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Phoenix couldn’t believehow amazing it felt to kiss Cait. She was sexy with a touch of sweet. Spicy with a touch of soothing and making him wonder if he’d be happy with just one night of passion with her.
He was already deciding to take her to someplace nice for the night. Phoenix wanted to win the bet by getting her to give into him before the others got their women to. But he also wanted more than a quick tryst with the beautiful lady.
Cait was much prettier than any woman he’d ever been with before. He could see her beauty went all the way down to her soul. She had a spirit about her that he’d never noticed in any other woman before.
It was a bit unnerving to him that he met her under the odd circumstances. It was also a little crazy that Ethan had picked her out for him. She’d gone overlooked by him when Phoenix was scouting out a woman for Griffin, and he wondered why that was.
Maybe because Cait wasn’t meant for Griffin.Maybe because Cait was meant for him!
“Have you ever been to Texas, Cait?” he asked her as he ran his hand through her hair.
“No, I have not. Are you inviting me?” she asked him as she moved to straddle him in the chair he was sitting on.
Was he? He had to ask himself. What was he doing? He’d never asked anyone to come to his real home before.
“I am inviting you. Do you like the beach? I live in a beach front home.” He watched her eyes dance as she trailed her fingertip over his lips.
“A beachfront home, huh? Are you rich, Phoenix?” she asked him.
He wasn’t sure if he should divulge that information. There was the rule about not using money to get your girl into bed. “I have some money. So, what do you say to a visit?”
“I say, I’ll have to see about that. I’d have to save up the money to get there and get back home. That could take me a few weeks. When did you want me to come?”
“Soon,” he said then pressed his lips to the hollow of her throat. “Very soon.”
“We’ll see how things go,” she moaned as his lips felt so right on her body.
It was a real shame the man was such a pig!
Cait could see a future with the handsome guy. She liked the way she felt being around him. He gave off a great vibe. It seemed out of character for him to have made such a bet.
Maybe it was the bad influence of the other two men, she thought. Perhaps, if she could get him away from them, then he’d be the real Phoenix that she thought he most likely was.
A man who could be trusted. A man she could see herself falling in love with. Not the liar he was being.
Then it occurred to her that he was merely lying to her about his invitation to visit him in Texas to get her to trust him and get her into bed. That wasn’t beyond imagination.
Cait had to admit they seemed to have chemistry, though. Their bodies moved like satin sheets blowing in the breeze on a clothesline. Moving with the other, making beautiful waves like one entity.
Why did he have to be making a damn bet with his stupid friends, instead of really being interested in her?
Phoenix kissed his way up her neck then whispered, “Do you have a favorite hotel in town we could go to for tonight?”
She froze with his question, instantly pissed off. “And what makes you think I’ll be going to a hotel with you, Phoenix?”
Quickly thinking about how to turn his question around, he said, “I didn’t mean for you to come with me. I was just asking about hotels in town for me and my friends to stay in. I hope you didn’t think I intended to hurry you along to be with me, Cait. I would never want you to think I wanted to use you like that.”
Her eyes went wide as he blatantly lied right to her face. “Oh, really?”
It was hard as hell for her to sit on the man’s lap, her crotch against his bulge. “Really,” he said as he pushed her hair behind her ear. “I respect you, Cait.”
She had to close her eyes and take in a breath and hold it, so she didn’t’ come unglued on his ass. Counting to ten in her head had her calming down. He was a man who was using all the tricks in the book to win the bet after all. Just a damn man who was willing to go to the mat for what he wanted. And he wanted her, that was certain.
“You know, Phoenix, I respect you too,” Cait cooed as she leaned forward and put her lips to his ear. “And I’m not as pent up about sex as most women are. I see no reason to keep ourselves from enjoying one another. Do you?” She pulled back to watch his reaction to what she’d said.
His chuckle wasn’t what she had expected. “You’re kind of a back and forth kind of person, aren’t you, Cait? One minute you’re getting angry when you thought I meant to take you to a hotel to have my way with you then the next minute you’re telling me you have no problem with getting to the physical stuff right away. A complex person is what you are.”
