Page 20 of Wild Rush Of Love
Chapter Nine
Rush couldn’t takehis eyes off the woman in front of him. He didn’t know how he’d managed to be polite to her neighbor. Reena seemed more gorgeous than he remembered and had his mind clouded with lust. The only thing clear in his hormone-addled brain was his need to touch her.
“Rush?”
Right. She’d asked him a question. “Vacation.”
“Vacation?” Her eyebrows shot up, disappearing beneath her bangs. “Here?”
He grinned. “Yep. You told me so much about Baltimore I had to come see it for myself.”
“Really?” she asked, disbelief clear in her voice.
Unable to resist the need to touch her any longer, he reached for her hand. He took it as a good sign she didn’t pull away, instead weaving her fingers through his and holding on. “I thought maybe you’d be interested in showing me around.”
“Oh. Of course. Where are you staying?”
“I haven’t booked anywhere yet. I only got to town an hour ago, so I haven’t had a chance. Was hoping you’d recommend a place.”
“You could stay with me.” Her cheeks flushed pink and her eyes darted away from his. “I mean. I have a couple of spare rooms.”
Smiling, he tugged on her hand until she moved closer, until her breasts were an inch from his chest.
All he needed to do was take an extra deep breath and they’d touch. The thought had his blood racing, his body tightening with need.
In spite of the desire urging him to move closer, he held still, waited for her gaze to connect with his again before saying, “I’d like that. I’d like that very much.”
Her lips parted on a gush of air before turning up into a shy smile. “Okay. Good.”
Fuck. He needed to kiss her. It had been days since he’d tasted her.
“Reena.” With his gaze glued to her sweet mouth, he didn’t miss the nervous flick of her tongue on the gentle curve of her plump bottom lip. He groaned as need zapped through him.
She leaned in. “Yes?”
“I’m going to kiss you hello now.”
Rush didn’t give her time to protest or think about what he’d said before he pressed his mouth to hers. If she was against the idea, she’d push him away, but he had every confidence she wanted this as much as he did.
Increasing the pressure, he moved his lips over hers, nipping and brushing. The sexy little sigh that left her throat and coated his mouth with warmth had Rush’s control slipping, his cock thickening and lengthening in his jeans.
That tiny bit of constriction, the discomfort of his hardening flesh being caught inside unforgiving denim, was enough to keep him from diving deep. Stopped him from thrusting his tongue between her teeth and fucking her mouth the way his body urged him to.
With regret, he pulled back and waited for her eyes to flutter open. A shudder wracked him when she sank her teeth into her glistening bottom lip and worried the flesh back and forth. Using his free hand, Rush stroked his thumb down that abused lip and pulled it free.
“If you keep doing that, I won’t be able to control myself. I’d hate for Mary to get the wrong idea.” Or more importantly, he’d hate for Reena’s elderly neighbor to know exactly what he planned to do to the innocent woman in front of him. “Take me home, Reena.”
“Home?Oh. Yes. Right. This way.” She spun around, kept her hand in his, and led him to the street.
He’d had time to think on the drive to Baltimore—over seven hours of time—and one thing that kept popping up in his mind was something that should have been obvious from the beginning.
Reena was a virgin.
And if by some miracle he’d gotten that conclusion completely wrong, Rush figured he was so close to the mark she could count the number of times she’d had sex on one hand.
Unlike him. He’d run out of digits—fingers and toes—before he’d turned sixteen.
He shouldn’t be here. Should leave her alone and find someone who understood the rules of no-strings sex.
