its sexy undertones were spiking the desire that Jordan had been fighting all evening. Was he deliberately lowering his voice and whispering in Jordan’s ear? Did he want to turn Jordan on? Fuck! The very idea made Jordan’s cock twitch.
“Yeah. I am.”
And that breathy confirmation would be all the proof Bennett needed that his plan was working, if he had a plan. Jordan stepped away to put his eye to the telescope under the pretense of looking more closely at the stars. But he knew, and he suspected Bennett did as well — if his chuckle was any indication — that what he was really doing was running away. He needed to get a hold of himself.
Bennett wasn’t just some random guy he could hook up with and then discard. And Jordan hadn’t been that guy for a very long time. Sure, he wanted Bennett, and the longer he was with him, the more his desire increased. But he wanted to get to know him better before he went and did anything as stupid as kiss the fuck out of him, like he so desperately wanted to do right this damned second…
Bennett’s hand at his back made Jordan turn to look at him, just in time to feel soft lips brush against his own. Heat burst under his skin and he let himself relax into the kiss. It was gentle at first, chaste, warm. But when he couldn’t resist the temptation to return it, when he took over and let himself have what he’d wanted all evening, the kiss went from zero to a thousand in a heartbeat. Flashpoints of fire raced between their lips and on every point of contact between their bodies.
“Fuuuuck!”
The word was the only moment he gave them to catch a breath before he was kissing Bennett again, deepening the contact between them, breathing in his scent, reveling in the flavor of his breath and his tongue. The kiss grew in heat and urgency, Jordan loving the soft moan that escaped Bennett’s lips, loving the way he kissed with his eyes open, so he could see Jordan, so Jordan could see him, so they could drink each other in with their eyes and their mouths.
“Yeah.” Bennett’s agreement was breathless and surprisingly shy, his gaze now centered somewhere below Jordan’s chin.
Jordan lifted that chin so they were eye to eye again. “No hiding. We’re in this together, right?”
Bennett nodded. “Right. But I wasn’t hiding,” he went on. “It’s just…it’s been a while since I kissed a guy.”
“Same here.” Jordan didn’t understand the relief he felt at Bennett’s admission.
“Yeah?”
Why is that so hard to believe? “Yeah. I’m too old to keep playing the field.”
“That’s your only reason?”
The conversation, which had started with the hottest kiss Jordan had had in a very long time, had suddenly become way more serious than he had anticipated. He wasn’t ready to go there just yet. Not until he had better answers for himself.
Chapter Six
The flight had been a long one and Bennett was tired. He hadn’t had much sleep in the last few days, but he had had quite the adventure. The promotional shoot he’d been invited to do for the outfit in Wyoming had seen him up at the crack of dawn each day, hiking and kayaking and spending time around campfires and in tents. All the shots he’d taken in those intense days would be curated and presented to his clients who would then decide how they wanted to use them for the infomercial they planned to launch later in the year.
It had been good to get away for a while. After his date with Jordan, he’d felt strangely anxious and he had no idea why. Aside from the almost unrelenting ache to taste the man’s kisses again, and a growing need to share more than breath with him, Bennett had done his best to close down all thoughts of him. Because the way the date had ended puzzled and scared him.
One minute they were kissing like long-lost lovers, the next they were walking back to their cars, the distance between them more than the few feet that separated them on the path. And he knew why. He’d spooked Jordan with his question, but dammit, he had wanted to know why Jordan hadn’t had a hookup in a long time. Was it just his age, or was he wanting more from a relationship than sex? Because that would mean he and Bennett were on the same page and that was