For a moment she didn’t speak, she simply stared. I had to hand it to her, she, too, had iron control. She didn’t break eye contact when she asked, “How much time do we have?”
“All night.”
Slowly she shook her head and elaborated, “Until we have company.”
Company? What the hell was she talking about?
“Cooper,” she continued.
Fuck. I’d forgotten about him.
“Don’t know. Couple of hours.”
“Well, that’s disappointing.”
A bark of laughter bubbled up and took me by surprise.
“Trust me, baby, no part of tonight will be disappointing.”
“One last thing,” she said and some of the playful slipped from her eyes. “Why do you want me to come to you?”
That was easy.
“Because you coming to me will be the last decision you make tonight.”
Chapter 12
A thrill raced up my spine and my insides hollowed.
I wasn’t sure where I’d found the courage to undress in front of Gabe. Maybe it was the way he looked at me that gave me confidence. Maybe it was his erection that spurred me on. Maybe I just wanted to test him and watch him break.
But he hadn’t.
He’d held his ground and for some reason that turned me on more than if he’d jumped me.
What I did know was I lived a narrow, lonely life and soon I would go back to that life. I didn’t regret my life as such but there was a sliver of me that wanted to know what it felt like to be wild and carefree. I wanted to know what it felt like to just say fuck it and live in the moment.
Take a risk.
Live a little.
Leave my inhibitions at the door and do something crazy.
And the mere fact that me taking off my clothes in a kitchen in front of a man who was fully dressed was the craziest thing I had ever done in my whole life said a lot about me.
I didn’t have a wild bone in my body but for some reason Gabe made me feel like I did. Like I could do anything I wanted to do, be anyone I wanted to be, get loose and not have a care in the world.
I’d made up my mind. I knew what I was going to do but I was having too much fun with our verbal foreplay to put an end to it.
“Care to tell me what that means?”
“No, but I’ll show you.”
Yes, I’d like him to show me, too.
I took a step and watched as Gabe’s eyes heated.
“Is this close enough?” I teased.
“Closer.”
I vaguely wondered if he knew how deep and rumbly his voice became when he was turned on.
I shuffled forward a little bit more and a look of pure frustration passed over Gabe’s face. The smile that formed on mine was an accident. Excitement and butterflies danced in my belly. Seeing the hard set of his jaw and clenched fists made me feel powerful. The illusion I was in charge. That little ol’ me could drive big bad Gabe crazy.
One more step and I’d be in his personal space.
This was it.
“You sure?” Gabe’s gravelly voice washed over me.
Guilt-free sex with Gabe? Um, yes, I was positive.
“Are you?”
A wolfish smile tipped Gabe’s lips. The hungry grin a reminder I was in way over my head. Yet, strangely I wasn’t second-guessing my decision. I couldn’t wait to feel him touch me.
So why weren’t my legs moving?
“Evette?”
“Yeah?”
“Take it.”
“Huh?”
“Take what you want.”
It was like he read my mind. Knew what I wanted.
I took the final step and…nothing.
He didn’t move.
I could get no closer without touching him. Maybe that was what he wanted. I lifted my hand but halted when he said, “Stop.”
Okay, he didn’t say it, he growled it. And suddenly I was feeling a little nervous. I mean, I was standing in front of him mostly naked while he had on all of his clothes. While that was thrilling a few minutes ago it was nerve-wracking now.
His gaze dropped to my chest then his hand came up and traced the lace of my bra. And that was when it started. A simple, light touch that made my knees weak and my nipples pebble.
“It feels like I’ve waited forever,” Gabe murmured.
His finger dipped between my cleavage and his lips twitched. “Wanna know what I’m gonna put right here?”
“Hopefully your mouth.”
Gabe’s eyes lifted to mine but his finger kept moving between my breasts and since I was still wearing my push-up bra they were shoved together nice and perky without much space between them. I