jaw and his earlobe. Then her gaze zeroed in on his mouth. “Can I tell you something?”
Please tell me that you’re really eighteen and I can do all the dirty things to you I’ve been dreaming up since I saw you lick that ice cream cone. “Sure.”
“You were right.”
“About?”
“I’ve never been kissed like that.”
Cal curled his hands around her hips and squeezed. “You want more of them lip-melting kisses, darlin’?”
She whispered, “God, yes,” and affixed her mouth to his, her lips parted in invitation, but she paused, waiting to let him lead.
This time he drew out the pleasure. This time his hands didn’t stay idle. He ran his palms down her strong back, across her surprisingly muscular arms, up her taut thighs, around to squeeze her lush ass and then back to cradle her head, all the while feeling the softness of her hair across his knuckles as he touched her.
And fuck if he didn’t love the sexy sounds she made when he did something she wasn’t expecting. Like the first time he trailed his lips down her throat and sucked on the spot where her neck met her shoulder.
Her surprised, throaty gasp tightened his balls.
Kimi’s hands went from clutching his neck, to pulling his hair, to unconsciously pushing his head where she wanted his mouth.
Cal kept his hands away from her breasts and avoided touching her between her thighs. But when her body figured out what to do and she started grinding on him, he backed off immediately, before he lost the ability to do so.
“Kimi,” he rasped against her throat, “time out.”
“Okay.” She swallowed hard. “Now I understand when people say they got carried away. It’s never been like that for me before.”
Don’t tell her it gets even better than that.
She shifted and moved off his lap, giving his cock some relief. She rested her cheek against his chest, tucking the top of her head beneath his chin. “Is it weird if I just wanna stay like this for a while?”
“Not weird at all, darlin’.” He swept his hand up her back. “Although I wish I had a couch we could stretch out on.”
“Next time.” She yawned. “I’m tired. It’s been exhausting dealing with my family the past couple of days.”
“I’ll bet. Go ahead and close your eyes for a bit.” He kissed her forehead.
As Kimi fell asleep in his arms he couldn’t remember the last time he’d felt so content.
Chapter Four
Kimi woke up with a jolt, surrounded by darkness and heat.
Warm, hard, delicious-smelling heat.
Soft lips brushed over her forehead. “Hey, sleepyhead.”
God. She loved the deep rasp of Cal’s voice. And the way his breath stole across her skin stirred something deep inside her. Everything about him was so…manly. Even the way he’d put the brakes on when things had gotten too hot between them. None of the boys she’d messed around with before had that kind of control. They got pissed if she said stop, or slow down, and were especially angry if she said no. Then they called her a cock tease or lied and told everyone that she’d done slutty things. Being with Cal the last few hours really drove home the difference between boys and real men. And not just in the way they kissed.
She rubbed her mouth across the soft cotton of his T-shirt and breathed in the heady scent of his body. “Sorry I conked out.”
“No worries. I liked it enough that I fell asleep too.”
“How long was I out?”
“An hour, hour and a half.”
Kimi pushed herself away from him and turned so her legs dangled off the swing. She snickered. “I’m so damn short that my feet don’t touch the ground.”
Cal’s hand skated down her arm. “I like that you’re pint-sized. And darlin’, you may be short, but you’ve got great gams.”
Most guys were so busy staring at her chest they didn’t see any part of her beyond that. And how charming was it that he didn’t make his compliment crude? “Thanks.” She hopped off the swing and faced him, holding out her hands to help him up from the swing.
A wolfish grin lit his face before he took her hands and pulled her right back onto his lap. Then he kissed her with sweet surety. “Thank you, Kimi, for comin’ over. This is one of the best nights I can remember.”
“You don’t get out much, do you?” she teased.
“I get out more than you know, but it don’t change nothin’. I meant it. And if you lived around here, I’d