Firefly Duet: New Beginnings and Lasting Love by Becca Maxton

Author:Becca Maxton [Maxton, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Becca Maxton
Published: 2021-02-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

She paused, the bottle of sparkling water midway to her lips. “What?”

Jim groaned. “Well, that went about as well as the other day.” He pitched his empty water bottle toward the open cooler and missed.

“Stop. No.” Sofia changed position getting up on her knees then sitting back on her heels studying him. “That wasn’t what I expected you to say.”

He’s hurt.

“Slow down.” She slipped her hand in his and held on, halting his movements as he began packing up. Moving up to her knees again, she gripped his hand for balance. “You’d like to kiss me?”

“Very much.”

“But the other day…”

“I was an idiot.” He tilted his head. “I think we both know this isn’t forever. You’re going to leave Colorado, maybe not even that long from now. I’m tired of fighting myself.”

“How long have you wanted to kiss me?”

“Since New York.”

“Really?” She scooted closer. “That’s a long time.”

“I have a surprise for you too.”

“More than the kiss?” It was a sassy thing to say.

He slipped his hand in her hair and brushed his lips to hers. “It’s possible you’ll like it even more than my kiss.” He held her head at the perfect angle and Sofia moaned when he pressed his mouth firmly, prompting her to open. Her tongue danced with his, another moan escaping when he sucked on her bottom lip. Stopping, he moved his hand to her cheek, his breathing ragged, and rested his forehead to hers.

I need this. I don’t want this to stop.

She leaned in, kissing his cheek, chin, neck, then tiny soft kisses along the rim of his ear. Lifting her leg, he situated her so she straddled his lap and pulled her in chest to chest. Her hips pressed forward.

Too much. Too soon. Slow.

As if reading her conflict between head and body, his hands fell to her bare thighs. “Easy, honey. You feel too good.” He tucked her hair behind her ear, his eyes filled with lust and awe she instantly felt addicted to. Moving off his lap, she sat cross-legged as he ran a hand over his face and shook his head.

Leaning on her hands behind her, she let her head fall back, closing her eyes. A rolling heat curled her toes and shot straight to her tingling scalp. Sunshine and a gentle breeze fluttered over her skin. Every cell in her body awakened with new energy. “What’s the other surprise, because the kissing was really, really good.”

“I know coming here, so suddenly, has been hard on you.”

The seriousness of his tone made her open her eyes.

“It must feel like life pulled every rug out from under you. That’s before you even came to a new place. With me. A stranger.”

She grinned. “We’re not really strangers now, especially if we’ve decided to start kissing each other."

His deep laugh, sexy and unnerving, threatened to send her floating up to the clouds.

“We can kiss anytime you want, by the way.” He blew out his cheeks, a blank look on his face. “Where was I going with all this?”

“You were going to tell me the surprise,” she prompted.

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