Forbidden River by Brynn Kelly

Author:Brynn Kelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-11-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

TIA FROZE. SO DID CODY, as if it were just as much of a shock to him. His fast, warm breath caressed her skin, the heat fanning out in concentric circles, like the spread of aftershocks following an earthquake.

He released her and cleared his throat. She quickly steadied her head before it lolled.

“I don’t know why I did that,” he said, his voice clipped and gravelly.

Her stomach went into free fall. He’d got carried away and he was regretting it.

No, Tia. She wasn’t that girl anymore, the insecure teenager who didn’t think she was worth the popular boy’s attention. Cody was an attractive man and she was a strong woman who knew her own mind, knew that right now there was nothing she’d rather do than strip him naked and screw him, and why the hell not? He couldn’t be hers forever, but he could be hers tonight.

“I don’t know why you stopped,” she said, the words shakier than they’d sounded in her head.

Silence. Stillness. While he figured out how to let her down gently? Her breath was so shallow she could well flake out. Ball’s in your court, Cowboy. Her scalp prickled—in a good way—and then his fingertips touched her temple and combed through her hair, gently twisting it aside. She let her neck fall sideways. This had better not be him letting her down gently.

A shifting noise and he leaned over and touched the tip of his tongue to her collarbone. She gasped, and he slowly circled up her neck until he grazed her earlobe.

“I can feel your pulse,” he murmured. “Hot and fast.”

“Oh.”

This was really happening. She’d wanted this to happen and now it was, way out here where the real world didn’t exist. She spun, her hair tumbling onto her shoulders, and there he was, kneeling above her, his eyes veiled by shadow, one cheekbone cut by a shaft of moonlight. She propped her knees up on either side of him, her shin tight, and he leaned in and cupped her jaw with one hand. His breath coasted over her lips. Magic.

“This is crazy,” she whispered.

He pulled back slightly. “Depends what you compare it with.”

“True. My definition of crazy got a whole lot crazier today.”

“Definitely not where I thought my day would end.”

“I was going to do my taxes tonight. They’re overdue.”

His hand slipped from her face, making her skin tingle with cold, and he jumped into a crouch. His skull smacked on a jutting rock. He swore, rubbing it. Taxes? Really, Tia? So much for leaving the real world behind.

“It’s the stress,” she said, giving him an out, though her belly hollowed. It would be an awkward night. And no way would she be able to shake the feeling of his tongue and lips on her neck.

He sat heavily beside her, fingers smoothing his eyebrows as if he had a headache. “You’re right. The stress.”

He’d taken the out. “We should eat,” she said robotically, though food was the last thing her body wanted.

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