Baby, It's Cold Outside by Donna Kauffman

Author:Donna Kauffman [Kauffman, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2020-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Talk, he knew they had to talk. Had tried his damndest to let her do just that. But then when they’d finally gotten close to the subject that mattered most, she’d danced around it . . . and he’d let her. Almost happy to let it go, as long as he didn’t have to let her go with it. In all the ways he’d dreamed of seeing her again—and there had been many—taking her directly to bed might have been a fantasy scenario, but he’d never believed it would happen. In fact, he wasn’t entirely sure he believed it now.

And yet, that was definitely him, stumbling from the elevator with Zanna plastered all over him, their faces flushed, bodies humming, all but begging to finish what they kept starting. Somehow they managed to drag themselves and her suitcase three doors down, jam the key card in the door and make it inside before they began ripping at each other’s clothes.

“This is total insanity,” she murmured against his jaw, her fingers already busy tugging his coat off his shoulders. It wouldn’t come all the way off, because his fingers were too busy unzipping her jacket.

“Complete and total,” he murmured, unable to tear his mouth away from the tender skin along the side of her neck. “For all intents and purposes, we’re strangers now, Zan.”

Half panting, half grunting, they finally shoved free of their coats and started on each other’s shirts. “Not strangers. You know me. You’ve always known me.”

Jace stilled, his shirt gone, her sweater pulled halfway up her midriff. “I thought I did. Once upon a time.”

She looked at him in disbelief, as if she couldn’t imagine that after they’d made it this far, he was going to get into it now. Then she huffed out a sigh and dipped her chin. When he said nothing, not sure what in the hell to say—was he really sabotaging this?—she carefully disengaged from his grasp, tugged her sweater back down. “Is that what this is about then? Because I do know you, and up until five seconds ago, I’d have bet money that revenge would never factor into—”

He snagged her arm as she turned away, spun her back around. “What in the hell are you talking about?”

“I left you. It was wrong. Not only the leaving, but the way I did it.” She was yelling suddenly, but Jace didn’t stop her. “I should have at least told you why . . . and I didn’t. By the time I realized how badly I’d screwed up, the damage was done. It seemed best to—” She trailed off, dipped her chin again.

He tipped her chin up. Goddamn but she was still the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. Eyes hot like a pool of melted chocolate; whether they were filled with rage, with pain, with sadness, with desire. How had he ever let her go? “To what?” he asked softly. “To leave me wondering why? Forever?”

“I’m sorry,” she whispered, eyes glassy now, lips trembling.

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