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opened her mouth, but he shook his head.
“I should have never said anything and I wouldn’t have if I had thought you knew what the hell you did to me.”
She felt a bubble of laughter threaten to spill out. She cleared her throat. His eyes narrowed.
“Oh, you definitely deserve a spanking for that insubordination.”
His words flashed out, and they should have irritated her. Instead, the slow steady beat of arousal thrummed through her blood. She licked her lips.
“Ah, I have a feeling you would like spanking.” His voice was low, intimate, seductive.
Her nipples tightened as his tone deepened. His anticipation of something so naughty, so forbidden, had arousal flaring in her tummy. The idea that both of them were aroused turned her on even more.
“But it will have to wait. You aren’t ready, and well, Chris would be pissed if I gave a public display in his restaurant.”
He leaned back against the booth and, odd as it felt, she laughed. He smiled in reaction.
“Yeah, I have a feeling Chris might not like that.”
“And I’m assuming since you didn’t even look at the menu, that you come here often.”
“Yeah. I like the variety of food. Plus, it is one of my favorite places for the pig pizza. You just can’t find anything like that back where I’m from.”
“Oh? I guess that’s the mainland. I’ve been here so many years I forget that they don’t have those things there. Until I have to go back for a visit.”
“You have family back on the mainland?”
He shook his head. “No family. You?”
She sighed. “Nope. Well, I do, but we aren’t speaking. Haven’t for years.”
He nodded and didn’t push. She could feel he wanted to, and that should scare her. Anytime a guy tried to find out her background beyond what she wanted him to know, she broke it off. Men could easily be bought off.
With Micah, she wanted him to want to know more. She was pretty sure he did, but there was a part of her that thought he still thought of this as some kind of game. And just what the hell was she thinking? Wanting a man was simple. That she had dealt with. This was different. Especially when she yearned to tell him everything.
The rest of dinner went without incident, both of them being surprised by how much they had in common. Both had been on their own a very long time and both had a thing for Striker Force One, a computer game. As they strolled down the sidewalk at Waikiki, she breathed in the warm fresh night, and Micah.
“I would have never guessed that you liked to play games like that.”
She shrugged and was brought aware of the fact they were holding hands. It was odd to be walking along the beach, like a normal person on a regular date. Especially knowing the things he wanted to do to her. The things she wanted him to do to her.
“What is going on in that quick mind of yours?”
She looked up, surprised at his description.
“What?” he asked.
“It’s just odd. My family never thought I was that bright. Well, except my brother.” Even thinking of Mark made her sad. The reports of his death came about two years after she’d started running.
“What happened to him?”
“How do you know something happened to him?”
He stopped and looked down at her. “You’re estranged from your family, but I have a feeling this brother and you were closer? There was something in your voice.”
She nodded, thinking of Mark. “We were twins. He died a couple of years after I left home.”
“I’m sorry.”
She glanced up at him and noticed for the first time ever someone was offering her real sympathy.
“Thank you.”
“And your father has to be an idiot not to see how smart you are.”
She smiled and started walking again, tugging him along. “Yeah, well, I’m dyslexic, but I didn’t know it at the time. It took some work to finally understand why I didn’t see words right.”
“Still say he was stupid. You’re pretty clever.”
She smiled at him. “And now why would you say
“I should have never said anything and I wouldn’t have if I had thought you knew what the hell you did to me.”
She felt a bubble of laughter threaten to spill out. She cleared her throat. His eyes narrowed.
“Oh, you definitely deserve a spanking for that insubordination.”
His words flashed out, and they should have irritated her. Instead, the slow steady beat of arousal thrummed through her blood. She licked her lips.
“Ah, I have a feeling you would like spanking.” His voice was low, intimate, seductive.
Her nipples tightened as his tone deepened. His anticipation of something so naughty, so forbidden, had arousal flaring in her tummy. The idea that both of them were aroused turned her on even more.
“But it will have to wait. You aren’t ready, and well, Chris would be pissed if I gave a public display in his restaurant.”
He leaned back against the booth and, odd as it felt, she laughed. He smiled in reaction.
“Yeah, I have a feeling Chris might not like that.”
“And I’m assuming since you didn’t even look at the menu, that you come here often.”
“Yeah. I like the variety of food. Plus, it is one of my favorite places for the pig pizza. You just can’t find anything like that back where I’m from.”
“Oh? I guess that’s the mainland. I’ve been here so many years I forget that they don’t have those things there. Until I have to go back for a visit.”
“You have family back on the mainland?”
He shook his head. “No family. You?”
She sighed. “Nope. Well, I do, but we aren’t speaking. Haven’t for years.”
He nodded and didn’t push. She could feel he wanted to, and that should scare her. Anytime a guy tried to find out her background beyond what she wanted him to know, she broke it off. Men could easily be bought off.
With Micah, she wanted him to want to know more. She was pretty sure he did, but there was a part of her that thought he still thought of this as some kind of game. And just what the hell was she thinking? Wanting a man was simple. That she had dealt with. This was different. Especially when she yearned to tell him everything.
The rest of dinner went without incident, both of them being surprised by how much they had in common. Both had been on their own a very long time and both had a thing for Striker Force One, a computer game. As they strolled down the sidewalk at Waikiki, she breathed in the warm fresh night, and Micah.
“I would have never guessed that you liked to play games like that.”
She shrugged and was brought aware of the fact they were holding hands. It was odd to be walking along the beach, like a normal person on a regular date. Especially knowing the things he wanted to do to her. The things she wanted him to do to her.
“What is going on in that quick mind of yours?”
She looked up, surprised at his description.
“What?” he asked.
“It’s just odd. My family never thought I was that bright. Well, except my brother.” Even thinking of Mark made her sad. The reports of his death came about two years after she’d started running.
“What happened to him?”
“How do you know something happened to him?”
He stopped and looked down at her. “You’re estranged from your family, but I have a feeling this brother and you were closer? There was something in your voice.”
She nodded, thinking of Mark. “We were twins. He died a couple of years after I left home.”
“I’m sorry.”
She glanced up at him and noticed for the first time ever someone was offering her real sympathy.
“Thank you.”
“And your father has to be an idiot not to see how smart you are.”
She smiled and started walking again, tugging him along. “Yeah, well, I’m dyslexic, but I didn’t know it at the time. It took some work to finally understand why I didn’t see words right.”
“Still say he was stupid. You’re pretty clever.”
She smiled at him. “And now why would you say
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