Kiss and Burn by Nikki Winter

Author:Nikki Winter [Winter, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“You can stop looking at me like I’m going to strip you right here,” Eli calmly stated, continuing his task of ripping open sugar packets to dump into his coffee.

He could feel Carmen eyeing him.

“I’ve no idea what you will or won’t do,” she muttered.

His lips twitched as he finally raised his gaze. “And yet, there you sit rather than making an excuse to stay as far away from me as possible.” He tilted his head just a bit to the left. “Tell me something, Carmen, if I make you so uncomfortable, why are we going to have sex later tonight?”

She closed her eyes and he could see a smile forming around her mouth. “You’re such a presumptuous ass.”

“Then get up from the table,” he told her. “Get up, walk away and ignore me for the rest of the trip.”

When she looked at him, her stare was narrowed. “Don’t challenge me.”

Eli simply quirked a brow and sat back, waving a hand.

Carmen’s palms hit the table and she moved as though she would rise. His fingers curled around her wrist. Their eyes met.

“Don’t.”

“Then stop making me want to,” she whispered. “I prefer you when you’re behaving like a goddamn adult. This cocky football captain shit isn’t a turn on, Elijah. Not in the least bit. Either cut it and show me what I saw last week or leave me to my original plan because believe it or not, I can pretend like you don’t exist.”

Eli slowly released her, sitting back with a hard breath. He was acting like a twat and she was right to call him on it. The whole point of Carmen’s ignoring him for so long was because of the very thing he was exhibiting right now—arrogance. The problem with that Carmen Sanchez was not a sure thing. She never would be. Predicting what was crossing her thoughts was about as easy as predicting when he’d die—impossible. He’d gotten so accustomed to women doing whatever they could to get and keep his interest that he’d fallen back into the same routine: a flirtatious smile, a few compliments and comments birthed from pure egotism. Losing the little ground he’d gained with her was right on the horizon if he didn’t remind himself of who he was dealing with at the moment.

“Sorry,” he mumbled, clenching his hands.

“What?”

He swallowed, caught her eyes and enunciated, “I’m sorry.” He nodded to her seat. “Would you please sit back down and tell me the first place you’d like to go tonight?”

She eased back into the chair almost warily, like she was waiting for Hyde to return with a vengeance.

Eli gripped one leg of her seat and pulled it until she was directly beside him. She shot him a look but he simply grinned, placed her cup in front of her then slung an arm across the back of the chair.

Looking thoroughly annoyed with his antics, she told him, “Well, Addie was looking through the resort’s activities and apparently tonight kicks off the first in a line of decade themed parties they’re supposed to be having at one of the clubs.

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