And Kaci’s inner vixen jumped up and did a happy butt-wiggle. She swallowed down her instinctivesays youand instead unlocked the door.
Inside the apartment, Lance went straight to the TV with his game system. Kaci cuddled Miss Higgs and scratched her under the chin, alternately making sure her cat was okay and watching him maneuver wires and cords with long, nimble fingers. Too soon,her screen flickered with the familiar cockpit view.
Her stomach dropped.
Lance shoved a controller at her. Her grip tightened on Miss Higgs.
His dark features were set in granite. Not a flicker of a smile, not a hint of amusement.
“Happy to see you too,” she muttered.
Because she was.
He tossed his own controller on the couch and yanked his shirt off. His long biceps bulged, his sun-kissed shoulders took up half the width of the room, and the light dusting of dark hair over his solid pecs made her mouth go dry.
Her eyes flared wide and every muscle in her body clenched.
Miss Higgs yowled and crawled off her lap.
Lance plopped down beside her, all taut muscle, tan skin, and testosterone. “Say another word and I’m taking my pants off.”
Dear sweet baby Jesus, she could already see his erection outlined in his jeans.
Had she done that to him?
And if so,when?
He hit two buttons, and light flickered in her peripheral vision.
“Pay attention,” he ordered.
She blinked and forced herself to look at the screen. The woman’s voice cleared them for takeoff.
“Push your throttle up,” he said.
Her thumbs fumbled with the knob she remembered from yesterday, and the plane picked up speed.
“By the way, if you crash,youhave to take something off.”
“Don’t come in here thinking you can?—”
He reached for the button on his jeans.
Kaci snapped her mouth shut.
And a smug, satisfied smile crossed his lips.
It should’ve been ugly. Taunting. Demeaning.
Instead, she felt an intrigued pull deep in her core.
He was playing strip airplane with her.
And dang if it didn’t give her a rush heady enough to make her forget why she was pretending to fly in a video game.
She glanced at the screen.
Back at Lance.
