Hot Lawyers: The Lee Christine Collection by Lee Christine

Author:Lee Christine [Christine, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises Pty Ltd Australia

Chapter 17

Nate leaned his forehead against Josie’s and traced the pad of his thumb across her lips. ‘I would kiss you, but you can probably smell the beer and Absinthe. Let me go get cleaned up.’

She raised a hand and trailed her fingertips along his stubbly jaw. ‘The cheap perfume’s the worst.’

Anxious to reassure her, Nate captured her hand and kissed her fingers. She was so tender, so tentative the way she touched him. After the grubbiness of the hazing, her softness was mind blowing.

‘I escaped her clutches, princess.’

‘Not entirely.’ She pulled back and gave him a dubious look, gaze shifting to his neck. ‘There’s lipstick on your throat.’

Nate laid his free hand over his heart. ‘She was a lap dancer, Josie. She was all over me when I was semi-conscious. I paid her to go — really.’

He wasn’t the spill your guts type. It didn’t go with the job. But Josie would have concerns about a sex worker, any woman would. And he needed to explain. Hell, he wanted to share his tortuous night with her.

‘It was an initiation.’ He flexed his sore shoulder inside his jacket. ‘The good news is, I scored Grassy’s job, the bad news — I was expected to celebrate. There was booze, drugs and hookers. I sidestepped the drugs and the lap dancer.’

Shit. It was a seedy world, and he wouldn’t blame her one bit if she decided she wanted nothing more to do with him.

‘What did they do to you?’ she asked eventually, checking him out with concerned eyes.

‘Plied me with alcohol mostly, but hey, it’d take a lot more than that to keep me away on your birthday.’

He gathered her small frame closer, let his hands slide up and down her back. He desperately needed a toothbrush, and about half a bottle of mouthwash before he kissed her. But he couldn’t let her go, not yet.

She shivered, sighed, and laid her head on his shoulder.

Fire ripped through Nate’s veins as she relaxed against him, and he wished he could divest them of their clothing there and then. He wanted her — more than he could remember wanting any woman, but he had to take his cue from her, do only what she felt comfortable with. He was unsure of her experience, and to question her about it would be seriously uncool.

Two years ago, she’d taken his blunt rejection well, and if anyone had overreacted and gone all awkward — it was him. If Josie rejected him now, he’d just have to cop it on the chin.

Testing her a little, he ran his hands down her back and spread them across her shapely bottom, cupping both cheeks and urging her closer. When she murmured, he pressed his hips against hers, moulding their lower bodies together so she could feel his arousal, feel how much he wanted her.

He leaned back and watched for her reaction.

Her eyes widened, and then she grinned, gave him a tentative press back. ‘Judging by that, detective, the liquor hasn’t affected you.

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