a realized her blunder. Her face seemed to heat to a thousand degr

ed the blue cube on the rim of the pool table and chalked

und the stick he proffered

table, behind

up her thighs, dangerously close to the under curve of

ou really are a little thing. You might have to stand on the ti

es in her legs tighten and

voice sounded r

ns had grown…but she’d be lying if she said she didn’t. The notion that a

you for a piece of a

t her body. She gasped, automatically setting her hands on his chest t

r hips. “Would you rather do

e. “No. Th

s touch penetrated the khaki twill of her sh

nd Brea was achingly aware of his body heat bracketing the backs of her th

, y

to be relaxed but controlled. Good. Align your body with the cue ball. This will help your aim. Exactly. With your left hand

in his forearms, the size of his hands, the len

r hips again. “Spread y

ch tighte

ke your shot. Go on. Yeah, just like that. Now lay the rest of the fingers of y

at?” sh

of his body heat blistering her, of his hips packed against her back

need to bend o

thed as she ru

s fingers gripped her tighter. Then he pressed his entire chest over her back and br

nt swam in her head and she kept closing her eyes to drink him in? It was hard to concentr

a did h

ed lazily across the table, made a polite clap with the first of t

ittle more force into it.” He eased away, s

and her hungry stare climbed him agai

u didn’t come to play pool. Cutter made you pr

hank

ed and your makeup done, wearing pretty white lace.” Pierce fingered the scooped neck of her top before he wrapped

n’t k

You’re afrai

e could see rig

owed. “Te

m more than happy to give you what you want, but y

s forearms, her heart poun

han your enthusiastic cons

“Don’t yo

it’s still a question, you’re bullshitting yours

Brea looked up at him, not even su

going to happen. I’m not going to seduce you. I’m not going to push or pressure

get to know

man who formed cute, benign friendships with girls. H

, she was in wa

go.” She looked away, humiliation blazing h

e to make it outside before

know exactly where this attraction is heading. Whether you want to admit it or not, we’ll wind up in bed. I’m just sa

man. Of course he would want her consent before anything happened between

wasn’

nd backed away. “I s

ed for the door again. She’d

e, but she gasped when he shoved her back. Her spine made contact with the foyer wall. His hands spread on either side of h

lled by his satiny skin over hard, steely muscle. Anticipation rolled thro

erce Walker’s

ever

ed on him. He studied her with a dissecting stare even as he pressed

d away. “

pretty girl. So fucking bad I can almost taste you. That’s why I waited for you outside your church a week ago last

?” She really

ead, then opened the door. “Unless it’s an emergency, don’t come back. If you do, Brea, you better be ready to confess

n. She was a grown woman. She wasn’t saving herself for marriage, just until sex meant something. If s

s and lifted her face to him. Hope leaped. Please God, let him have changed his mind. But he merely

Bre-bee. Don