About That Kiss: A Heartbreaker Bay Novel by Jill Shalvis

Author:Jill Shalvis
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy, General
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-01-23T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

#NotInKansasAnymore

They ended up on their backs, boneless and sated on the hardwood floor. At least, Joe was boneless and sated. He hoped like hell that Kylie was too. As soon as he could find his limbs, he’d make sure of it.

After what might have been five minutes or maybe even a year, he felt her shift, throwing an arm over her eyes. A little sigh escaped her and at that tiny sound, he managed to stir. He rolled to his side and brushed a kiss over her shoulder, his lips curved in a smile because she was still wearing the wig. “Hey, Red.”

She stared up at him, going still. “Oh my God, don’t tell me I’m still wearing the wig.”

“Okay, I won’t tell you.”

She touched her head. “Dammit.”

He smiled. “Your boots too. Love those boots, Kylie.”

She moaned and he laughed. Laughed, while naked on the floor with a woman. Shaking his head at that, he had to laugh again. “Didn’t see you coming, Kylie.”

“Hmm,” she murmured, which he hoped meant she knew the feeling.

He came up on one arm, using the other to tug her into him. “‘Hmm’ good, right?”

She let out a rough, mirthless laugh. “Fishing for compliments?”

He stroked a finger along her jaw, his mouth curved. “Yeah, well, you’re a hard woman to read.”

She met his gaze. “All you have to do is look in the mirror at the ten nail indentions in your back.”

He chuckled and rubbed his finger over the brow she’d furrowed. “But something’s bothering you.”

“But . . .” She paused with a rueful smile. “I have to admit . . .” She looked around them. “I feel a little bit like I just turned into my mother, boinking against the wall to scratch an itch. I mean, what the hell was that?”

“Adrenaline,” he said. “Sometimes after a mission’s over, it all builds up and you need to release it somehow. A good fight works, but sex works better.”

She just stared up at him.

“It’s totally normal,” he said, meaning to soothe and comfort. “It happens.”

“Oh really. It happens,” she said.

He hesitated at her suddenly overly careful tone, replaying what he’d just said and wondering how he’d screwed up so that she’d misconstrued his statement.

“Not to me, this doesn’t happen,” she said and sat up.

“Kylie—”

“No. I get it. Please don’t explain it again.” She got to her wobbly feet, moving around, picking up pieces of clothing and pulling it all back on.

“Kylie. Wait.” He got up as well, reaching out for her, but she pushed his hands away.

“I’ve got it,” she said.

His phone buzzed an incoming text. He glanced at it and grimaced. “I’m sorry,” he said. “But it’s my dad. I have to look at it.”

She nodded and he assessed the text.

I’ve been followed.

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