Willowleaf Lane by Thayne RaeAnne

Author:Thayne, RaeAnne [Thayne, RaeAnne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-06T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

SHE FROZE FOR just an instant and then she returned the kiss, tentatively at first and then with growing enthusiasm. Her tongue slid against his and her arms wrapped around his neck and his body went instantly hard.

She made a low, sexy sound, her breathing ragged, and pressed all those luscious curves against him. Heat exploded in his gut and he couldn’t think of anything but how very much he wanted to touch her, taste her everywhere.

With their mouths fused, he carried her into her living room and lowered her to the sage sofa he had sat on the other night. She made a sound of protest, her arms tight around his neck, and he followed her down, their mouths still together.

She squirmed beneath him, her full sexy breasts brushing his chest, and he felt like a kid, desperate to get to second base. He had to touch her. It was a primal need he couldn’t seem to control and, while exploring the wonders of her mouth, he eased a hand to her waist, slipping under the edge of her T-shirt. Her skin was warm and deliciously soft, and she made little needy noises with each inch he moved his fingers.

Finally, he feathered a touch just on the underside of her breast. She gasped and jerked her mouth away.

“What’s wrong?”

“You...surprised me, that’s all,” she said after a moment. “You, um, don’t have to stop.”

Her voice sounded breathy, hollow. He eased away from her and saw her eyes were dilated, her cheeks flushed. She looked wanton and innocent at the same time, a heady combination.

Some of her hair drifted from her ponytail, and he wanted to pull it all free and run it through his fingers, savoring each silky strand. He was so aroused, he ached with the need to lose himself inside her.

“Really. Don’t stop,” she said, her voice a little shy, color high on her cheekbones. She shifted restlessly on the sofa then winced a little when she moved her foot. Suddenly, he remembered her ankle. She was still on the DL, had just survived the ordeal of riding her bike much farther than she should have, and here he was mauling her on her own sofa.

“You’re in pain.”

“Only my ankle, which I’m fairly sure doesn’t have to be heavily involved in this.”

Damn it. He couldn’t do this, as much as every particle of his body was crying out for him to carry her somewhere with a little more room, strip them both to bare skin and spend hours exploring those curves.

He would hurt her. It was what he did, even when he started out with the best intentions. She trusted him, had become the closest thing he had to a friend in Hope’s Crossing, and he couldn’t betray that trust by complicating everything with sex.

“I find you incredibly desirable, Charlotte.”

A startled sort of heat flared in her eyes and she gazed at him, her lips parted and her heartbeat pulsing rapidly beneath her skin at her neck.

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