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“No,” I said a little too fast.

“Admit it. You want to kiss me.”

“No, I don’t.”

His smile widened. “Liar.” Colby cupped my face and guided me to take a few steps back, until I hit the elevator doors. He leaned down so our heads were aligned and our noses were practically touching.

“We’re going to be standing here a long time if you’re waiting for me to initiate it. I’m not breaking the rules.”

My heart beat even faster with him so close. Did he have to smell so damn good, too? Who still smells so delicious after six hours out in New York City? I had the strongest urge to press myself against him, feel his warm, hard body up against my soft.

Colby ran his nose along my throat, his hot breath leaving a trail of goose bumps in its wake. My resolve was quickly crumbling. How could it not with my body zapping like I’d touched a live wire? He moved his mouth to my ear, and his voice was gruff and needy. “You know you want me as much as I want you.”

He was right. The ache for him was unbearable. When he pulled his head back and I saw the desire swimming in his eyes, I was done for.

So, so done. “Fuck it,” I said as I launched myself at him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and jumped into his arms, pressing my lips to his. Our mouths opened, and our tongues collided. I might’ve started the kiss, but there was no mistaking that Colby took it over. His hands slid into my hair, grabbing a handful in the back and tugging my head where he wanted it. He pushed up against me, and I could feel his hard-on pressing against my stomach. My eyes rolled into the back of my head. We stayed like that for a long time, grabbing and groping, pulling and pushing. When the kiss finally broke, we were both panting.

“Holy shit.” I shook my head. “That was…” I couldn’t find the right word to describe it.

But Colby did. “Just the beginning, sweetheart. That’s what it was.”

CHAPTER 14

Colby

My phone rang Sunday afternoon, and I smiled to see it was Billie. She was scheduled to meet us here in about an hour for our next undate.

“Colby is unavailable right now,” I said when I answered. “He’s still in recovery from the best damn kiss of his life.”

She laughed. “Yeah, it was pretty darn good, I have to admit.”

Just hearing her voice got me all revved up again. I fell back on my bed and bounced on the mattress, still so turned on from last night. “How the hell am I supposed to adhere to our rules now that I know what kissing you is like?”

“I guess you’ll have to forget.”

“Do you want me to forget, Billie? Because you sure as fuck didn’t seem like you wanted to be following the rules the way you came at me.”

“I lost control. It happens to the best of us. What can I say?”

“Feel free to lose control anytime. I’ll be waiting and ready.”

“Anyway…” She cleared her throat. “What’s the plan for today?”

As much as I was teasing her just now, I needed to cool my ass down a little before being alone with her again. The way I was feeling, I was likely to cross the line, move too fast, or fuck things up. So I decided that since I was in charge of this undate, I’d take the liberty of putting a very big buffer in between us. The biggest buffer I knew.

“So, good news and bad news,” I said.

“Okay?”

“The bad news is I couldn’t find a sitter today. But the good news is, we get to spend the day with a little girl who loves your presence almost as much as her father does. I hope that’s okay.”

“Aw... Of course, it is. That’ll be fun to hang out with her.”

“And with my daughter around, I’ll be on my best behavior. So that’s a win for you, right?”

She chuckled. “Where are you thinking we’ll take her?”

“She’s been asking to go to the carousel. I thought maybe we could go there and then grab lunch somewhere fun? What do you think?”