Or maybe—the thought irks me, though I don’t know why—he’s just kissed enough women that he’s an expert in the dark arts of sex.
That’s the most likely explanation.
I tell myself I don’t care as his tongue roams mine and his fingers press into my cheek, adding this roughness I shouldn’t like.
I definitely don’t mind that he’s turned my body liquid.
That shameless surrender spreads from my knees to the rest of me too soon.
If he didn’t have another hand on my back, holding me up, I’d be so screwed.
Pretty sure I still am, because I’ve forgotten how to breathe.
If he wasn’t so good at this, I’d also say I’ve just forgotten how to kiss. Because this kiss tells me I never knew.
But his lips move slowly and suggestively—all sharp, silent words—until only primal instinct remains.
When he moves away, I follow him before I catch myself and jerk back.
No way. I can’t be doing this.
I can’t seek his warmth, dick-matized by a near-stranger I wanted to strangle half an hour ago.
Right now, I’m nothing but bad instincts, and most of them are lodged in my lower belly. There’s an ache between my thighs I haven’t experienced in ages, pulsing so intently it scares me.
Holyshit, this is bad.
And that was quite possibly the best kiss of my life.
Speechless.
“Practice, Sass. Don’t look so shocked,” he tells me.
My mouth opens, and I fully intend to say something witty and harsh, but all I can manage is “What the hell?”
Clever. That’ll show him.
“I’ll have my people send over the paperwork soon. Tell me you get it when it comes through.” He has the audacity to salute as he walks away.
Looking utterly unaffected.
And I think I’m back to hating his smug, arrogant ass, even if he’s converted me to the dark side.
Just not like before.
Not when it’s also possible that I’ll never forget this shredding, world-tilting kiss for as long as I live.
And that’s the worst part.
There’ll be more kisses like that coming, and soon they’ll fill my head until I forget how to keep my guard up.
VIII
Barking Mad
(Brady)
Some days, I forget I’m the son of one of the richest business magnates in Seattle.
