before handing one to her. “They’re pretty much just bare wood. With all the work going on and contractors coming and going, it would have been crazy to finish them any sooner. This way, it will be like we’re putting finishing touches on our way out the door. You’ll have to let me know if you want to go with a light stain or maybe even painting them white to match the trim.”
“Oh, uh…I’ll have to think about that. I thought they were staying that way.” Taking a sip of her water, she walked across the room and sat down on the sofa.
Kyle followed, watching her carefully. “You okay?”
“Sure. Why?”
Reaching out, he caressed her arm. “You just seem a little uncomfortable.”
“I…I’m not.” But she realized her words and her voice were saying completely different things.
“Look,” he began softly, his caresses never stopping. “Remember the night you came to my place?”
She nodded.
“This is no different. If you just want to hang out, then we can sit up and talk until you feel better.” He took a sip of his water. “Or…if you want to go inside and christen that new king-sized bed, then I’m more than willing to oblige.”
She realized she was overthinking everything. Grinning at him, she said, “That wasn’t quite what you said that night.”
He shrugged. “I’m paraphrasing. But I’m also serious. As much as I envisioned exactly what I wanted to happen once we got back here, I’m perfectly fine just sitting and talking.”
“What…,” she began, “what did you envision?”
“For starters, walking through the door and then kissing you senseless up against it before getting a little down and dirty in the kitchen. Then, after I gave you your first orgasm, I was going to carry you into the bedroom.” He grinned. “The day that bed got delivered, I started fantasizing about all the ways I wanted to make love with you on it.”
It suddenly started to feel very warm in the room.
Clearing her throat, she said, “Oh, um…really?”
That boyish grin told her he knew exactly what he was doing to her with his words. “Yeah,” he said gruffly. “But then again, I’ve pretty much been fantasizing about making love with you all over this house since I started working here.”
Heat flooded her cheeks and she couldn’t quite meet his gaze. “Stop. You have not.”
The hand that was caressing her arm stilled and he was quiet until she looked at him again. “When we worked on the rooms downstairs and you bought those oversized pillows for the rec room? I envisioned us there. And when your office was done and I would walk in and see you working, I had several fantasies about pushing everything off of your desk and doing some naughty things to you there.”
Yeah, it was definitely hot in there and she took a long drink of water to try to cool off.
“The day we took the TV out of the guest room? The day I kissed you on the bed?” His gaze darkened as he inched closer. “If we hadn’t been interrupted, I would have acted on that fantasy.”
“Kyle…”
Reaching up, he placed a finger over her lips and she couldn’t help but run her tongue over it. His soft hiss made her bold and she continued to kiss and lick each of his fingers as he got a little more graphic in his descriptions of what he wanted to do to her.
Without realizing it, Sydney kept moving closer until she was straddling his lap. He was hard everywhere and he smelled and tasted so good.
One large hand anchored on her hip while the other reached up into her hair. His eyes were dark with desire. When the grip in her hair tightened, she let out a small gasp.
“Do you have any idea what you do to me?” he practically growled. “All I can think about is you—all day, every day.” His eyes scanned her face. “For years I wondered what would happen if I ever saw you again, but I never thought I’d have you like this again.”
“Me either,” she whispered.
She certainly hadn’t been a saint or celibate all these years, but no man made her ache with need the way Kyle did. And now that they were alone and he had managed to put her at ease, she wanted to do all the things he just described.
Raking her hands through his hair, she leaned in and kissed him with everything she had and was rewarded by a sound of pure need emanating from