Page 10 of Wild Rush
Chapter Three
Reena’s hand shook as she attempted to get the key in her front door. Rush was here.
God, he was here. In Baltimore. At her house.
He was going tostayat her house.
The key slipped along her damp palm and elephants stampeded in her chest. It was a miracle she managed to unlock the door and step inside without dropping the keys or tripping over the threshold.
“You have a choice of two rooms. One faces the street, the other overlooks the backyard.” Her words quivered and in an effort to mask her nervousness, Reena rambled as she led the way into the house. “The street view isn’t as nice as the yard one in my opinion, but the front room is bigger and has its own bathroom. The back room has a shared bathroom, I’m afraid. Not good if you want privacy.”
“Oh. You have other guests?”
“What?” Glancing over her shoulder, she saw Rush grinning at her from the doorway, and frowned. “No, it’s just me.”
“And me.”
Reena’s skin prickled. “Y-yes. And you.”
“You and me.”
Reena nodded. “Yep. Just us. No one else.” Oh god, they were going to be alone in her house for days. Heat washed over her. Muscles clenched and her body trembled with an unmistakable shudder of lust. Her breath stuttered and her voice wobbled when she said, “Which room—”
“Why don’t we go out?”
“Out?” Reena stood in the foyer, a little confused by Rush’s question and his failure to move more than a foot inside her house. “But we just got here.”
His mouth tipped up on one end in a lopsided smirk, making her tummy dip.
Was it bad that all she could think about was kissing that mouth?
“I know but I’m hungry.”
Hadn’t he just eaten at Mary’s?
“Mary’s delicious scones reminded me how empty my stomach is. I’ve spent hours on the road and other than a pack of gum, a bag of chips and a gallon of soda, I haven’t had anything substantial in my belly since last night.”
Unable to pull her gaze away from his mouth, Reena watched his lips move with each word and shivered with the flash memory of that sexy mouth on hers. She licked her own lips while heat zipped through her, tightened her core and filled her face. Great, she probably looked like a human beetroot. Not a good look when you planned to seduce a man.
Wait. His words finally penetrated her scandalous thoughts.
“Last night?” She hadn’t bothered to ask how he’d gotten here. It never occurred to her that he would drive hundreds of miles. When she’d visited the lodge nestled deep in the Adirondack Mountains, she’d flown to Albany then rented a car to travel the final distance. That road trip had taken three hours. The lodge to Baltimore had to be half a day’s drive at least. “You drove all night?”
“No. Iamguilty of not having breakfast before starting out though.” He shrugged. “I was in a bit of a hurry.”
“Oh.” Had he been anxious to get here?
“Wanted to make the most of the six days I have off.”
Was it Baltimore or her he wanted to make the most of in that time? Reena hoped it was the latter.
“I could cook…” She tried to recall what she had on hand. Working at Sunday’s meant it was easy to grab a meal before heading home so she usually didn’t have much in her cupboards or refrigerator, and she hadn’t shopped since returning from her holiday. Plus, she wasn’t the best in the kitchen. It was safer to let someone else do the cooking.
“Take me to your favorite place to eat. Count it as our first tour of Baltimore.”
“Are you sure you want to go out after the long drive?” Wasn’t he tired?
Nodding, he said, “Yep. I can’t wait to get to know your city.”
