Page 26 of Billionaire Games
Running his hand through her auburn ponytail, Phoenix whispered, “I’m sorry, Cait. Whatever it was that I did to make you feel uncomfortable, I’m sorry. I’ll be a gentleman tonight.”
Cait’s heart melted as he looked at her with puppy dog eyes. “Well, it’s not all your fault. Maybe my sisters and I were kind of wrong to get our panties in a bunch about you three. Aunt Cathy talked some sense into us.”
“Can I make it up to you?” Phoenix asked her as he ran his hand over her cheek.
With a smile, Cait said, “You can take me on a real date tomorrow. But only in the daytime. I can’t trust you at night. Not yet.”
“Nor can I trust myself to keep my hands off you at night,” he said then kissed her with a sweet kiss. “I’ll make it a very special day for you, Cait. A date you’ll never forget.”
She sighed and leaned in for another kiss. “Good. Now, how about one more kiss before I have to get back to work?”
“I’d love to oblige you with one,” he said then planted another kiss on her delicious lips.
Jess found herself pinned against the back wall as Griff leaned his body on hers. “Baby, you look like you have something you’d like to say to me,” Griff said as he played with her long ponytail.
Her body was quivering with him all over her, but she swallowed and shook her head to clear her brain. “We’ve talked, my sisters and I. We’ve decided that we can accept dates from you guys. But daytime dates. And I expect something out of the ordinary. If you still want to see me, then you’ll agree to it.”
She shuddered as his lips brushed the area just behind her ear. “K.”
Placing her hands on his chest, she pushed him back a bit. “What time should I expect you, tomorrow?”
Griffin held out his hand. “Give me your cell.” She did as he’d asked and he called his number. “Now we have each other’s numbers, and I’ll call you in the morning to let you know what time I’ll come for you.”
“My father will be waiting to meet you, Griff,” Jess told him, trying to intimidate him a bit.
“Great, I’d love to meet the man who raised such a spunky woman.” He kissed her then, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, involuntarily.
Meanwhile, Kel took a seat across the table from Ethan as she eyed him, warily. “So, you think that you can tell our aunt some lies and get us where you want us, do you?” she said with a smirk.
“Lies? We told no lies, love. So, why the teasing last night?” he asked her as he leaned forward and took her hand which laid on the table top. His thumb stroked her palm, making her stomach go tight, and heat flood her entire body. Warmth pooled in her nether regions and Kel knew things would be harder for her than she was used to handling.
“Why the rush to go to a hotel?” Kel volleyed back.
“I do recall that you were in every bit as much of a rush as I was. Your body told me as much. Your soft skin was begging for my touch,” he said with a husky voice that made her ears ache to hear more.
“Did it ever occur to you that I might’ve been testing your character, Ethan? I told you about my heartbreak and gave you the opportunity to do the right thing, and you didn’t do it,” Kel said. “So, I’m willing to give you one more shot.”
“You are?” he asked as he moved his hand up her arm in a slow and deliberate motion. “And what kind of a shot are we talkin’ ‘bout here?”
“You can take me on a legitimate date. One in the light of day. One where you can show me you’re a gentleman and not some fly by night rogue who wishes to give me a toss in the hay then you fly away, like a thief in the night, taking my heart to a new low.”
His eyes lit up as his lips curled into a smile. “I’m in your heart?”
Kel wasn’t happy with how her words had betrayed her. “You could be. If you play your cards right.”
“Then I’ll play them right, my love. Your heart is right where I long to be. You’ve kind of broken into mine as well.”
Pulling her hand to make her stand up, he pulled her to him and then down on his lap. His mouth took hers and found it wanting as she kissed him back and wrapped her arms around him.
She’d be putty in his hands after he showed her a bit of gentlemanly behavior. Kel would be easy to get into bed, of that Ethan was sure.
