Hip Check by Deirdre Martin

Author:Deirdre Martin [Martin, Deirdre]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780425251157
Google: WPw4LgEACAAJ
Amazon: 0425251152
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2013-02-04T23:00:00+00:00

26

Spooning with Esa in his sumptuous king-sized bed in the afterglow, Michelle wondered what it would be like to spend the entire night with him. It was impossible, of course, because of Nell, and because—well, it just was.

Thinking back on their lovemaking threatened to arouse Michelle all over again, which embarrassed her. She couldn’t believe how shameless she’d been with him. She’d shocked herself. Perhaps deep down, she wanted to show him she wasn’t some buttoned-down prude. But more likely, it was the knowledge that this was her one chance to go for it with this incredibly sexy man as they finally chose to sate the sexual tension between them. Now they could get on with their lives.

Every time Michelle found herself drifting off, she’d force herself awake. Finally, she reached behind her, giving his thigh a gentle shake. “Esa? We—”

Esa’s hand tightened around her waist as he kissed her shoulder. “Not yet, Michelle,” he requested in a weary voice. “Let’s just try to enjoy this for a couple of minutes more.”

Michelle felt stung as she glanced back over her shoulder at him. “What are you talking about?”

“C’mon. You know what I’m talking about,” he said gently. “You want to discuss what just happened. You’re going to say it was a mistake, and then you’re going to tell me it can never happen again. All I’m asking for is that we relax for a few minutes more before we go through this song and dance again.”

“‘Go through this song and dance’?”

Offended, Michelle sat up, drawing the sheet to her chest, trying to ignore how gorgeous he looked right now, his thick black hair all askew, his gaze drowsy. It seemed unfair that someone so striking should be such a jerk.

Esa groaned, propping himself up on one elbow as he rested his head in the palm of his hand. “I’m sorry. That was a bad choice of words. But you know I’m right: you’re going to tell me this was a mistake.”

“Am I that predictable?”

“In a word, yes.”

Michelle gave him a dirty look. “I don’t think it was a mistake,” she said carefully. “I think it was an itch we both needed to scratch. And now that it has—”

“It can never happen again. Right?”

Michelle’s mouth fell open in indignation. “You’re such a jerk!”

“Tell me what you were going to say, then.”

“What I was going to say was . . .” Words began tangling in her mouth as she began growing flustered. “. . . is that you—okay maybe I was going to say something along those lines.”

Esa laughed.

“You seem to forget there’s a little girl living in the house.”

“I haven’t forgotten that at all, actually.”

Michelle was confused. “What are you saying?”

“I see no reason why it can’t happen again, and I see no reason why, if it does, Nell can’t know.”

Michelle stared at him like he was crazy. “Are you kidding me?”

Esa rolled onto his back with a sigh. “Go on. Explain it all to me. I’m all ears.”

“Let’s say it did happen again.

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