“Better get going,” he said, pushing to his feet, and I followed suit, escorting him to the door. Stopping before it, I turned to him and noticed him checking out my mouth, just sort of staring at it for a moment before his gaze lifted to my eyes. His brows popped up as though he wasn’t ashamed of my catching where his interestlay.
“Thank you for coming out here and…persuadingme.”
“Didn’t take much to persuadeyou.”
“You should keep that in mind next time we see each other,” he said, his gaze returning to my lips, then took my hand and shookit.
I wondered if he felt what I felt, but then he lurched forward, his lips slamming down on mine. Oh fuck, how that magnetism radiating from his body made metremble.
I itched with passion and fire until he pulled away and glanced at my lips a moment longer, then said, “Really nice meetingyou.”
The smile that overtook his expression was all satisfaction and confidence, and he appeared unfazed by it all. With a slick wink, he opened the door and headed out, leaving me reeling in the pleasure coursing throughme.
Holy fuckingshit.
8
Jace
“How’s it going, Jace?”Dax asked as soon as I answered mycell.
I was officially flying out to London and then meeting with Hacksmore the following day to finalize and sign all the paperwork, if we all agreed to everything. Dax had hooked me up with an agent to assist me with my side of things in the negotiation process, and we were set togo.
“Prettygood.”
“I’ve been in meetings for the past few days, scheduling photoshoots and trying to figure out how the hell we’re going to get some of these details nailed down, but outside of that, everything looks ready. Carter has all your travel arrangements so that you can fly out onWednesday.”
“Yeah. I got them. When do I get to seeyou?”
He snickered, and there was something so hot about the breathiness ofit.
“Well, I scheduled you to be here a day before the meeting for areason.”
“And here I was thinking you might have shoved me on a cheaper flight,” Iteased.
“No. Only the best for you, Jace, don’t worry. I’m eager to see you again, been bothered by how short our last encounterwas.”
“Funny you mention that. I have beentoo.”
“Didn’t have to be thatshort.”
No, it didn’t, but it was a little much for me at the time. I was surprised I’d even had the impulse to go at him like that. But those lips looked so goddamn pretty, so fucking kissable in the soft hotel-room light, and then when our lips touched…fuck.
“Well, maybe we can take care of that next time we see each other,” Isaid.
What the fuck was I saying? I didn’t know shit about being with aguy.
Well, there was that one time, but I was drunk and just a kid wanting his dick sucked. Wasn’t like it was the best blowjob I ever got either. It was what it was, and that wasthat.
But now I was so fuckingcurious.
* * *
“Hey,Ash, what does dick taste like?” I asked as he inspected the engine of Nance’scar.
Nance told me she was hearing a funny sound, and Ash, being pretty good with cars, was more than willing to help when I told him the issue. When the conversation had settled, I’d just spit out what was on mymind.
“What?” Ash asked, his gaze shifting from the open hood to me, looking shocked as hell by my question. I knew Ash through his boyfriend, Beau, who was my bud at the station. When I’d first met him, I’d fanned out a bit. Not every day do you get to meet a Mr. MVP Quarterback Star, and celebrities were hard to come by in Fever Falls. But Ash was a great guy, and we’d talked even more after my pic went viral and I needed some advice about the mediafrenzy.
