Harlequin Special Edition November 2014 - Box Set 1 of 2: A Weaver Christmas Gift\The Soldier's Holiday Homecoming\Santa's Playbook by Allison Leigh

Author:Allison Leigh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Chloe had no business kissing Joe again, but as those amazing blue eyes reached deep inside of her, as his arms slipped around her and he drew her close, she couldn’t help leaning toward him and just...letting go.

She expected the kiss to start slowly—much like the first one had. But the moment their lips met, hers parted, and the kiss exploded with passion.

As their tongues touched, twisting and mating, their hands stroked, explored, caressed.

She knew she should pull back and stop things before they got out of hand, but it had been so long since she’d lost herself in a man’s arms, in his kiss.

Then again, her only experience had never been like this. Before she was blinded by a haze of lust and found herself making love outdoors, she drew her mouth from his. She meant to explain her reason for stopping, but she didn’t dare say a word until her breathing slowed to a normal rate and her heart stopped pounding.

“That was some kiss,” he said.

It certainly was.

“I don’t mean to be a tease,” she finally said, “but I don’t think we should jump into anything.”

He ran his knuckles along her cheek. “Because of my amnesia?”

That was one reason to be cautious. She hardly knew the man as it was. And while her heart—not to mention, her body—seemed to insist it didn’t matter, that she could easily fall for him anyway, she had to be reasonable.

“Don’t you think we should take things slow until your memory returns?” she said.

“Probably.”

She bit down on her bottom lip, pondering how much to share with him about the mistake she’d made, but there was a part of her that didn’t want him to think she was flighty or that she didn’t have any morals.

“I made a bad choice once, and I told myself I’d be more careful next time.”

“What happened?”

She really hadn’t told anyone before, other than Teresa, but it seemed as though Joe deserved an explanation. “I was lonely and got caught up in a relationship that wasn’t right for me.”

She’d met Mark Foster her first semester at the junior college in Wexler. She hadn’t had a chance to make any friends in town yet, and he’d been funny and charming. She’d been flattered by his interest in her, thinking that he actually cared for her.

He’d pursued her, coming on pretty strong, and she hadn’t been experienced in the ways of the world. She should have taken the time to think things through, to get to know his true character, but she hadn’t. He’d taken advantage of her naivety by taking her out to an expensive dinner in Wexler, pulling out all the romantic stops and plying her with enough champagne to make her head spin.

She’d never in a million years thought that she’d have sex in the back of a car—especially her first time. She’d cried afterward. And then she’d gotten sick. The whole thing was a disappointing and embarrassing experience she’d like to forget.

Apparently, Mark had more luck at forgetting than she had.

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