As You Like It by Lori Wilde

Author:Lori Wilde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2004-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

HE HAD OVERPLAYED his hand. The minute he’d asked her the voyeur question, Marissa had jumped from the bed so fast she’d knocked him on his can.

She stood before him, eyes wide, palm splayed across her chest, breath seesawing in and out of her lungs. He knew she was disconcerted, but he also knew there was no way on earth she’d admit it.

“I just remembered,” she lied through her teeth as she jammed her feet back into her high heels while simultaneously raking her hand through her curls, “I’ve got to make arrangements to rent the virtual-reality chamber. You stay here and work on the game, I’ll drive down to New Orleans and get this taken care of.”

“You’re not running away from me, are you?” he had asked.

Vehemently, she’d shaken her head, but he’d seen the anxiety in her eyes. He’d gotten under her skin. “No, no, of course not. How long before we’ll have the prototype ready to preview?”

“Not for a good month yet.”

“Good, good.” She was talking fast and inching toward the door. “I’ll make the reservations for the end of February.”

He’d debated telling her he’d seen her in the bathroom, but decided a head-on confrontation probably wasn’t the best route to take. So he had let her escape and he hadn’t mistaken the gratitude swimming in her eyes. She knew he knew. That was enough.

In one morning he’d made a lot of progress. With her and with his ideas for the video game.

As he sat at the computer coding in a scripted version of what had transpired in the bathroom, Beau felt a sense of expectation he hadn’t experienced in over two years. His pulse was thready. His stomach was tight with excitement. His imagination operating in hyperdrive.

I’m back in the saddle, he thought and an old Arrowsmith song tracked through his brain.

He had to admit the feeling was downright intoxicating. He was damn good at designing games. The question was, how would Marissa act when she realized that he had incorporated their bathroom sexual adventure into the video game’s plot?

Smiling to himself, he recalled the taste of her lips, sweet with the flavor of ripe banana. How she’d looked with those steam-induced curls springing adorably around her head, and those gorgeous brown eyes drinking him in. He adored how she smelled of spice and passion and serious determination.

He realized he had stopped typing in midcode and was staring out the window. Mentally, he shook himself. Marissa was supposed to be an inspiration to his creativity, not a hindrance. Not only did he have work to do, he also had the next installment to plan.

Anticipation spurting through his veins, he rubbed his palms together and returned his attention to the computer while one enticing thought echoed in the recesses of his mind.

Where would their game lead them tomorrow?

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