Page 20 of Get Lost

And again.

And again.

“Tonight,” he promised in that heavily-accented English, as if following her thoughts. “Nous finirons ceci après la célébration de mariage.”

He broke the connection between them, then bent to retrieve whatever she’d dropped when he’d kissed her. When he rose, Jean-Luc trailed a hand up Kelsey’s calf, allowing it to disappear beneath the hem of her satin midi dress for a moment, then he squeezed the back of her thigh just above her knee, and she shivered at his touch. He dropped his hand and straightened, handing her the items she’d let go of when he’d kissed her. Her clipboard, a pen, a stack of disheveled napkins… her common sense…

With a wicked grin, he backed away from her slowly, dragging his gaze down her body to leave her with a cruel rush of desire low in her belly.

“Evil man,” she whispered.

He inclined his head and turned away from her. “See you tonight, Kelsey.”

With a deep breath, she straightened her shoulders, ignoring the bundle of nerves between her legs, then stood tall and collected her iPad and cell phone from the top of the bar and headed off toward the front of the venue.She needed to busy herself if she was going to keep from running after Jean-Luc and throwing herself into his arms.

It was time to get back to business. Pleasure, it appeared, would come later.

And if Kelsey was lucky, so would she.

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