Must Love Bees by Sasha Summers

Author:Sasha Summers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-11-07T14:08:03+00:00

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THIS WAS IRRATIONAL. All of it. Knowing that didn’t stop him from kissing her. He couldn’t seem to stop kissing her. He should. Now. They were parked in front of her house—chances were her entire family were peering out the window wondering what the hell was going on. And yet, he kept right on kissing her.

It had taken him less than five minutes to put a bag of dry clothes together but he’d forced himself to take longer. Once he cleared his head, he’d be fine. But that hadn’t happened. He’d sat on the edge of his bed, fighting the need to go back to her. And, dammit, it was need. To see her. To be near her. To hold her and kiss her and breathe her in. It was beyond reason or explanation but true. The pull to get back to her had won out in the end. He’d hurried down the stairs to stand, desperate, for some sign that she might be feeling something similar to whatever sweet hell this was.

When she hadn’t instantly reached for him, he’d been kicking himself. He was losing it. This was all him. It wasn’t entirely his fault. He didn’t have much of a frame of reference for this. Who was he kidding, he had no frame of reference for this. He didn’t date. After a handful of bad experiences, Charlie had gotten the message loud and clear. He’d decided he’d rather be single than face continual rejections. If he and Yasmina’s long-term friendship hadn’t led to their arrangement, he’d have stayed single. As a result, he clearly had no idea what was going on.

But now it was better. She was holding on to him and he could breathe again.

Until it stopped.

“Charlie.” Astrid’s husky whisper set the hair on the back of his neck upright.

He had a new word for Astrid. Sexy. No, sexy was cliché. And trite. She was more than that. Stimulating. That fit. Everything about her stimulated everything about him. “Hmm,” he murmured, kissing her with renewed enthusiasm.

Even her laugh was husky. And shaky. “Charlie.” She braced a hand against his chest. “We’re here.”

He groaned, his forehead resting against hers. “I know.” How the hell was he supposed to do this? To let her go and go inside like his entire world hadn’t been knocked off its axis. It had. That was a fact. He hadn’t known something—someone—could feel so good. No, not someone. He wasn’t that naive. This was all because of her.

“Nova—”

“I know.” Slowly, his hold eased. He wasn’t ready to let her go, but she slid away before he could argue. Then, she was opening the door and climbing out of the car. He was gripping the steering wheel with both hands as she sprinted through the rain to the front porch of the massive old house.

It took him a minute to peel his fingers off the steering wheel. It took him another minute to grab the bag and muster enough courage to leave the car and run to the porch—where she was waiting.

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