Texas Bad Boy by Jean Brashear

Author:Jean Brashear
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Texas
Publisher: Jean Brashear
Published: 2020-07-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Lacey had no idea where they were heading. They’d long ago left any part of town she’d ever seen.

“Don’t be scared. I promise it’s not as bad as it looks,” Dev said, his voice tight.

She touched his arm gently. “I’m not afraid. I’m with you.”

He muttered under his breath, something about the wrong side of the tracks. “You don’t belong here. This is a bad idea.”

“Dev…” She touched his hand. “I loved Shorty’s donuts, didn’t I? Stop treating me like I’m made of glass.”

She saw the tension in his jaw ease slightly.

“If you don’t like it, we don’t have to stay.”

“And if I do?”

He glanced at her. “It’s not your kind of place, Lacey. I don’t know what I was thinking.”

“Stop it, Dev. I want to be someone new.”

An odd look crossed his face at those words.

“I mean it.” She spread her arms wide, throwing her arms back and wishing her hair were long so it could whip in the wind like a banner.

“If you don’t stop looking like seven kinds of sin, I will not be responsible for my actions,” he growled.

A slow, lazy smile spread across her lips. She arched one eyebrow. “Really?”

“And if you say really one more time like you’re licking your chops over forbidden thrills, I definitely won’t be responsible.”

She couldn’t resist. “Really?” She threw back her head and laughed.

He slammed to a stop in a parking lot and yanked her against him, covering her mouth in a kiss so hot she was sure her lungs were scorched.

But Lacey didn’t care. This was the best night of her whole life, and she was going to live it to the fullest. She’d never felt more alive, her nerve endings sizzling like severed high wires dancing on the ground in a shower of sparks.

Dev took her under again, and she thought she’d lost the ability to breathe…but she didn’t care. Giddy laughter bubbled up her throat, and she wanted to sing and shout and dance.

He pulled away slightly; she gripped his hair in her hands and nibbled at his lower lip. “Don’t stop.”

Was that her voice, so low and hungry?

“I have to, or we’re not making it out of this car.” Dev sounded a little breathless, and Lacey was inordinately pleased to think she could have that effect on him.

“Am I a femme fatale, Dev?” she asked innocently.

Dev growled low in his throat. “You are pure hell-born trouble. I’m shocked at you.” But he was grinning, even as his eyes sparked with something dark and dangerous.

She inhaled to speak—

“Do not say really…”

Lacey laughed. She’d only had one glass of champagne but she felt as though she could fly. “Take me dancing, Dev.” Her voice lowered. “And then take me home.”

His nostrils flared. “When I do, I’m going to want to stay,” he warned.

She licked her lips, loving the way he sucked in a breath as he watched her. “I hope so.”

Dev cursed under his breath and broke from the car as though demons were after him. He stood outside with his hands on the door, his knuckles white.

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