“How come you didn’t offer me one?”
“Didn’t know you wanted it.”
“I told you I liked them all.”
“Thought you were only being nice.”
“Despite what you might think, I’m not nice to soothe your ego or kiss up. It’s just how I am.”
He turned and walked away from her again, but this time he went to the bar.
If her eyes followed his ass in those Levis that might have been made for him, she couldn’t be blamed.
Six foot plus of hotness with a shirt that was stretched across his chest and arms.
He might be tall, but he was all upper body in terms of muscle.
At least in her mind. It’s not like she could notice big bodybuilder thighs on him.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Nothing. Why?”
“Your face is red,” he said. “Which cider do you want?”
She moved behind the bar and looked at the taps, then pulled the glass out of his hand and filled it herself.
“I can serve myself,” she said. “And my face is red with excitement. You know. That thing you never experience.”
“Oh, I get excited,” he said, his voice low. He leaned closer to her. “You might not be able to handle it though.”
She coughed on the sip she’d taken, then was sucking in air so hard that he was pounding her on the back.
Yep. Real sexy move there.
9
MINCE WORDS
Clay was being a dick and he knew it.
He was acting like an asshole because he wanted Meredith more than he had any other woman in years and knew he couldn’t have her.
Her light brown hair that was flowing around her shoulders. Her face had little makeup on it, the way he liked.
Her chipper personality that he always ran from wanted to reel him in.
It didn’t hurt that her ass looked damn fine in those fitted tan pants. Or that the blue shirt clung to her tiny waist.
Nothing on her was sexy, but it was a tease just the same for a man who hadn’t touched a woman in longer than he cared to remember.
Add to that his overwhelming feelings of protectiveness, and he was a goner.
But she couldn’t handle how jaded he was, so he was coming off stronger than normal to fend her off.
She was too joyful and optimistic for the likes of him.
She saw the world through a rainbow-colored lens, floral-scented air, and candy-coated sweetness.
