The Road Back To You by Jasmine Stevens

Author:Jasmine Stevens [Stevens, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

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Patterson was certain he and Lexie had shared a moment. A moment that perhaps meant she was opening up to the idea of forgiving him and letting him in again. He took a tentative step closer, hoping he hadn’t dreamt the look of attraction in her eyes. The electricity between them tangible. When she didn’t take a step backwards, he took another deliberate, step forward. Damn. Her nostrils flared, and he sensed her fighting her attraction with every ounce of her being. She was within his reach now, her knuckles white, holding the wool laying on the table. Her eyes hadn’t moved from the wool as he’d advanced. What was going through that gorgeous head of hers? Torment he guessed. He laid a hand over hers, warm, petite but certainly not unaccustomed to hard work—he loved that about her. He loved everything about her, every inch—still. He watched her swallow, hard. She was fighting an inner battle he hoped he could persuade her to surrender to. Gently lifting her hand from the wool he entwined their fingers together. The greatest amount of contact they’d had in far too long. He brought their hands to his chest, so she could feel how hard his heart was hammering with anticipation, desire, attraction, and nerves. If she rejected him it would hurt beyond reason. She was facing him now and for the first time since he moved to her, she looked up. Patterson took that as his invitation.

He hooked a hand around the back of her neck, her breath hitched and those plump pink lips opened in a sigh when he drew her head to his, never breaking eye contact with those gorgeous, dreamy eyes. Her hands remained resting on his chest and he longed to feel them wrap around his neck, longed to feel her gentle caress.

Her tongue inched out between those luscious lips, wetting them. Patterson was sure he would self-combust if she didn’t bring those lips to his soon. ‘Kiss me,’ he asked, his voice gravelly with need. He could see the battle playing out, written in anguish all over her pretty face. He’d hurt her before. Was she worried he’d break her heart again. Was fear holding her back?

‘You’re not shy, Lexie.’ Lifting his hand from hers, he reached up to her lips and with the pad of his thumb traced over the wet path her tongue had taken. Her breath hot on his skin made him sigh. ‘If you want to kiss me, kiss me.’

Still she remained stoic, not pulling away from his touch but not being lured into it either. His thumb caught her sigh as he leisurely continued his exploration of her lip, becoming reacquainted with the softness of her skin. Her eyes fluttered closed as he continued his journey further—meandering his thumb down the roundness of her chin, dawdling deliciously down her slender neck, before resting over her pulse beating rapidly underneath. Before resuming his descent to the sensual dip at the base of her throat.

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