“The truth?”
“Isn’t that what you just promised?”
He loved that she wasn’t afraid to call him on his shit.
“Okay, then. Here it is.”Here goes nothing.“I feel even more strongly about being honest with you when it’s something I know is upsetting for a couple of reasons. For one, if I know something would be upsetting to you, that also means it’s probably important. And if it’s important, then it’s likely something you should know.”
Her gaze narrowed. “Even if you really don’t want to tell me.”
“Even then.”
Talia filled her lungs slowly before releasing a steady exhale. “You said ‘for one’,” she recalled. “What’s two?”
Before answering, Jagger erased the remaining distance between them. Leaning in close, he brought his lips centimetersfrom hers. And with a softer, almost teasing tone, he whispered honestly, “And two…I tend to want you even more when you’re angry.”
Her pupils dilated as her lips fell open with a tiny, almost indiscernible gasp. It was in that moment when Jagger’s remaining doubts fell away. Because one look into her honeyed gaze, and he knew?—
She feels it, too.
“Do you really mean all those things you just said?” she asked.
He didn’t miss the way her eyes fell to his lips.
“Every word.”
Every single, solitary one.
It was one of those times when Jagger wished like hell he could read other people’s minds. Or at the very least hers. Because despite the obvious attraction the two shared between them, he had no clue what was going through the beautiful woman’s head.
Talia slowly began to move a hand up toward his chest. Somewhere between there and a moment where all Jagger wanted to do was shout praises to God, she fisted his shirt, pulled him toward her, and slammed her mouth to his.
11
Natalia was kissing Jagger.Like full-on, lips-on-lips kissing, in the middle of a dimly lit parking lot, no less. But what was even more surprising than that unexpected development?
He’s kissing me back!
It had taken the poor man a few long, terrifying seconds to catch up after she’d first pulled his mouth to hers. Once he did, it was as if a floodgate of passion had exploded deep inside. Now he was giving back as much as she would willingly take.
I want it all.
If it wouldn’t end with two charges of indecent exposure, Natalia may have given into temptation right there. For now, she decided to take advantage of the moment…and the fact that he’d just coaxed her lips open and slid his tongue inside.
She gave her head a slight tilt, allowing for the kiss to deepen. It was a powerful connection unlike any she’d ever felt. Nearly to the point of being all-consuming.
Jagger tasted of hot, sweet desire, and she greedily feasted in fear of the moment coming to an end. They couldn’t stop. Not yet. Not until she’d had her fill.
But as she became lost in the impassioned man’s warm embrace, Natalia realized one kiss would never truly be enough.
Need more.
“My place,” she whispered as he nibbled his way from her lips to her chin.
“What about it?”
“We should…” A tiny gasp escaped, causing a momentary interruption. “Go…there.”
“Now?”
