Especially after her eyes filled with yearning and softened in invitation.
After she swayed toward him.
After she moistened her lips and swallowed.
He gritted his teeth.
No.
He would honor the ground rules they’d set and—
All at once, she rose on tiptoe, slipped her arms around his neck, and gave a gentle tug.
Shock rippled through him.
She wanted to kiss him as much as he wanted to kiss her.
A red alert began to beep in his mind. Loud. Louder.
Muting it, he succumbed to temptation and leaned down until their lips met. Melded.
Sweetness engulfed him, shutting out everything except the woman in his arms who kissed with a passion that could turn a guy’s brain to mush—and steal his heart.
The full-out, all-in lip-lock went on and on.
Finally, with a gasp, she broke contact and backed off, her chest heaving.
Then she spun around, fled to the house, and disappeared inside.
Leaving him groping for the support of the car, breathing hard, wanting more—and wondering where they were supposed to go from here.
28
Oh. My. Word.
What had she just done?
Cheeks flaming, heart hammering, Devyn locked Lauren’s front door and leaned back against it.
After their frank discussion about the attraction between them and their agreement to keep tonight’s date light and casual, how could she have kissed Aaron?
Not a simple, fleeting brush of the lips, either. Oh no. She’d gone full tilt.
And so had Aaron, once he’d gotten over his initial shock.
Nevertheless, her impetuous move had been a huge faux pas—even if she’d enjoyed every single second of it.
She waved a hand in front of her face.
Wow, could that man kiss.
Thankfully she’d come to her senses and backed off—but scampering into the house like a scared rabbit hadn’t been her finest moment.
The heat on her cheeks intensified.
How on earth was she supposed to—
“Devyn? Is that you?” Lauren wandered in from the hall in her sleepshirt, yawning. “I was hoping you’d get back before Ifell asleep so I could hear how it—” She came to an abrupt halt, eyes widening, all traces of drowsiness vanishing. “He kissed you, didn’t he?”
