He stood, his chair scraping loudly over the tile floors as everyone at the table turned to look at him. “Ah, we’re heading out.”
Jess watched him with an amused smirk on her face. Emma leaned across the table to whisper something in her ear, and Jess nodded, still smiling. Fuck it. He didn’t even care if they were gossiping about his sex life.
He just needed to get Jess home and in his bed. Now.
She stood, grabbed her purse, and followed him out. “Gee, in a bit of a hurry, are we?”
“Yes.” He grabbed her hand and strode down the street toward where they’d parked.
“You do realize they’re going to tease you about this for, well…forever.” She still looked amused…and aroused.
“Don’t care.” He pushed her up against the side of the SUV and kissed her, seizing the opportunity to explore the lacy thing beneath her clothes a little more intimately. It was delicate and soft and feminine. “I love my present so damn much.”
Jess blinked up at him from those big, brown eyes.
She’d told himshewas his present.
And he hadn’t meant to say…
Or had he? Hell, he didn’t even know. He bent his head and kissed her again, until they were both panting, his dick straining against the front of his jeans.
“We should go home now,” she whispered.
“That’s a definite.” He unwound himself from her reluctantly, giving her one last kiss before he unlocked the SUV and climbed inside.
Jess climbed into the passenger seat, her hair mussed, lips swollen from his kisses. Absolutely gorgeous.
“My place or yours?” he asked.
“Mine. I have dessert for you.” She grinned, and he didn’t even care if she meant that literally or not. “Should we stop at your place on the way and get Bear?”
“Maybe Trent can keep her tonight.” He pulled onto Main Street, hell-bent on getting her home and naked as quickly as possible.
“That’s silly,” Jess said. “We’re right here. Go get her.”
Mark gave her a look.
She rolled her eyes. “You can lock her out of the bedroom if you want.”
“Fine.” He swung a left and pulled into his spot in front of the condo building. Leaving Jess in the car, he jogged up the stairs to retrieve Bear, who was overjoyed at the prospect. “Any attempt at cock-blocking tonight and it’ll be the last time you sleep over at Jess’s. Got it?”
Bear wagged her tail, jogging down the steps beside him.
“Hey, Bear.” Jess turned in her seat to greet the dog after he’d loaded her into the car. “Have you seriously not bought her a collar and leash yet?”
“Been meaning to.” He pulled back onto Main Street, headed for Jess’s house.
“She’d follow you anywhere.” Jess was still turned sideways in her seat, kissing and petting Bear.
And damned if he wasn’t jealous. Of his dog. He shook his head at himself. Absolutely ridiculous. Ten minutes later, he pulled into Jess’s driveway. He hustled her toward the front door as Bear trotted along beside them.
“She’s staying in the living room for now,” he said as he stepped Jess backward into her bedroom and closed the door behind them.
“Fair enough.” She went up on her tiptoes, wrapping her arms around his neck. “Happy birthday.”
He kissed her, slow and deep and thorough. And this time, when he reached for her top, she made no move to stop him. He lifted it over her head, revealing the red bra beneath. Or at least he supposed it was a bra, but this was more like a scrap of red lace, and it was connected to her panties, or whatever else she wore beneath those jeans, and it was sexy as fuck.
He palmed her breasts, skimming his thumbs over the pink buds of her nipples. They beaded beneath his touch, pressing into that red lace. He drew her in against him as he slid his hands inside her jeans, exploring what lay beneath.
