Balancing Act by Emily March

Author:Emily March [MARCH, EMILY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2023-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

Balance, shmalance. Willow had stepped off a cliff and was in free fall. She hadn’t been kissed like this in ages. Maybe ever. How his lips could be both soft and firm at the same time she didn’t know, but she also didn’t care. They drew her into this swirling, spinning, heady world of sensation. Of need.

He tasted sweet… sugary sweet… and she recalled the bowl of gumdrops she’d seen on the desk in his workshop. Candyman. When his tongue stroked her lips, slipped between them, and met hers, it sent the liquid heat of desire zinging through her veins. Her knees melted, and she sagged against him, knowing instinctively that Noah Tannehill would catch her.

They were a perfect fit, her curves slotted to his angles as if custom-made to go together. She breathed in his scent—woodsy, spicy, and just a little sweaty. And sexy. Noah was sexy. The heat from his body seared into her and stoked her own warmth. Her passion. There’s that word again.

It had been so long. So long since a man’s arms had held her. So long since she had felt anything near this level of desire. It was exhilarating. It was frightening.

She was falling faster and faster, and he held her closer, kissing her deeper. This was no simple good-bye kiss. It was tangled sheets and magic hands and shudders and moans. Willow was seconds away from hitting the ground and having her way with him.

Luckily, Noah had more sense than she because he lifted his head and took a backward step. Willow felt bereft as his arms slid away from her.

His voice raspy, Noah said, “Art.”

Willow blinked. “Um, what?”

“Class. Um… art class. You, um, don’t want to be late.

The kids. Don’t you have to pick up the kids?”

My kids! She’d forgotten all about Drew and Emma. The heat that bloomed in her cheeks had nothing to do with passion and everything to do with embarrassment. “Oh. Oh, yes. I’d better go.”

Noah reached around her and opened the driver’s side door. He stood there, grimacing, and rubbed the back of his neck. “Yeah… um. Willow… uh… I… um… that was… whoa.”

“Yeah.” She managed a shaky smile. “Me, too.”

“I don’t mean for you to get the wrong impression,” he added with a note of warning.

“No. Me, either,” she said quickly. “I’m not looking for any complications. Believe me.”

“Neither am I. I just got… well… carried away. You pack a punch, Ms. Eldridge. I lost my head there for a minute.”

“So do you, Mr. Tannehill. I think it’s safe to say we both got carried away. So, I’ll… um… be going.” Her cheeks stinging with embarrassment, Willow slid behind the wheel.

Noah looked like he wanted to say more. “Willow?”

She looked up at him, waiting.

“I’m dragging around a lot more baggage than half a dozen puppies. I don’t want there to be any misunderstandings. Don’t look to me for anything beyond friendship. In all honesty, I’m not sure how good I can be at that.”

He looked so troubled.

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