door. Wearing skin-tight, faded jeans and a figure-molding green T-shirt, she looked good enough to eat.
Then she smiled. A sweet curl of her lips as she looked up at him and the words fuck it ran through his head again. He stepped in close, wrapped his hand around her nape and pulled her against him. If she wanted him to stop, she had time to say something. But instead, she just stared at him with excitement in her eyes and a blush staining her cheeks. Damn, but she was so beautiful.
Without another second’s hesitation, Troy bent his head and kissed her. He didn’t just kiss her, kiss her. He fucking kissed the hell out of her. He sealed his mouth over hers and stepped in at the same time he pulled her flush against his chest.
She had no problem with the idea. No problem at all. She wrapped her arms around his neck, opened for his tongue and stood on tiptoe to get closer. Troy walked them in a few more feet and kicked the door closed behind him. He spun her around and backed her up against the front door as his mouth continued to own hers. He hadn’t started off slow or sweet. He’d started with a hunger that went deep into his bones. For the first time in his life, he threw away the rights and wrongs of what he was doing. He scrapped his ideals and simply took exactly what he wanted.
God, she tasted like chocolate, smelled like Julie, and his brain nearly short-circuited. His tongue dueled with hers in a slick, sinful dance of give and take, a war of supremacy where no one came out a loser.
In less than a minute they were both breathing hard. Her fingers dug into his scalp as she angled her mouth against his. He couldn’t kiss her deeply enough. Couldn’t touch enough of her. He didn’t even care about the clothes. The fact that he had her in his arms, that his tongue slid against hers in the most mind-bending kiss known to man was enough. She couldn’t seem to get close enough as she moaned and kissed him just as desperately as he kissed her. With every passing second, Troy’s control spiraled out of reach.
She gasped when he lifted the edge of her shirt and put his hands on her soft skin, caressing both sides, up and down. Though she didn’t stop or pull away, the surprise in the sound knocked some sense into his fried brain.
He pulled back before he did the stupidest thing in the world and fucked her at her front door.
She looked up at him, her face flushed, her eyes heavy lidded and loaded with desire. She licked her lips, and the temptation to go back for more nearly got the best of him.
“What?” she said, her voice husky and sexy as hell. “What’s wrong?”
“This,” Troy said, searching for sanity. “This is crazy. I can’t just walk in here and...” He glanced around the big entryway before meeting her gaze. “Strip you naked and fuck you.”
A smile curved her lips and she lifted one arched eyebrow. “Um...it’s possible that you can,” she hedged.
What? Shit, this was more than he could handle. Troy took a step back, needed the cool air to clear the crazy thoughts running rampant in his brain.
Julie ran her hand through her mussed hair. Damn, she looked even more beautiful with her lips swollen from his kiss and her eyes bright with passion. Those eyes narrowed though and Troy knew—without a doubt—what was coming next.
“Where were you before you rang the doorbell?” she asked.
Yep. The million-dollar question. There was simply no way to lie about the answer either. “Sitting in my car on the other side of the street.”
His answer sobered her passion. A bucket of cold ice water couldn’t have done a better job. Her back stiffened and her head cocked to the side.
“Why?” Her tone sounded more leery than angry.
“Probably for the same reason you called me.”
She thought about his answer. Her shoulders relaxed.
Though Troy couldn’t be completely honest with her, he wanted to, so he shot for the truth of the moment. “Look, I’ve been thinking a lot about today too. What does it mean that I’ve been there for you the last few times when you needed somebody?” He shook his head. “I don’t know the answer to that. I only know...” He ran his hands through his hair and turned away, stepped farther into her