Her hand touches mine, just barely, but enough I feel it everywhere. “Where are you thinking?”
I’m thinking anywhere but here.
“I live not too far from here and I can promise you a proper meal,” I say.
She looks at me hesitantly. “I’m not sure that’s a great idea.”
Yeah, I know it’s not, but she’s probably more worried that I’m an axe murderer, which at least I can promise is not the case. “It might not be, but I promise you’re safe with me.”
Her eyes narrow. “Isn’t that what anyone would say?”
“What assurances can I give you?”
“Well, your name would be a good start.”
I extend my hand. “Killian.”
She places her palm against mine. “Tessa.”
I lift her hand up to my lips and press a kiss there. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Tessa.”
“You too.” The blush on her cheeks is fucking tantalizing. “So, your place?”
I nod. “Come on, you can follow me over that way so you have your car if you want to leave at any moment.”
She stands and I do the same before she smiles. “Show me the way.”
We get outside to where my truck is parked. “Where’s your car?” I ask.
“Right down the road a little.”
She’s going to change her mind—I can feel it. And honestly, she should. I don’t know what I’m thinking but right now, expect that my life is a series of bad decisions, so what’s one more?
When we get to a small white sedan she turns to me.
Here it is.
I brace for it, knowing it’s probably for the best, when she says, “I’ll follow you.”
I smile. “I’ll go slow.”
She lets out a soft sigh. “I’m pretty sure we’re going anything but slow.”
“True, but…we don’t have to do anything you don’t want to,” I say, leaning into her just a little.
“I appreciate that, but…I’m ready to follow you.”
Right into hell where I’m already burning for her.
“Can I kiss you, Tessa?” I ask, wanting that even if this goes pear-shaped, at least I can have a kiss to replay.
She steps into me, her hands going to my chest and she nods.
I move my arm around her, my other hand cupping her jaw and bringing her lips to mine.
It’s as though a match has been lit and I’m ready to set the entire forest up in flames. I kiss her hard, wanting to be lost and out of my mind, and like magic, she silences everything that’s been drowning me. Her mouth moves against mine in perfect harmony, and it’s fucking torture and yet—heaven.
Too soon I pull back, needing her to want to follow me back to my place where I plan to kiss every inch of her beautiful body.
