careers.
When they finished, Katy glanced at her watch. “Wow. Time flies every time I’m with you.”
“Do you need to be somewhere else?”
“Nope. But I didn’t sleep much last night, and if I’m not at the park first thing tomorrow to meet Jenna for our run, she’ll kill me. Last week I overslept. Somebody kept me up too late.”
Rafe set his napkin on the table and scooted his chair back. “I don’t want to be the cause of the downfall of any female relationships.”
“Ha ha.” Katy stood with him.
“I’m pretty tired myself. Somebody had me reeling last night. Took me hours to relax my brain enough to close my eyes.”
She lifted her eyebrows. “Really?”
Rafe took her arm as they exited the restaurant. “Of course. Don’t doubt your appeal for a minute, baby.” He walked her to her car and leaned against her door.
She stepped into the space between his legs casually. He loved how forward she could be and how much she clearly found herself attracted to him. Was he wrong to doubt her ability to be lured into submission?
She set her hands on his shoulders and looked up at him. “You’ve only kissed me one time.”
“Well, technically, you kissed me .”
She blushed as her smile widened. “Yeah. I suppose I did. But I liked it. It seems so long ago. Do you think maybe we could do it again? After all, you did manage to bring me to orgasm in a crowded bar last night. The least you could do was kiss me goodnight.” She cocked her head to one side.
She was going to be the death of him with her brazenness. Fleetingly he considered that a woman who held her head as high as Katy with all the boldness of a lion tamer couldn’t possibly have a submissive bone in her body. But then he watched her lick her lips and slipped under her spell.
He grasped her face with both hands, angled her head to one side, and dipped slowly toward her mouth until their lips touched.
The earth moved.
Yep. Bad idea. Kissing Katy made him want more. The tiny sounds she emitted while he delved between her lips and tangled his tongue with hers made his cock jump to attention. He’d been fighting with his lower head all evening while he stared at her sexy curves. But now… Lord have mercy. She rattled his brain with her soft lips, low tones, and the way she wrapped her small hands around his waist and flattened herself against him.
God he wanted her. He wanted to yank her to his truck, strap her in, and race back to his house to make love to her.
That’s what he wanted to do. Instead he pealed himself away from her lips and struggled to breathe. “You scramble my brain.”
“Good. That’s my plan.” She licked her lips again, making him groan.
“Get in your car before I embarrass us both in the parking lot.” He swatted her ass lightly as he spoke.
Katy squirmed against him, making matters worse.
Rafe righted her with both hands on her shoulders, gritting his teeth against what he’d rather be doing. He reached behind him to open her car door and pointed inside. “Go. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
She giggled as she entered.
He lifted his face toward the dark sky when she tucked the first leg under the steering wheel, leaving herself spread open before the other leg followed. If he’d given an attempt, he was certain he could have seen more than he should between her legs.
With a knowing grin, Katy wiggled her eyebrows as she shut the door and started the engine.
Rafe watched her, unable to move. He stood rooted to his spot as she pulled out of the lot. Still catching his breath, he tried to convince his feet to propel him forward.
Just as he finally regained control over his body, he jerked his gaze back to the restaurant entrance. The moment Katy turned right out of the parking lot, another car trailed her.
What the fuck? He would swear it was the same black car he’d seen at her apartment the other day, the Kia. It came out of nowhere. And it was tailing her away from the restaurant. No way
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