what did she know about long-term, stable relationships? Of depending on another person when she only knew how to depend on herself? Most of all, she feared losing her independence to a man and had seen what it could cost her. She only had to look to her mother’s dependence on her father and the need to follow him around the country without a thought or care to the child she’d left behind.
But she wanted to learn about sharing and caring, and she wanted to see that being in a relationship didn’t mean losing the autonomy she cherished. She wanted to learn all those things.
With Max.
“Let’s say you’re right.” She forced herself to meet his compassionate and oh-so-sexy gaze. “And let’s say what’s between us is hot and…”
“Intense.” He treated her to his most charming grin.
Then again, any grin she’d seen from him was appealing and her heart twisted with emotion. “Okay, intense. It’s been one night. What exactly are you proposing we do about it?” she asked and her heart clenched with possibilities.
In response, he pulled her into his arms and toppled her to the mattress, sandwiching her body between his and the bed. “I suggest we go with the flow and see where things lead.”
And if his hard erection against her stomach was any indication, she knew exactly where they were headed. At least for now. “You do know how to tempt me.” And going with the flow wasn’t a high-pressure situation.
In fact, it was one she couldn’t wait to handle. She reached down and grasped his cock in her hands. He exhaled and a groan reverberated from his body through hers.
He managed a laugh. “Tempting you is a pleasure.” He brushed a sweet kiss across her lips. “Then I have one day at a time to show you we can be as good out of bed as in.”
His hips jerked forward, his cock brushing against her thigh. Heat rocked her and arousal began a steady pulsing rhythm.
Brandy closed her eyes. Easier to concentrate on the physical than on the emotional, she thought, letting sensation take over. He had only to let his desire be known and her body came alive.
“Look at me.”
She opened her eyes but she wasn’t able to meet his gaze.
“I’m not going to let you hide from me.” He cupped her cheek in his hand and the tender gesture brought an unnerving lump to her throat. Not only did he understand her so well but he cared, too. What they’d found in one night was rare and special and he felt it, too.