Ohmigod!
If I wasn’t wrong, that was a compliment. A good one.
I opened my eyes on the word, “Tack –”
“Day in, day out, you peel the layers back for me. Smart mouth, funny, sweet, wild in bed. Chattin’ with bikers like they were insurance brokers. Holdin’ my girl’s hand, givin’ her strength when her Mom’s bein’ a bitch. Keepin’ your chin up when your people show in the middle of a full blown drama. But so f**kin’ vulnerable, you’re scared shitless of livin’ life.”
“You don’t know me, Tack.”
His head came up and his eyes pierced mine. “I know you, Tyra.”
“You don’t.”
“Life’s a roller coaster. Best damn ride in the park. You don’t close your eyes, hold on and wait for it to be over, babe. You keep your eyes open, lift your hands straight up in the air and enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts.”
Seriously?
When did he become a sage?
He was beginning to piss me off mostly because he was making sense.
“Some people aren’t roller coaster people, Tack.”
“And you’re tellin’ me you’re one of them?” he asked.
“Damn straight,” I answered.
“Bullshit,” he replied.
I glared.
He grinned his sexy grin.
I pushed at him with my hands but this only made both of us rock two inches then Tack pushed back and he was stronger so I ended up not only plastered to him, I was also plastered to the wall.
“Let me go!” I snapped.
“No,” he shook his head, still grinning. “No f**kin’ way. Did it once, not doin’ it again.”
“You did it twice,” I reminded him and his brows shot up.
“Twice?”
“That first night. Though it wasn’t letting me go. It was kicking me out of your bed.”
He grinned again, the jerk!
“See that stung,” he said softly.
See? Total. Jerk!
“Truthfully?” I asked then didn’t wait for an answer. “Yes. I’ll let you in, handsome, just a little bit. Jumping into bed with a man I don’t know is not my style. Getting kicked out of a bed I’d jumped into was something that never happened to me. So yes, that stung. But you know what else has never happened to me?”
“Tell me,” he ordered, still… freaking… grinning.
“Seeing him just a day later in a clinch with a brunette.”
“You knew me, you’d know she didn’t have staying power and you’d know you do.”