A Very Merry Christmas by Lori Foster

Author:Lori Foster [Foster, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780758215413
Amazon: B004H1U1MA
Publisher: Brava
Published: 2007-10-01T07:58:18+00:00

Allison knew he meant it. Knew he loved her. Knew she loved him. And knew it would never work. It seemed the two of them were good only at making love, not committing to it.

“And this,” she said, slipping her hands beneath his sweatshirt to rub her palms along his stomach.

And who could blame them. Love was ephemeral. You couldn’t bank it. You couldn’t sign it. You could go to contract, but it was a contract more easily broken than the most insignificant business deal.

Lee leaned back and she explored him. She was looking for something. Wanted something. Oh, how she wanted something, and she didn’t think it was just his body.

Lee pulled her up beside him and threw his leg over hers. “I—”

Allison curled into him and covered his mouth with hers. The sentence died in an umph, and segued into a groan when Allison slipped her tongue past his teeth. Lee pushed her to her back, rolled on top of her and kissed her. She felt hot and ready and reprieved.

Lee’s weight was heavy on her, his cheek covered her nose as he deepened the kiss. She would have to come up for air before much longer, but she was afraid to stop kissing him because he might start talking again. And even though she knew he meant all the things he was going to say, she also remembered that good old quote by John Dryden. It had stuck with her through graduate school and internships and business negotiations. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

And she didn’t intend to…She sighed as Lee pulled his mouth from hers. Straddled her and spread his fingers over her shoulders. Then, deliberately he dragged them down her front, over her breasts, the rough skin of his fingers catching on the fine wool of her sweater.

She gripped his thighs. He squeezed them tighter around her. A lock of dark hair fell over his forehead. His eyes turned smoky with desire and he looked like everything she had ever wanted, but couldn’t have.

His fingers gripped her sweater and turtleneck and pulled them up her body. Pulled them over her shoulders and head, cutting off her view of him.

And when she could see him again, he wasn’t looking at her but at her breasts.

“Take off your clothes. I’ll be right back.” He swung a leg to the floor and pushed off the bed.

“Where are you going?” Allison asked bemusedly. Her mind was befuddled by desire and her thought processes had gone the way of foreplay.

“To the bathroom. And not for a cold shower.” He grinned in that way he had when nothing was bothering him. Which she saw only during sex and wondered if he ever showed it to someone else, when she wasn’t around.

Better not to know. She unsnapped her jeans and pulled them off. She tossed them on a nearby chair. Sent first one sock and then the other after them. Slid her underwear down her legs, rolled it into a ball, then threw it across the room.

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