I shake my head.She tries to look away, but I place a fingertip under her chin and bring her focus back to me.
“I’m glad you kissed me.I admit it felt like someone dropped a cold trout onto my lips, but I kind of enjoyed it.”
She laughs, but one of her brows arches high on her forehead, like she’s trying to decide if she should believe me.
“It’s true.You kissed me.I liked it.But not as much as the one you laid on me just now.”
Her eyes widen.
“And now I think I better apologize in advance for what I’m about to do.”
Phoebe lets go with a little squeak of surprise.
Well, shit.So much for the sharp blade of self-discipline.
I graze the tip of my finger down the center of her throat, and I slide it down, down, until it disappears into the satiny heat between her breasts.
She shivers.With pleasure this time.
I lean in.I place my lips to one of her collarbones, then the next.I drag my lips up the side of her neck, and she throws back her head.
“Are you sure, Phoebe?I want you so fucking bad, but I’ll stop.All you have to do is tell me that it’s not what you want.”
“Don’t you dare stop,” she whispers.Her hand clasps the back of my head, and her fingers grip my hair.She presses my face into her breasts.
“I don’t have any condoms with me.”
“It’s okay,” she says.“I’m on the pill.”
And, I freeze.
My lips lift from her skin.
I stare at her.Her eyelids are half-closed.Her smile is blissed-out.But then suddenly, she straightens.“Why did you stop?”
My mind goes blank.I’ve already stepped in it.Because no matter what I say next, it’s not going to be the right thing.I’m screwed.
Her eyes fly wide.I watch her face go stony.“Are youkiddingme right now?”Phoebe grabs the blanket and covers up all that spectacular flesh.The perfect flesh I just had my lips and tongue all over.“You thought I was a virgin, didn’t you!”
I sit back on my heels.“I did.”
“And that’s why you wanted me?”
“Yes.No.I wanted you despite—”
“But I’mnota flap-jacking virgin!”
“I’m tracking that now.”
“Uuuuuugggggghhhhh!”
CHAPTER 28
Phoebe
I pour myself another mug of whisky slush.Pour is not the right word, since only liquids can be poured.What I’m doing is holding the bottle upside down and waiting until a glob drops in, eventually followed by another glob.
It takes a while.
