Page 64 of Bride on the Dotted Line

Nick

I wanted to do so much more than just bring you home and put you up in my guest room.

Sienna

Tell me.

I wanted to lay you out on my bed and climb on top of you.

A perfect thrill sparks in my chest, flaring like a match, then sinking between my legs. It takes everything in me not to jump from the bed and start pacing back and forth in front of the door, buoyed by the unreleased energy between him and me. I swallow hard and type a reply instead.

Sienna

Me, too.

I wanted to kiss you again.

I thought about doing more.

Nick

You did?

Of course I did.

I don’t know how to be in the same room as you and not think about touching you.

A few moments of silence pass. Butterflies churn in my stomach. I stare at the curtains, watching rain cascade down the other side of the window. Then …

Nick

Tell me to stop.

My heart skips a beat.

Sienna

I won’t.

Nick

Then here’s what’s going to happen.

You’re going to tell me everything. Every thought you’ve had, every dream. Everything you want.

And I won’t let you go until I’ve given it to you.

But I want so much.

You don’t even know.

Tell me.

I wanted you to push me against the counter again tonight. I wanted you to taste the gasp I made when I saw you standing there.

Yeah?

I thought about dropping to my knees and pulling your shorts to the side. They’re criminal, you know that, right?

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