Aidan’s smiling expression got dark, and the ground vanished from under her. Had she waited too long? He’s words chilledher.
“I don’t want to have sex withyou.”
Stunned, she gaped athim.
She had waited too long. Aidan had moved on. That would teach hersomething.
“Did you hear me,Moira?”
“I did. I waited too long, and you have lost interest. I getit.”
A phantom smile curved his lower lip, and she frowned. What thehell?
“I never said that. I informed you I do not want to have sex withyou.”
“Same difference,” shedeadpanned.
When she motioned to stand up, he didn’t move from his kneeling position between her legs, making it impossible for Moira to get off the couch. Her temper flared, as did her nostrils, and she scowled atAidan.
“I’m not finished with you, missy. Hear me out before you fly off the handle, please. I swear sometimes I wonder if you were born in the wrong country with the wrong hair color. You sure you’re not a natural red-head?”
“The only certainty I have at the moment is that you’re a brave man for trying mypatience.”
He leaned down and kissed the white dots on her knuckles as she buried her fingernails on the edge of thecouch.
“Guilty as charged. I might be an adrenaline junkie, but I get high on the fire in your whiskey eyes. I can’t help it. I plan to light it in more pleasant wayssoon.”
“You’ve lostme.”
“I know. I’m sorry I upset you. You said you wanted to have sex with me, but I want to make love to you. That’s what I meant when I said I didn’t want to havesex.”
Moira remembered tobreathe.
Then, she breathedfire.
“I could smack you so hard right now, if I had a temper. Luckily for you, Idon’t.”
Aidan doubled downlaughing.
“What’s sofunny?”
He soberedup.
Alittle.
Enough to speak withoutsnorting.
Much.
Aidan crawled up onto the couch and scooped Moira onto his lap. “You, love. You’re funny. And precious. And amazing. You think you don’t have a temper, and that’s so cute. I am lucky, but for other reasons. I’m lucky you’re not violent, so you keep that bad temper under wraps. I’m lucky I decided to spend my sabbatical year in South America as opposed to any other continent, so I could meet you. I’m lucky I met your crazy bosses, so they gave me a chance to pursue my dream. Most of all, I’m lucky you decided to give us a chance, so I had a reason tostay.”
Moira’s heartbeat spiked, taking her breath away, as she basked in Aidan’s warm stare. She smoothed his cheeks, neck and chest with her palms as he spoke. She couldn’t resist his lips, so she crushed them with her hungry mouth. Aidan angled her head and caressed her tongue with his. His fingers combed her hair, cupped her shoulder, then her nape. His cock twitched against her thigh, and theymoaned.
Both pulled away at the sametime.
“We should stop,” he stated, but his hands didn’t hear him, as his fingers found her nipple under hertop.
“We can’t do this here.” She cupped his jaw, then pulled him down as she claimed his mouthagain.
