Page 61 of Play of Love
“Baby, that didn’t stop you weeks ago.”
“That was different.” It wasn’t and I didn’t know how to talk down a kiss I’d wanted more than anything at the time. “We were on the beach.”
“And the time before that?” A mischievous smile lit up his face, showing off his gorgeous dimples.
I pulled in a sharp breath and felt the blood begin to pound in my temples.
“You remember?” I couldn’t have felt more mortified when he nodded and felt worse by the second as my mind conjured up the image us.
“Like I’m supposed to forget that?” He smirked.
I stared at him open mouthed, feeling my skin burn with embarrassment. I was certain that I would have turned every shade of red in the last few seconds and that I must have been a glowing crimson shade now.
“All these weeks you remembered?”
“Yes,” he said with more insistence. “So yes, we are most definitely fooling around.”
I brought my hands up to my cheeks and sighed. “I have to go.”
Josh caught me before I could flee and pulled me close to his bare chest.
“I liked it.” He smiled.
“You were drunk.”
“Doesn’t matter. I liked it, and I like you.” He held my gaze and pulled me even closer.
I couldn’t move out of the enchantment he placed on me. It was the way he looked at me with that intense desire and want.
I’d be lying to myself if I said I didn’t feeldesire and wantfor him too. But then I had to remind myself that this was the same Joshua Mancini who managed to get under my skin so badly when I first met him. And then he wasn’t just involved with one woman, there was always two women upstairs in his bed for a massive chunk of that first week I was here.
Why would I just want to be an addition to his collection?
“You’re bored, and to my knowledge you haven’t seen Allegra and bed friends in a while. You should call them. It’s Friday night, you have my seal of approval to go out and have fun. But no drinking.”
He laughed and shook his head. “That’s bullshit, Amy. All of it. You know if I wanted to be with Allegra and bed friends they would be here. So stop resisting me, baby. Clearly I want you, and I know you want me, too.” A slow sensuous smile curved his lips.
“I…don’t want you.” I didn’t even know why I bothered; anyone would be able to see very clearly that I was lying.
He answered with a laugh, then reached out to touch my face again. “Okay, prove it. If you don’t want me go back to work.”
It was probably the last chance, but he knew just as well as I did that I wasn’t going anywhere. He gave me a few seconds, though, to make the decision, then his smile widened at my hesitation.
I couldn’t help myself. Again it was his look that got to me. That paralyzing look that captivated me and held me in place. I pressed my hand to the hard planes of his chest, savoring the solid ripple of muscle I felt as he slipped his arm around my waist.
“Come here, baby.”
Any last thought of resistance melted away beneath his stare and I tilted my head up as he lowered to my lips, welcoming his kiss. This was wrong, Iknewthat, but the emotions I suppressed for him eradicated logic from my mind. All I wanted to do was enjoy running my hands over his body and to feel him touch me too.
As the kiss intensified he moved with me over to the sofa where he pulled me down into his lap, meeting the hungry kisses he fed me with the same unsated desire. He tasted good to me, like everything I wanted and needed mixed with lustful desire.
Heat radiated from my body and warmed me from the inside out. As he ran his hands over my waist, I molded myself to him, encouraging him to touch me. And touch my he did. He slid his hands up to my breasts and squeezed me gently, leaving a trail of fire on my skin in the wake of his ascent. Jolts of pleasure surged through me , parting my lips as a soft moan escaped me . I pulled in a breath to steady my mind.
“You like that,” he whispered against my lips and gave me that mischievous smile.
“Josh, we shouldn’t.” It was the last attempt of my brain to keep our relationship professional.
“We should, baby.” He ran his fingers over my already tight, taut nipples, driving me wild. “Tonight we’re just a guy and a girl who like each other. We can be that, right?”
