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“Damn right you are.” He slid his hand alongside her neck and brought her mouth to his for another kiss.
If she didn’t stop him right now, she was either going to end up sitting on his car kissing him all night or suggesting they go back to his place. “Thanks for tonight. I had a lot of fun.”
“Me, too.”
Reluctantly, she slid off the trunk, and he embraced her in a hug. “Are you sure you don’t want me to walk you to your room?”
“No, but thanks.” She placed a tender kiss on his lips, refusing to let it go any further, even though she wanted to. “I’ll call you tomorrow?”
“You’d better.”
She turned and headed into her res hall. Even though her feet felt like they were encased in cement, each step away from Tanner harder than the last, she somehow made it to her room.
“I take it the date didn’t go well,” Rebecca said.
Juliana closed the door harder than necessary. She had hoped Rebecca wouldn’t be home. “Actually, it was amazing.” She toed off her shoes.
“Apparently not. You’re here instead of at his place.” Rebecca snorted obnoxiously at her stupid joke.
“Not all of us sleep with a guy on the first date,” she shot back, her words heavy with anger.
“Whatever.” Rebecca tossed her cell phone on the foot of the bed and stood. “I’m going out. I’ll be back sometime tomorrow.”
Oh thank God!Maybe she could get a good night’s sleep. Although she had a feeling she was going to spend more time dreaming about Tanner and reliving their kiss. Her lips were still tingly and numb. “Have fun.”
“I always do.” With a grin, Rebecca walked out of the room.
Juliana collapsed onto her bed. “Ouch.” Sitting up, she retrieved her cell phone from her back pocket, relieved to see she hadn’t cracked the screen. Tonight had been amazing, and that kiss was mind blowing. On a whim, she dialed Tanner.
“Miss me already?” he answered.
She let out a sigh. “Yes.”
His soft chuckle sent a shiver down her spine. “Good, because I miss you, too.”
Closing her eyes, she lay down, letting his deep, soothing voice wrap around her.
Chapter Fourteen
Tanner lay on the couch, one hand tucked behind his head, ankles crossed, and snatched the remote from the coffee table. He flipped through the channels, trying to find something to watch. Sunday football wouldn’t start for another few hours, but his team wasn’t playing this week, so he didn’t care if he watched today or not. He settled onFast and Furious, a movie he’d seen a dozen times, but it was a good one.
Jason walked into the living room, fully dressed. Tanner glanced over, eyebrow raised. “You going somewhere?” They normally spent Sunday mornings playing Madden NFL.
“Holly’s dragging me to a theme park today. It’s a double date with her roommate, Dena, and her boyfriend. I’ve never met the guy.” Jason frowned. “Wanna tag along?”
“Nope.” Tanner laughed. He had big plans to lay around on the couch and not do a damn thing. Unless Juliana called or texted. Then he’d do whatever she wanted. “I take it things are better with Holly.”
“So far. We had a long talk the other night, and we both agreed this is it. Either it works this time or it doesn’t, but we’re not going to keep going like we have been.”
Tanner didn’t understand how or why they continually broke up. If he was as crazy about a girl as Jason was about Holly, he would never let her go. He yawned so hard, tears formed in the corners of his eyes.
“Your date with Jules went well last night?” Jason sat in the chair and put on his sneakers.
“Very.” He couldn’t have asked for a better first date, or first kiss. Christ, he’d been so hard he almost hadn’t been able to drive home. But then she’d called, and they’d stayed up on the phone until well after three a.m., something he hadn’t done since high school.
“You planning to see her again?”
“Absolutely.”
