Entice - By Ella Frank Page 0,40
not what he wanted.
Knowing exactly what he wanted, he said, “A new deal, Shel. Stop trying to distract me. Give me one.”
He moved to sit in the reclining chaise lounge he had on his deck, waiting patiently for her answer. Mutley had laid down beside him, resting his big head on his paws as he watched him with a raised eyebrow. He swore his dog understood everything he was saying.
“Okay, I have one,” she announced.
Josh had to remind his cock it was not coming out to play tonight.
“I’m waiting,” he told her.
He heard her take a breath as though she was unsure, and then she asked, “What are you doing next weekend?”
Josh hadn’t seen that question coming. He thought about the barbecue he was supposed to have with his brother, and then shrugged. It isn’t like I have to go to that.
“Nothing. Why?”
There was complete silence.
Then, as though she’d change her mind if she didn’t get it out, she asked quickly, “Want to go on a road trip? Can you ask your boss for some time off? I was thinking I could leave Friday morning and make it home by Monday night.”
“Hey, Doc?” Josh interrupted.
“Yeah?”
“Where are we going?”
There was another stretch of silence, and then, “You’ll come with me?”
Josh chuckled, wondering what the hell he was doing. But, deep down, he knew. He was getting involved. He was just hoping she’d take it easy on him.
“I’d like to say I already have.” He heard her take a deep breath. “But that’s a different conversation. Yes, I’ll come. Are you going to tell me where?”
Josh looked down at Mutley, who had raised his head with his ears perked.
Yep, you’re coming, too, bud. Josh thought with a grin, knowing Shelly would freak out.
***
Shelly was biting her lip, gripping the cell phone tight.
What the hell am I thinking, inviting him home with me?
In all honesty, she knew her plan was genius. Her father would have a fit when she walked through the door with Josh, but on the other hand, she found the idea of having him with her more and more appealing for other reasons.
“Savannah, Georgia.”
“As in your hometown?” he asked quietly.
Shelly thought about what she was doing for one second more before she blurted, “Yeah. My mom wants me to come home, and I told her I’d come this weekend.” She paused, having a rare moment of nerves.
“You want me to meet your parents, but you didn’t want Mason and Lena to know about us?” he asked. “I don’t get it, Doc.”
She didn’t get it either. All she could come up with was she didn’t want to disappoint or hurt Mason and Lena.
Whereas, her father was already disappointed. And her mother? Well, she pretty much thought as he did. So, what the hell?
“Look, Josh, you’re either in or out. My new deal is you come home with me for four days—”
“In what capacity?”
“What? Man, what is it with you interrupting me?” Shelly chuckled, feigning exasperation.
“Well, I’m trying to nail down the facts because last time we made a deal you blindsided me by using all that sex magic you have.”
Shelly couldn’t help it then. She burst out laughing. “Sex magic?”
“Yeah. You get around me, and I lose my mind. So, you must be casting spells.”
“No secret spells here, Mr. Daniels.” She paused, and then stated, “I want you to come home with me as my friend. However, when we’re alone together, I don’t see why we can’t have added benefits.”
“Such as?”
“You know what I mean, Josh.”
“I know, but I love it when you talk dirty.”
Closing her eyes, she had to bite back a moan. Then, she told him what he wanted to hear. “Benefits such as hot, sweaty, back-scratching sex.”
“Hmm. We haven’t done that yet,” he pointed out in a voice smooth as whiskey.
“No, we haven’t,” she managed through clenched teeth.
“But we will. Won’t we, Shel?”
She took a deep breath and stated plainly, “I really hope so.”
There was another quiet moment, and then he asked in a most scandalized tone, “In your parents’ house?”
Laughing, she replied in the most Southern accent she could dig up, “Oh, you naughty man, Joshu-ah Daniels. Well, I did always want to be ravished in my old bedroom. Think you could manage that, big boy?”
“You keep talking like that Man-Eater, and you can count on it.”
“What did you just call me?” she asked, still chuckling.
“Man-Eater. Damn, you’re sexy as hell. You know that, right?”
Choosing to ignore him, she asked, “Will your boss give you the time