LOGINHis intense blue eyes were riveted on hers before he dipped his head. She expected fire the instant their lips touched, but Tell kissed her without hurry. Keeping the kiss soft, sweet and slow. As if he had all the time in the world to explore her mouth, to tease her tongue with little sucks and bites. To drive her to the edge of lust and hold her there for as long as he damn well pleased.She tangled her fingers in his hair, drifting into a fuzzy state of pleasure. She couldn’t blame the heat building between them on the sun. Just this man.They only broke the kiss because someone whistled.Tell’s forehead met hers. “Damn.”“My thoughts exactly.”“What are we gonna do about this, sweetness?”“I have a couple of ideas. Explicit ideas.”“So if I said, ‘Georgia, let’s hotfoot it to my place right now and get nekkid’…?”“I’d race you to your truck. And I’d probably win.”He laughed. “Guess that settles my question.”“Which was?”Tell studied her. “If you’re shy when that bedroom door clo
“You ready to play?”“I thought we were going out for ice cream?”“After.” He dribbled the ball around her. Stopped and took a shot at the basket. Naturally, he sank it. He chased after the ball and bounced it as he returned.“You’re good. Why didn’t you play in high school?”“It conflicted with rodeo season. I like shooting hoops for fun. Not everything has to be about competition.”Her eyes met his in direct challenge. “So we’re not havin’ us a little contest?”Tell laughed. “You mimic me pretty well, sweetness. Yes, we’re havin’ us a little contest.”“I can’t go one-on-one with you, Tell. You’re too big.”He eyes smoldered. “I’ve no doubt you could take me. Take all of me just fine.”Wasn’t he just pouring on sexual innuendo today? And didn’t she get a secret thrill out of it? When was the last time any man had cajoled her into having fun while making her think of hot skin, cool sheets, and a night without end? Never, probably.“We’re playing for ice cream?”He shook his head slowl
“You. Bein’ so short. Remembering when the cheerleaders threw you in the air at football games.”“They’d be hard-pressed to basket-toss me now.”Tell tipped up her chin. “You looked good then, but you look even better now.”She said, “Oh really?” as if she didn’t believe him.“Yep. Now I won’t worry that I’ll break you when I f**k you hard.”Those stunning eyes widened. With shock? Some. But mostly interest.Tell just smiled and spun her around the dance floor.They didn’t speak through the next song; they held fast and learned the rhythm of their bodies until they were in perfect synch. Georgia followed his lead like she was born to it. Would she be that yielding in bed?You don’t want that. You want her all over you like a cat in heat. Hissing. Scratching. Rubbing. Purring.“You okay?”He refocused on her. “Yeah. Why?”“You made a strange noise.”“Probably a growl.” He bent his head closer to hers. “I suspect you’ll bring out the beast in me.”“Are you trying to scare me off, cowboy
Georgia’s jaw dropped and she shrank back in the booth.“Is that such a repulsive thought to you?” he asked sharply.“God no. Not at all. You’re just so—” Her mouth snapped shut on whatever she’d been about to say. “Who is gonna believe it?”“Everyone, if we play this right.” He leaned in, trying to hard-sell it. “See, we’ve already got the ball rolling. We were seen in the park together today. We’re sitting in the Golden Boot right now. I told off my friends’ wives for their bitchy behavior toward you, and Leah and Roxanne are two of the biggest gossips in town. It’ll get around. Trust me.”“You defended me?”“That mean-girl shit don’t fly with me.”When Georgia continued to stare at him without speaking, he started to get annoyed. “Why’re you so shocked?”“Because I wasn’t expecting it.”“You expected I’d be happy just holdin’ your hand and smelling your hair?” Had he really said that? Be a man. Be firm. You’re no longer that eager-to-please pup. “Wrong. Nothin’ comes for free. We’l
“Yep.”“You raising Black Angus? Or Herefords?”Tell studied her. It’d been a while but he still recognized the switch—cranking the charm on high meant she wanted something from him. Time to let her know he wasn’t the gullible teen boy he’d been. “Do you really care?”That caught her by surprise. “Yes. Why would I ask if I didn’t?”“’Cause small talk ain’t ever been your style.”She didn’t deny it.He took it a step further. “Besides, I get the feeling you came here tonight lookin’ for me.”“Cocky much? I didn’t ask you to join me, Tell. So feel free to leave.”And that retort was so old-school Georgia-like he had to grin. “There’s the glare I remember. I prefer it to that fake flirting thing you do.”“Fake flirting? You don’t think much of me, do you, McKay?”“I haven’t seen you in a decade and I ain’t gonna pretend I know you. Likewise, you don’t know me. So you oughta understand that I’m a straight-shooter. If you wanna continue this conversation, you’d best be up front about what
“Jesus, Roxanne, way to be a bitch to her,” Ned said.“Serves her right for all the times she was so stuck-up to me,” Roxanne shot back. “Did she expect we’d give her a group hug?”“She has put on a few pounds,” Leah said with a cruel smile. “No way would she fit into that itty-bitty cheerleading skirt now.”Tell frowned. He’d never seen this side of his friends’ wives and he really didn’t like it.“Sally Hermanson, who’s running everything for the reunion? Said when she called Georgia last year to ask if she’d be interested in helping organize it? Georgia said no and she doubted she’d be attending the reunion anyway.” Roxanne shrugged. “I sure as hell wouldn’t show up if I was her.”“No kidding. Divorced from the guy you married right out of high school. I heard she lives with her mom in some hippie commune in Boulder.”“I’ve heard her dad doesn’t have anything to do with her.”“Maybe that’s why Deck kicked her out,” Leah added.“Or else she was too good to be married to a guy who be
“I have a pretty good idea after placing a few calls after she left the office."Whoa, that was interesting. First, that Lisa was having financial issues and second, that Jace had been so quick to check into the matter. Not that it should have surprised her. Gabe, Jace and Ash were tight. And they ha
Biting back his impatience, Luc trailed Tyler, then registered the fact the other man was walking down the hall of a designer-decorated apartment . . . to the bedroom.At the end of the hall, Luc came to a stomach-lurching stop. There, Alyssa lay sprawled out across the man’s bed, curled up with his
“Might sound stupid, but I’d convinced myself that for once, the name I had, the name you knew me by, didn’t matter, because you were interested in the man inside.Yeah, I realize it was dumb. But I didn’t have any idea on how to go about making it right back then.”She waited, unsure of where he was
Brian watched Myrna button her shirt, hiding her sexy, lace bra from his appreciative gaze. The woman should be required to stay naked and in his bed at all times. Covering that body was an abomination. His sleep-muddled thoughts began to clear. Had she really just asked him to call a band meeting?“







