After the Party by Jackie Braun

Author:Jackie Braun [Braun, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Sex complicated things. Chase had never been in a relationship with a woman when it hadn’t. So he was a little surprised that after a few hours of indulging in the mind-blowing variety with Ella, she hopped up from the bed—they’d eventually made it out of the dining room—and announced that she had to be going.

No clinging. No covert glances. No asking when he would call or even if. The only question she posed was, “Any idea where I left my panties?”

Like he was supposed to remember something like that? Hell, Chase figured he was doing pretty well to recall his own name in the afterglow of some of the best sex he’d ever had. Still, he swung his legs over the side of the mattress and stood, pulling on a pair of clean boxers before he followed her out of the room. He was game to help Ella look for her panties, especially if it meant he got to watch her walk around the penthouse wearing nothing but her black cami and a satisfied smile.

They came across her jacket slung across a chair in the dining room where she’d peeled it off at his command. Her pants were in a heap on the floor next to the sideboard, along with her sexy heels, his wingtips and most of his clothing. As for her panties, however, even a thorough search failed to turn them up.

Not that he was complaining.

“The waist will be big, but you can borrow a pair of my boxers,” he offered, growing hard just thinking about the way Ella’s curves would fill out the checkered cotton.

“Thanks, but I’ll pass.” She glanced at her watch and grimaced. “I won’t have enough time to stop at my apartment. I guess I’ll have to go commando.”

She stepped into the pants and began pulling them up. Odd, but Chase found watching her dress almost as much of a turn-on as watching her disrobe. She put on shoes next, her movements deft and decisive even as he was having second thoughts about letting her leave. He had to get back to the office. He’d been away too long already. But...

“Where are you off to in such a hurry?” he asked, managing to sound casual despite his mounting curiosity.

“I’m meeting my father to look at an apartment, and then we’re going to have an early dinner.” She smiled then, mismatched eyes lighting up with pride. “My treat, now that I’m gainfully employed.”

“Are you moving?” Chase asked.

God, he hoped so. He really didn’t like her neighborhood or her apartment building, even if he was pretty sure that he’d solved the brick-as-doorstop issue with the downstairs neighbors.

“No. My father is. He’s been staying at a friend’s condo on Long Island since...” The corners of her mouth turned down briefly. “Anyway, his friend wants to lease it out now, so Dad needs to find a new place.”

Left unsaid was that her father couldn’t afford the condo’s rent.

“So, where’s he looking?”

“Brooklyn. There’s a decent-size walkup that his real estate agent says comes partially furnished.

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