Fool's Gold: 3.5 (Hearts and Arrows) by Hart Staci

Author:Hart, Staci [Hart, Staci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Promise Socks Publishing
Published: 2015-02-10T08:00:00+00:00

JON COULDN’T TAKE HIS eyes off Josie as she sat across from him in the dim dining room, her copper hair falling in dark waves over her shoulders, shining like a penny in the candlelight flickering from the table. She slipped a fork topped with a bite of soufflé into her mouth, and his eyes locked on her red lips as she pulled it out slow with a little moan. It might have been one of the sexiest sounds he’d ever heard.

“God, that’s so good,” she said, and he smiled, taking another bite for himself.

The date had been filled with affable conversation, and even though their nerves were just under the surface, there was an ease about the date now that the tension was gone along with the angst. There was no grace period, no waiting to get know each other. No mystery. It was comforting, to know her well enough to not worry about what she thought of him. He already knew.

The nerves came into play when he thought about the next move, and it was clear what the move was, assumed simply by both of them.

He watched her long fingers as she took another bite. Her dress was an electric shade of blue, dark and bright against her dove-white skin. It hugged every curve he longed to touch, short enough that her legs seemed to go on forever with help from black platform stilettos.

The waiter dropped the check, and Jon swiped it before Josie had a chance to set down her fork.

“Jon,” she warned, pursing her lips.

“Nope.” He slipped his card into the check presenter.

“I don’t need you to buy my dinner.”

“I never suggested you did, but if you think I’d ever in a million years let you buy your dinner tonight, you’re crazy.”

She blushed and opened her mouth to argue, but he cut her off.

“Just say thank you.”

Her red lips pressed into a smile as the waiter picked up the check. “Thank you.”

“Thank you for coming with me.”

“Would you let me say no?”

He chuckled. “Josie, no one makes you do a damn thing you don’t want to, and I wasn’t sure you’d say yes.”

“Oh?” She raised an eyebrow.

Jon nodded. “All this time I’d convinced myself that you didn’t want anything from me besides friendship.”

She shook her head. “I don’t believe that. You can’t fake that level of confidence.”

“It was a show. It always is. I’m not nearly as sure of myself as you might think, but I knew for certain the other day you wanted more. If I’d kissed you, I think you would have let me.”

“I would have probably pulled my gun on you.”

He smiled. “But you would have let me kiss you first.”

She smirked. “Against my better judgment, yes. I would have.”

“Most days, I thought I was imagining that you wanted me.”

“Most days, I wanted to flip a table because I was tired of you teasing me with something I couldn’t have.”

“You know, I didn’t know I was doing it.”

“That’s horrible, Jon,” she said with a laugh.

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