CHAPTER SIX
JACKSON’SHEARTPOUNDEDin her chest, and she bit her lip to keep from smiling. Shit. How the hell had this moved so quickly into dangerous territory? Actually, she knew the answer. She had been aching for a chance to push his buttons the way he’d pushed hers all evening. He wouldn’t back down from a challenge. So she’d gone straight for it.
And now he had taken the bait.
She could lie to him and end this stupid game right now. She could tell him that their night wasn’t exceptional and she wasn’t interested in another. He wouldn’t push her. That would be her smartest move right now. Just shut this whole conversation down and leave his annoyingly luxurious apartment. But she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
Still, Cameron didn’t need yet another ego boost.She couldn’t tell him that “satisfied” didn’t even begin to capture the glow of their night. He had probably heard gushing praise from the long list of women in his one-night-stand history, and Jackson wasn’t interested in getting in that line. Or even thinking about it.
So what the hell did she do now?
She stared at the way his hand fit around hers. Damn, he was big. And he waited herout with an arrogant, impossible-to-ignore stance. The wide muscled wall of his chest was directly in her line of sight. Close enough to touch. She balled her fist, resisting.
Then, slowly, he rubbed a calloused thumb up and down the inside of her palm. He leaned forward until his lips were next to her ear, but he didn’t touch her. “You weren’t satisfied when I got down on my knees and lickedyou until you couldn’t stand?”
Jackson let out a little moan. Shit. She was in so much trouble right now. Her fingers trembled. How much longer could she keep herself together?
“What’s your answer?” he whispered. “You can’t blame it on bad eyesight this time.”
He was going to keep taunting her until she called his bluff.
She couldn’t help herself.
She took off her glasses anddropped them in her bag. Then she wove her fingers into his hair. She found his lips with hers and pressed a slow, hungry kiss on them. He groaned and opened his mouth to hers. When her tongue touched his, it was as if his whole body lit up. He let go of her other hand and one big arm came around her back while the other slipped under her rear and pulled her against him. His enormous erection grewagainst her thigh, and she smiled. Right now, he wanted her just as badly as she wanted him. And that was probably as close to a win as she was going to get tonight.
She sucked his bottom lip between hers and gently bit down. His big body tensed and thrust against her. He pulled away, panting, and met her eyes.
“Done refreshing your memory?” he breathed, the corners of his mouth turningup.
Damn. She should have known he wasn’t going to let go of this topic so easily. Still, she wasn’t going to tell him what he wanted to hear: that he was amazing in bed. Even if he was. Jackson searched for another diversion.
“This isn’t a good idea.”
He chuckled. “What the hell is the difference between doing this once or twice?”
Well, he had a point.
Cameron pressed hiships against hers, and her breath caught. One hand found her breast. “It’s just a question of whether or not you think you’ll be...satisfied.”
As the last word came out of his mouth, he pinched her hard nipple through her shirt. She cried out. How could he get her body going so easily? All she wanted was for him to do it again and again.
He closed his eyes, seeming to savor her reaction,and his erection pressed harder against her. She squirmed against his big body, seeking more contact. For a moment, he looked like he was struggling to hold himself together just as much as she was. But when he spoke again, his voice betrayed no weakness.
“Did you wake up thinking about me this morning? Wanting me inside you?”
He wasnotgoing to push her into lying. But, damn, he wasalready so full of himself.
“Maybe,” she tried. It came out more as a whimper than a challenge.
Cameron’s face lit up into a wide smile, and he started to laugh, a deep, low laugh of amusement. “Now we’re getting somewhere.”
Jackson couldn’t hold back much longer. Her own laughter grew inside until she leaned her head forward on his chest and let it out. He let go of her breast andwrapped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer. Breathing him in, she relaxed a little. It felt way too good to be there.
She tilted her head, and when she met his deep blue eyes again, the cool distance in his expression was gone.
“What do you think, Ms. Jackson McAllister?” he rumbled. “This has been one hell of a ride today. How do you want it to end?”
She blinked. Aftertheir long day of sparring, he was giving in. His guard was down, and behind it there was a hint of tenderness. This was the man she’d caught a glimpse of at the end of last night; the man who had covered her with a blanket and looked at her so seriously, so quietly before he left.
