Going Hard: Steele Ridge Series by Kelsey Browning

Author:Kelsey Browning
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kicksass Creations LLC

19

Her breath already short, Carlie Beth turned her face away from his kiss and blinked, trying to orient herself. She was actually in Grif Steele’s bedroom looking at what appeared to be a multi-thousand-dollar bed. But there was no tablecloth on the pressboard side table and no curtains softened the tall windows with waist-high sills and roll-down shades.

And she was standing here thinking about sex. It wasn’t even noon and she was considering having sex with Grif. Seriously considering it.

Was she crazy? Or just lonely? She was a thirty-four-year-old mom, but Grif made her feel like a teenage girl who’d been talked into the backseat of her prom date’s car. Breathless. Unsure. Giddy. Greedy.

“You’re right,” she said. “I want you. But this is just between you and me. So if you’re trying to use sex to get what you want with Aub—”

He cut her off with a kiss, completely carnal and slightly brutal. The combination pared her world down to one second. One man.

Grif’s hands were suddenly busy working on her shirt buttons while he consumed her with his kiss. Before she knew what was what, he had her shirt off one arm and hanging around her other wrist and she realized she’d worn her most comfy undershirt—a white cami with a ripped hem and little stains where she’d spilled some ketchup.

Oh, God.

She sucked at seduction.

Grif’s hands stilled. “You froze up on me. If you’re scared—”

“No, I’m just horrible at this.”

He slipped his hands around her waist, caressing the subtle curve there. “From my perspective, you’re damn good at it. But if it’s not what you want—”

“Where do the women you date in LA buy their underwear?”

His eyes closed and his face took on a pained expression. “This is bad. Bad bed etiquette to talk about other women.”

“Not if the woman brings up the topic.”

“It’s especially bad then.”

“Just answer the question. Where do they buy their bras and panties?”

“I don’t usually ask.”

“Probably at little boutiques with a single set hanging on each beautiful rack.” He snuffled at that, and she had to laugh as well. “Not that kind of rack. The underwear I’m wearing? I bought it at the local dollar store, and it was crammed between a hundred other pairs of plain cotton bras and panties.”

“If it reassures you any, I’m mainly interested in what’s inside them.”

But she still wondered if she was just someone to soothe his bruised ego. A diversion, someone to play with while he was getting back on his emotional feet.

So what? You’re a grown-ass woman. Maybe he’s just someone for you to play with.

Carlie Beth shook out her arms like a boxer and exhaled. “You’re right. Okay, I’m ready.”

His laugh was sharp. “You look like you’re about to climb into a ring. I don’t want you to have to psych yourself out for this.”

No, no, no. He couldn’t back off now. If he did, she’d be forced to go home and dig through the junk drawer for all her stray C batteries.

She needed this.

She deserved this.

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