And, uncharacteristically, Shelly scowled back.
Shelly leaned into me even closer, and I realized I was at the center of a quiet catfight.
Was that woman the reason Shelly had come on so bold tonight?
Maybe.
But that didn’t matter.
All I knew was Shelly wanted me to takeherhome tonight.
The woman was forgotten a moment later, at least by me.
As we passed her roommate, Mina, near the edge of the dance floor, Shelly said, casual as anything, “I don’t need a ride home tonight. Amos will take me.”
Mina raised her eyebrows and grinned. “I won’t wait up!”
I pushed the front door open and walked Shelly out into the cool night air.
The door shut behind us, muffling the music, and for half a second the night felt too quiet.
She looked up at me, breath still uneven, eyes wide like she couldn’t quite believe what we’d just done.
“We don’t have to—” she started.
I cut her off with another kiss.
There was no time to reconsider my bad decisions, because I had her now.
And now that I’d kissed Shelly, I needed tokeepkissing her.
She gasped into my mouth, and I slow-marched her backward toward my truck, kissing her the entire time.
I’d parked on the far edge of the gravel lot, far from the front entrance and its dim light. My truck was in shadows, and it was the perfect place for what I wanted to do to her.
When we got there, I tugged her around to the front of my truck, then backed her up until she bumped against the hood.
I was on fire for her. What I wanted to do had to happennow.
With her back to my truck, I slid one hand down to her breast and palmed her through her shirt, giving her a generous squeeze.
I paused for half a second, looking down at the precious woman in my arms. Her face was flushed, her eyes wide with wonder, and it hit me again that this wasShelly.
And she was going to be mine tonight.
That thought alone pushed me over the edge.
“Last chance to walk away,” I growled against her mouth, my hand tightening on her waist as my heart hammered in my chest.
Shelly arched into me and moaned against my mouth, “Don’t stop.”
A second later, I tugged the front of her shirt down, freeing her breast to the cool spring air.
Shelly broke the kiss with a sharp inhale, her head tipping back.
“Amos,” she breathed. “Anyone can see.”
“Naw. Look around, it’s dark here,” I growled while I gave her nipple a savage little pinch.
