Breathless by Maria Luis

Author:Maria Luis [Luis, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alkmini Books, LLC
Published: 2017-12-11T06:00:00+00:00

10

Claire

Jake’s mouth is possessive. Hard. Sexy as all hell.

There’s nothing soft about the way he nips at my bottom lip, demanding entry, or in the way his fingers clench down on my butt, digging in, tugging me closer to his muscular frame. With a jolt, I realize that he’s kissing me in a very public show of claiming me.

Nope. Not happening.

Sexy as Jake is—and, oh God, he is—I don’t play by those caveman rules. Not in public, anyway. If he wants to shove me up a wall while we’re alone, and rip my panties off? Go right ahead, do it, I dare you. But in front of New York City’s modern-day aristocrats? He’s going to have to work for me, with something else besides his full mouth and hard cock.

I have standards, people.

I slip my hands over his belt buckle and give him a little push back, only to feel an immediate sense of loss. Damn it. Why is he so hot?

He watches me with glittering blue eyes and then—oh boy—brushes the pad of his thumb across his lower lip.

Panties. Wet.

Maybe I’ve made a mistake.

“I like your dress.”

That’s all he says—I like your dress. But it lights me up from the inside and I grin. “Me too. I like the color red.”

“It looks good on you.”

“Two compliments in one night,” I muse with a saucy wink in his direction, “excuse me while I mark the occasion down.”

His brows furrow. “I give you compliments all the time.”

“No, you make fun of me all the time. Your family’s chicken suit ringing any bells?”

Overhearing my conversation with Jake, Devin leans over and throws an arm around Jake’s broad shoulders. Shoulders that are encased in a well-tailored black tux. God, he’s gorgeous.

“Haven’t you heard of how it works, Holloway?” Devin says, reaching up with one fist to pinch Jake’s cheek. “If a guy is teasing you, then he probably wants in your pants.”

Jake bats his friend’s hand out of the way, even as I break out into a coughing fit. Carl Lipton is fully entrenched in a conversation with Max, thank God, but I still feel my ears heat with embarrassment.

Be cool. Be cool.

“What Devin is trying to say,” Jake mutters gruffly, “is that you intrigue me, Claire.”

“He likes you.” This from Devin, who grins wildly.

“Dev.”

“He’s probably already got a ring picked out.”

I feel the most ridiculous bubble of laughter threaten to burst from my chest. I eye Jake, whose cheeks are the same shade as my dress. “Is that true?”

Poor guy doesn’t even have the chance to speak before Devin jumps into the fray again. “Marriage in six months, a kid in a little over a year. You two moving out of the city into Jersey or some shit. I can just see it now.” He closes his eyes, draws in a deep breath, and adds, “And me as the godfather. It’s just beautiful.”

His lids pop open and he gives a little hum of satisfaction. “I think you two are going to have a great night.

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