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resting them at the small of her back, before bringing them back up her sides, just grazing the swell of her breasts.
Her hands were busy gripping his shoulders and toying with the hair at the nape of his neck. His kisses became more ardent, and she let her hands drop to his hips, trying to pull his shirt up to touch bare skin.
The sound of voices poured like cold water over her ardor. Grant had heard them too; he captured her hands in his own and gentled her with one last kiss before pulling away. “We can’t do this here.”
Chapter 14
Grant took a step back, trying in vain to still his racing heart and the raging hard-on that would make walking difficult.
Samantha blinked her eyes up at him and then looked around. When she realized they’d been making out in full view of anyone who passed by, she blushed, dropped her head against his chest, and groaned. “Get me out of here, please?”
“My thoughts exactly. Let’s go.” He grabbed her hand and hustled back the way they’d come. It was time to take this little party someplace more private.
Grant led her back to his pickup and they drove to his house in silence. He couldn’t tell if she was nervous, or having second thoughts about picking up where they’d left off.
He understood her fears of losing his friendship if they tried a relationship and it didn’t work out. I would never want to lose her friendship. It would be like losing part of myself. But then, I don’t want her to be just my friend anymore. I want all of her.
They were inside the screened-in porch before he broached the subject. “So, let’s talk.”
An uncertainty crept into her expression when she nodded. “Okay. What do you want to talk about?”
“Your opinion I’m a love ’em and leave ’em kind of guy seems like a good place to start.”
Samantha rolled her eyes at him. “You are. What is there to talk about?”
“I was,” Grant corrected her. “You seem to think that you would just be another conquest in a long series of women. That’s not true.”
“It’s not?” Samantha looked up at him, hope in her trusting eyes that maybe he was telling her the truth.
Grant nodded his head. “No, it isn’t. I stopped dating over a year ago.” When she looked at him with skepticism in her eyes, he continued, “I haven’t slept with anyone since the last time we saw each other.”
“Why?” she asked.
“Because I realized that you are the only woman I want.”
“Why me?”
“Because you’re special. You’re funny, intelligent, good-looking, always up for anything, have shared good and bad times with me, know me better than I know myself…”
“You’ve seen me at my worst. My outbursts of temper have hurt you on more than one occasion.”
Grant grinned at her. “Perhaps that’s why I became an expert with explosives? So I would know how to handle you?”
She broke out in laughter and he joined her. “Seriously. You make me want to become a better man. You’ve motivated me on more than one occasion to strive for doing the best I can, and you weren’t even here.”
“Grant…you know I love coming home to visit. I love being around you. You’re the only man I feel safe with. It’s always been that way. You’re my best friend, but now I have all these emotions and feelings to deal with, and I’m scared as hell.”
Grant crossed the few feet that separated them and pulled her into his arms. “It’s okay to be nervous and confused. But don’t ignore what you’re feeling. I sure can’t. And don’t be scared. Never be scared to be with me.” He lowered his voice, hoping to ease her concerns with his touch and the love he was sending out to her.
She leaned into him, and Grant knew there was no way she could miss his body’s response to her nearness. Since their first kiss, he hadn’t even been able to look at her without getting hard.
“Grant?”
He covered her mouth with his own, taking her on a journey with lips, tongue, and teeth. “No
Her hands were busy gripping his shoulders and toying with the hair at the nape of his neck. His kisses became more ardent, and she let her hands drop to his hips, trying to pull his shirt up to touch bare skin.
The sound of voices poured like cold water over her ardor. Grant had heard them too; he captured her hands in his own and gentled her with one last kiss before pulling away. “We can’t do this here.”
Chapter 14
Grant took a step back, trying in vain to still his racing heart and the raging hard-on that would make walking difficult.
Samantha blinked her eyes up at him and then looked around. When she realized they’d been making out in full view of anyone who passed by, she blushed, dropped her head against his chest, and groaned. “Get me out of here, please?”
“My thoughts exactly. Let’s go.” He grabbed her hand and hustled back the way they’d come. It was time to take this little party someplace more private.
Grant led her back to his pickup and they drove to his house in silence. He couldn’t tell if she was nervous, or having second thoughts about picking up where they’d left off.
He understood her fears of losing his friendship if they tried a relationship and it didn’t work out. I would never want to lose her friendship. It would be like losing part of myself. But then, I don’t want her to be just my friend anymore. I want all of her.
They were inside the screened-in porch before he broached the subject. “So, let’s talk.”
An uncertainty crept into her expression when she nodded. “Okay. What do you want to talk about?”
“Your opinion I’m a love ’em and leave ’em kind of guy seems like a good place to start.”
Samantha rolled her eyes at him. “You are. What is there to talk about?”
“I was,” Grant corrected her. “You seem to think that you would just be another conquest in a long series of women. That’s not true.”
“It’s not?” Samantha looked up at him, hope in her trusting eyes that maybe he was telling her the truth.
Grant nodded his head. “No, it isn’t. I stopped dating over a year ago.” When she looked at him with skepticism in her eyes, he continued, “I haven’t slept with anyone since the last time we saw each other.”
“Why?” she asked.
“Because I realized that you are the only woman I want.”
“Why me?”
“Because you’re special. You’re funny, intelligent, good-looking, always up for anything, have shared good and bad times with me, know me better than I know myself…”
“You’ve seen me at my worst. My outbursts of temper have hurt you on more than one occasion.”
Grant grinned at her. “Perhaps that’s why I became an expert with explosives? So I would know how to handle you?”
She broke out in laughter and he joined her. “Seriously. You make me want to become a better man. You’ve motivated me on more than one occasion to strive for doing the best I can, and you weren’t even here.”
“Grant…you know I love coming home to visit. I love being around you. You’re the only man I feel safe with. It’s always been that way. You’re my best friend, but now I have all these emotions and feelings to deal with, and I’m scared as hell.”
Grant crossed the few feet that separated them and pulled her into his arms. “It’s okay to be nervous and confused. But don’t ignore what you’re feeling. I sure can’t. And don’t be scared. Never be scared to be with me.” He lowered his voice, hoping to ease her concerns with his touch and the love he was sending out to her.
She leaned into him, and Grant knew there was no way she could miss his body’s response to her nearness. Since their first kiss, he hadn’t even been able to look at her without getting hard.
“Grant?”
He covered her mouth with his own, taking her on a journey with lips, tongue, and teeth. “No
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