“Thank you.” I wiggled my finger out of his hold so I could skim it along his cheek. “Oh God.”
“What’s wrong?”
“I just got super overwhelmed.” I laughed. “I had this big crazy idea and now I have to execute it.”
“Start with one thing at a time. What’s the first thing you need to do?”
“Finalize a better plan. Have a clearer vision.”
“It’ll change. You’ll start in one place, but it’ll end up somewhere else. Know what has to be set in stone and let the other pieces fall into place.” He dropped my hands. “Sorry, you didn’t ask for my advice.”
“I did, though. In a way,” I said with a soft smile. “By telling you.”
“Thank you for telling me.” He leaned across the bed and brushed his lips across my mouth before pulling back. “So, does this mean you’re staying?”
I nodded.
“You’re ready to start a new life here?”
I nodded again.
“That means . . . you and I?—”
I launched myself at him, my lips fusing with his.
My head was buzzing with excitement and the thrill of the new. And it zoomed through my body with no outlet.
“Brooks,” I whispered, my fingers plowing into his hair. “Take me to bed.”
His hands slid up my spine to grasp the back of my neck. “You sure, Freckles?”
“Yes.”
I was done thinking. I didn’tneedto think.
For the first time in my life, my body wasn’t rebelling. It yearned. It craved. It demanded. And I knew it wouldn’t suddenly decide it didn’t want Brooks.
Funny, how the body knew before the mind.
I tore my lips from his and sat back, putting just enough space between us so that I could take off my shirt. I was suddenly grateful I had smaller breasts because it meant I didn’t have to wear a bra.
All of the lights were on in the apartment—and Brooks could see everything.
I could see him too. The clenching of his jaw as he looked at me. The darkening of his amber eyes as lust overtook him.
Before I knew it, Brooks all but pounced.
Laughing, I fell back against the bed and Brooks covered me with his muscular frame.
He draped himself over me and I sighed in bliss when there was no feeling of panic.
“Freckles?”
Brooks peered down at me.
“Kiss me,” I purred.
He pressed his mouth to mine and swept his tongue inside.
