Any Way You Dream It by Monique McDonell

Author:Monique McDonell [McDonell, Monique]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Redfish Publishing
Published: 2015-05-26T04:00:00+00:00

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Chase sat at one end of the sofa and I was curled at the other. The kids were asleep upstairs and his mother had retired to bed as well.

“So when you signed up to help me, I bet this wasn’t quite how you pictured it, Manhattan.”

“Not quite.” He ran stretched his arm along the sofa back, his bare feet stretched out before him on the coffee table. “I didn’t expect us to start a family so soon, I’ll be honest.”

His tone told me he was joking despite everything. “Yeah me either. Or, you know, at all. I really am sorry about this.”

“You shouldn’t be sorry. You haven’t done anything wrong,. In fact, I’d say you’re doing everything right for those kids. Although, I do have one complaint.”

“Which is?”

“Well, I did expect to spend a bit more time alone with you to practice getting the whole looking-natural-as-your-fiancé thing under control.”

“In what way?’

He ran his finger slowly along the back of my hand. “You know… the hand-holding, the back-rubbing, foot-massaging, kissing kind of ways.”

“Oh, well, I think you probably don’t need any practice in any of those areas. Haven’t you already told me as much?”

“True, but if we’ve never kissed before we might look awkward.”

“We did kiss already. And you think kissing me would be awkward?”

He was inching along the sofa and came to a stop where my curled up knee hit his thigh. “Not at all. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I have wanted to kiss you since I met you. I mean kissing you properly; that other kiss was merely a goodnight kiss.”

“True.” I tried not to stare at his mouth too closely.

“I’m thinking of you, Lucy. It might look awkward if you act shocked, because you’re not used to kissing me.”

“Also true.”

His hand was now rubbing my knee distractingly.

“Or worse, I might like kissing you so much that I overstep the bounds of public decency and have us thrown out of the reunion.”

“That would be quite a scandal.”

His hand brushed across y thigh a squeeze that sent warmth all the way up to my cheeks.

“So maybe we should just have one kiss now. To avoid that possibility, that is.”

I bit my lip. “Maybe.”

He leaned in and his mouth met mine. It was warm and gentle, and when he ran his tongue along the seam between my lips I sighed.

That was an opportunity for his tongue to meet mine. One hand stayed on my thigh and the other reached for the back of my neck, pulling me forward and keeping our mouths well and truly connected. It was delicious kissing Chase. It was intoxicating and hard to think and wonderful all at once. It’d been a long time since I’d been kissed and I don’t think anyone had ever kissed me with the authority and tenderness that Chase kissed me with.

He pulled back and gave me a contented smile. “That was definitely not awkward.”

“Not at all.”

“Do you think maybe that was beginner’s luck? Should we give it another try?”

All I could do was nod as he leaned in and took my mouth with his again.

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