Cut to the Chase by Lori Ryan

Author:Lori Ryan [Ryan, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-941149-62-1
Publisher: Lori Ryan
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Sara wished she could say she had a bad time, but she hadn’t. After visiting the Yale collection, they’d grabbed pizza, then wandered around the rest of the campus looking at the old buildings. She hadn’t taken the time to walk the campus before, and she had to admit, it was gorgeous.

Now, sitting in Warrick’s car as he pulled into her building’s parking lot, she suddenly felt nervous. The kind of jangly nerves that tell you something is about to happen. She could feel the shift in the air as Warrick came around and opened her car door, offering a hand to her as they walked into the building.

Before they reached the entrance, he broke the silence. “Why do you need this practice, Sara?” She knew he was referring to practice being around a man again. Dating.

She let out a breath and decided telling him was better than trying to skirt around the issue. She’d never really been one to skirt. “My fiancé left me right after I was injured. Said he couldn’t handle it.” She raised her prosthesis and made the muscle movement in her forearm that caused the robotic fingers to wave.

Warrick didn’t comment but raised his brows and she could see in the stark shadow in his eyes that he had some thoughts on the subject.

“I guess, since then, I have friends and my family, but I don’t date. I’m careful to keep things from going there. I’ve been sort of hiding out from that side of things. Hiding out from life in some ways.”

“I have some experience with that.” They stopped in front of her apartment and he turned her to face him. Her breath caught at his intense expression. “You said we could practice this part a little.”

“Okay,” she murmured, and realized almost immediately, it was too husky, too breathless.

He leaned closer and heaven help her, she pressed into him, lifting onto her toes slightly as he came down to meet her. His mouth closed on hers and the jangly nerves flipped into overdrive.

The kiss was hot and hard and soft all at once. It wasn’t the kind of kiss that only happened with your mouth. It was a whole body kiss, his arms coming around her to pull her close. And damn, if her body didn’t just sit up and beg for more. A lot more.

He softened the kiss, letting his lips barely brush over hers for a moment, before deepening it once again, as if going back for seconds. Sara brought her right hand up to his shoulder, running it over the muscles and letting herself sink into the feel of his body wrapped around hers. It was a feeling she had missed. One she wasn’t sure she’d ever experience again.

Then he pulled back and broke the kiss, and she realized with a start she hadn’t been ready for it to end yet. He studied her for a minute, and she saw the smallest of smiles form. “Good night, Sara.”

And then he was gone.

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