Merry Christmas, Baby by Vicki Lewis Thompson

Author:Vicki Lewis Thompson [Thompson, Vicki Lewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781459281745
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-01T08:00:00+00:00

4

WHAT THE HELL WAS HE thinking? He was alone with a woman he hadn’t been able to take his eyes off of all night and he’d brought up his cousin? Not only had he mentioned Gaylord, who would have lots in common with Teddy, but then he’d gone out of his way to reassure her Gaylord was straight and offered to introduce them.

“I’m open to meeting as many people as possible,” she said, her smile rocking him.

He smiled back. She’d just told him she wasn’t caught up in meeting Gaylord because he was a straight guy.

She held her wineglass in one hand and the other arm she stretched along the back of the couch. She rubbed small circles with her finger. Her hands were elegant with short, functional nails. There it was again. It was subtle but she had an energy about her that drew him.

Jared sipped at his wine and copied her, stretching his arm along the back of the sofa, as well. He lightly traced his finger along the back of her hand, leaving her every opportunity to pull her hand away. She didn’t. She simply smiled at him over the rim of her wineglass, her brown eyes taking on a smoky quality.

Her skin was soft and smooth like warm velvet beneath his fingertip. Tension wound between them, beckoned them.

“We just met,” he said, leaning in closer.

“I know.” Her husky tone stroked through him.

“This is crazy.”

“Insane,” she agreed. “And I bet you never opt for insanity.”

“I never have before.”

They both placed their wineglasses on the coffee table and moved toward one another on the couch. Jared leaned in and her breath fanned against his face. There was something almost miraculous about Teddy Monroe, something that got next to him, that tugged at him.

“Would you take your hair down? I’ve wondered all night what it would feel like.”

“You have?”

“I have.”

She reached behind her head, her movements sensual and languid, and pulled the elastic out of her hair. With a slow shake of her head, her hair tumbled about her shoulders. She threaded her fingers through it, as if combing it. “Better?”

“Much.” He fingered one of the blond swaths. In the lamp light it looked like molten honey and felt like silk. “You have beautiful hair,” he said.

“Thank you.” She leaned in closer.

He buried his hand in her hair and his fingertips brushed against the back of her neck. She shivered faintly beneath his touch.

And it should feel kind of crazy considering he’d just met her but the strong urge to kiss her simply felt right. He pulled her to him. Her lips were warm, soft…and potent. Even though she tasted faintly of red wine, the effect was like a shot of smooth, aged whiskey going down. Heat spiraled through him and went straight to his head…both of them.

Teddy deepened the kiss and Jared ran with it. Her mouth opened beneath his and he swept the moist recesses with his tongue. He explored the soft, wet heat of the inside of her cheeks, the velvet length of her tongue.

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