Entice - By Ella Frank Page 0,71
has been wonderful for you.” She paused, looking up him with pleading eyes. “I think they need me to go, and I think I want to be gone.”
Josh knew at that moment there wasn’t one thing he wouldn’t do for her.
Nodding, he wiped her cheek with his thumb. “Okay, let’s pack then and hit the road. Maybe this time, we can stop at a motel and split up the trip.”
That got a full-blown smile from her, and she nodded as she stood up. She reached up and wrapped her arms around Josh’s neck. He leaned down and kissed her softly.
“Come on, Georgia, let’s go home, so I can have you naked in my bed until Tuesday night.”
“That was the deal, wasn’t it?”
“Ahh, yes, the famous deals. I believe the deal was I would show you my house if you stayed naked for at least ten hours of the tour,” Josh told her with a grin.
“Then, what are we waiting for?” she asked.
“Absolutely nothing. Let’s get packing.”
Josh let her go and moved toward the door. When he got there, he looked over his shoulder at her. She was standing exactly where he had left her and was looking at him with a ghost of a smile.
“We’ll talk in the car,” he told her.
She nodded, and he turned to go and pack.
***
They ended up driving straight home. Josh had told her the sooner they got home, the longer they would have together. He had put pedal to the metal, and they were currently driving into the outskirts of Chicago. It was strange to be coming home after only two days away. It felt as though they had been gone for weeks.
They had come such a long way in the very short time they had been together, and as they rolled through the dark streets right before dawn, Shelly was starting to settle into the idea of them as a couple. On the trip home, he had asked her how things had gone with her father, and Shelly had calmly told him everything she’d finally been able to get off her shoulders.
It was freeing to be able to talk to a man and know he wouldn’t judge you. That was Josh. He just listened. Every now and then, he would say something, but generally, he just sat steady and listened to whatever it was she was telling him.
As they exited the main highway and rolled down the streets toward what looked like the suburbs, Shelly turned her head to face the man behind the wheel.
He had shrugged on his leather jacket over his familiar white T-shirt and jeans. The man looked sexy and relaxed, and as she watched him silently, he turned to her and smiled slowly.
“What are you thinking about?” he asked.
Shelly gave him a half smile as she yawned. “I’m thinking about how you’re going to strip me down and have your bad old way with me.”
He laughed and nodded. “You got that right. I have been thinking of nothing else for the last…” He paused and looked at his watch. “Ten-and-a-half hours.”
“Is that right?” Shelly probed.
“That’s right, Miz Monroe.”
Laughing, Shelly asked, “So, now that we are back in the city I’m Miz Monroe?”
Josh’s mouth quirked on the side, as he nodded. “Yeah. The city seems to bring out the Man-Eater.” He paused and told her in a deep voice, “But I kind of like her now that I know Georgia is in there, too.”
Shelly raised her eyebrows at him, and then licked her lips as she looked pointedly at his denim-covered crotch.
“Well, I have to tell you, Josh, I am really looking forward to living up to my name.”
He cocked his head to the side in question, so she answered.
“Man-Eater.” She paused, licking her lips again. “I really want to eat you.”
Josh groaned and shook his head. “Thank God we are nearly there.”
Shelly laughed and settled in for the remainder of the drive.
***
Josh looked across the truck at Shelly as she lay with her eyes closed, her head leaning back against the seat. Mutley was lying down on the back seat, and Josh had to smile at the fact that Shelly now seemed okay with his mutt. They had talked all the way home about her mother and father, and Josh had gotten a much better understanding of the way Dr. Shelly Monroe’s mind worked.
He was happy she had been able to confront her father and maybe set some demons to rest. He also hoped, somewhat selfishly, that it had