Maddie let out an unhinged laugh.
 
 “I’m sure, if you asked nicely,” he said, “she’d tell you about her friend’s idea forChu’s Restaurantthe next time you talk to her.”
 
 “Do you know how many people try to give me ideas?Ideas are a dime a dozen.”
 
 She sucked the last of her drink up her straw, leaving behind some ice cubes and a few tapioca pearls.When they passed a trashcan, they threw out their cups.
 
 “This wasn’t what I intended when I suggested we come here,” she said as she opened the door to the car.
 
 “What do you want to do now?”He took a seat on the driver’s side.“Whatever you like.I’m flexible.I know a few restaurants around here.We could get take-out and have an early dinner in the park, or—”
 
 The words died in his mouth when she pulled him toward her and kissed him.Eagerly.Fiercely.He was hard even before he started kissing her back.He couldn’t imagine them having the kind of relationship where he eventuallywouldneed to have dinner with her parents, but he could have this much.His hands wound through the hair of this vibrant, talented woman…
 
 “What do you think?”she asked, touching his chin.
 
 “I, uh…” He couldn’t form thoughts at all right now.
 
 “That’s what I want to do now,” she said, “but preferably back at your place.”
 
 In response, he put on his seatbelt and started the car.
 
 Chapter 11
 
 Assoonastheywere in Adrian’s apartment, Maddie pressed him against the door, stood on her toes, and kissed him.
 
 With her schedule and her experience with Harley, she’d been tentative about getting involved with anyone, but when she knew what she wanted, she went after it.And right now, more than anything, she wanted Adrian.In part so she could forget that they’d run into her parents, but also because in the past few weeks of spending time with him, things had changed.
 
 He groaned into her mouth and palmed her ass.First over her dress…and then his hands slipped underneath her skirt, and it was her turn to groan.
 
 She tugged off his shirt so she could finally admire his arms without any silly fabric in the way.She was about to start on his shorts when he pushed down her panties and ran a finger between her legs, and she no longer knew how buttons and zippers worked.
 
 When she made a strangled sound in her throat, he pulled back to see her face.His expression held an intensity she’d never seen in him before, and it made her shiver—in a good way.
 
 “I’m going to take care of you tonight,” he said.
 
 Yes, she knew he would.
 
 She wanted him to touch hermore, but she couldn’t form the words to tell him what to do.Instead, she bucked her hips against his hand, and he gave her a crooked grin before slipping his finger inside her wetness.
 
 “Ohh,” she said.
 
 It had been so long since anyone had touched her like that.So much had happened since…and then she’d met Adrian.Again.
 
 He cupped her as his finger stroked in and out, his other hand pulling her hair lightly to arch her head back, exposing her neck to his mouth.He licked and nibbled at her sensitive skin as his finger performed some kind of magic inside her, ratcheting up the tension in her body, until she was stretched unbearably taut.
 
 All she could do was hold on to him.Grip his shoulders and let him take her for a ride.
 
 He slid the strap of her dress down with his teeth, then pushed down the neckline of her dress and her bra with his hand.She knew what he was going to do, but that still didn’t prepare her for how it felt when he sucked her nipple into his warm mouth.
 
 When his finger surged inside her, she cried out and gripped him harder as her orgasm washed over her.
 
 “Maddie,” he murmured.“You’re so pretty when you come.”
 
 He hauled her up in his arms and carried her to his bedroom, where he deposited her on the bed.When he pulled his shorts and boxers down, over his erection, she was riveted by his naked body.By the way his eyes never left her as he stripped himself naked.The anticipation…it was nearly unbearable.
 
 She wanted to stroke him, hear him hiss out a breath, but before she could reach for him, his head was under the skirt of her dress, his tongue between her legs with shocking efficiency.
 
 Maddie made some inarticulate noises as she pressed her palms to her face.He was devouring her, and she had the impression he’d be happy to do so for a long time.She gripped the sheets and squirmed against him.She usually couldn’t orgasm twice this close together, but she knew it was going to happen.