Provocative Territory by AlTonya Washington

Author:AlTonya Washington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2012-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Elias decided to take the mysterious list of names to Barker and get his impressions or suspicions.... Eli figured it couldn’t hurt to have a few more facts in place when he spoke to Cleve Echols again.

Talking to Barker, however, was the last thing on his mind when he arrived at the Hemming Bar and Grill. He saw Clarissa strolling past the double doors of the establishment. He watched as she headed for the curb as though she were about to hail a cab. He hit the gas on the Navigator, rolling to a stop alongside her before she could lift a hand.

Too stunned to even speak his name, Clarissa only stood there blinking. Her mouth was parted in surprise.

“Where to?” he inquired simply, staring at her from behind a pair of sunglasses that shielded his ice-blue gaze.

“Home,” Clarissa said even though she was planning to meet Rayelle back at the club.

“Get in.”

She didn’t refuse or hesitate to accept his request.

Elias waited on her to get settled in the passenger seat, allowing him to survey the seductive shape of her legs and the appealing plumpness of her thighs which were bared when the wind caught the flaring hemline of the powder-blue dress she wore.

“Your aunt’s place, the hotel or the apartment you keep uptown?”

She was speechless over the fact that he knew of the apartment she mostly used for storage, but she made no comment. He probably knew every square inch of the city and who occupied it, she reasoned.

“The hotel’s fine,” she said in a small voice. Silently, she asked herself what the hell she thought she was doing. Hoping for a repeat of last night? What would he think of her if he knew that’s exactly where her thoughts were centered? She drifted back to the present time to see him bypass the hotel exit. She was sure it hadn’t been a mistake and decided to wait to see what he had in mind.

An unfamiliar acoustic piece floated from the speakers and worked its much-needed magic on her frazzled nerves. As if obeying some unspoken hypnotic suggestion, Clarissa leaned back on the headrest and urged her mind to calm.

* * *

Elias stopped the Navigator in the reserved spot outside the townhome he kept just inside the city limits. He silenced the ignition and waited for Clarissa to ask why they were there and where there was.

No sound emerged from the passenger side of the vehicle. It was only then that he discovered she had fallen asleep.

With his striking stare narrowed to a blue-green line, Elias angled his large frame on the seat and watched her doze. The provocative set of his wide mouth was curved into a faint smile. He outlined every inch of her lovely almond-toned face—first with his eyes and then with his fingertips which found Clarissa’s mouth to be the most inviting stop along the tour.

She shifted slightly on the seat. The tip of her tongue darted out to lick her lips, brushing the pad of his thumb in the process.

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