So, I’d wait, and find a way to hold in the crazy even though I was so nuts about her I could barely see straight. I wouldn’t blow it and lose what I was sure was my last chance.
I didn’t realize how much time went by until I noticed some of the lights inside the dining room flick off.
“I’ll just leave this here.” The waitress smiled and dropped the check on the table.
“Are they closing now?” Thea asked as she scanned the almost empty dining room.
I glanced at my watch and laughed when I read the time. “They close in about thirty minutes. The check is a nice way of saying get out.”
“We’ve been here that long?” Thea peeked at her own watch. “At least it’s not four a.m. yet.”
I remembered not wanting to take her home that first night either. I kept finding things to talk about so I wouldn’t have to.
“Keep your money. Tonight is on me.”
“I did suggest dinner, so it’s only right I go half with you.”
“By suggest you mean asked me out, and it’s all good. I’ll still put out later if you want me to.” I winked and reached into my back pocket for my wallet.
She stilled, a wave of lust flashing in her eyes before she leveled them on me.
I slipped a few bills into the tray with the check and stood.
“Ready?” I asked, extending my hand. My chest swelled when she took it without hesitation.
“Thank you for dinner. It was nice,” she said as we strolled through the parking lot.
“It was,” I agreed before unlocking the doors to my truck. I opened the passenger side for her to climb in.
Instead, she dropped her head against my chest.
“I missed you,” she whispered so low it was almost inaudible.
I kissed the top of her head and wrapped my arms around her.
“You wouldn’t believe how much I missed you.”
Would she ever believe it? There was still so much between us, but had I hurt her too much to ever really get what we used to have back?
She nuzzled into my neck with a tiny moan, her quick breaths fanning hot against my skin.
“Look at me, Thea.”
When she raised her head, her eyes were dark and pained. I framed her face and drifted my thumb over her lips. If this was our second chance, I wasn’t wasting any more time.
I pressed my lips to hers, my hands shaking from holding back. She leaned into the kiss and sucked on my bottom lip. A growl erupted from my throat as I fisted my hand into her hair. I pulled back and flicked the seam of her lips with my tongue. They parted on a whimper, and the rest of my control snapped. I crashed my mouth into hers as she fell back against the side of my truck.
I licked deeper into her mouth, devouring all I could and starving for more.
All those times I could kiss her whenever I’d wanted, all those times I’d been inside her, and the rest of the world faded away—I wanted that back. I wantedherback, and there was nothing I wouldn’t do to make that happen.
She grabbed at my collar, undoing the next button before inching open-mouthed kisses over my collarbone and across the top of my chest. I clutched the back of her head and groaned, my cock so hard it was ready to burst through my zipper. There had never been this kind of passion with anyone else, and I knew there never would be.
“Fuck, Thea,” I growled when her lips strayed lower. Sliding my hand down her leg, I felt for the hem of her dress and skimmed my fingertips over back of her bare thigh, hooking her leg across my hip.
“Tell me what you want,” I rasped as I ground my erection against her core. The parking lot was empty, but I wouldn’t have cared one bit if it wasn’t. Thea met every thrust of my hips as her hands slid under my shirt, the scrape of her nails setting my skin on fire.
“Take me home,” she begged in a breathless whisper. She’d told me the same thing on my couch after we’d both lost ourselves in each other and she hadn’t known how to handle it. That was a frightened and confused plea. Her flushed cheeks and hooded eyes made the words a very different request.
