When Opposites Attract…. Jules Bennett

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Название When Opposites Attract…
Автор произведения Jules Bennett
Жанр Контркультура
Серия The Barrington Trilogy
Издательство Контркультура
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9781472049490



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up, hoping to make an escape, she reached blindly for the handle on the door. But as she retreated, Grant stepped forward. His fresh-from-the-shower aroma enveloped her, and his damp hair, hanging in a tousled mess over his forehead, practically begged for her to run her fingers through it.

      “You could’ve apologized when you saw me tomorrow,” he murmured as he came within an inch of her face. “Why did you need to stop by now?”

      Because she was a glutton for punishment. There was no other excuse.

      “I wanted to clear the air before I saw you again. I didn’t want anything to be uncomfortable.”

      One hand came up to rest on the door beside her head as a grin spread across his tanned, stubbled face. “I prefer to clear the air, too.”

      In one swift motion, his head dipped down to hers and his free hand came up to cup the side of her face. Tessa’s back was firmly against the door, and she had nowhere to go...not that she wanted to go anywhere, because Grant’s mouth was so gentle, so amazingly perfect. Instead of pushing him away, she kept her arms at her sides and tried to remain in control of her emotions. But she did open her lips at his invitation, She was human and couldn’t resist temptation, after all.

      Slowly, his tongue danced with hers and chills spread from her head to her toes in a flash. Before she could get too wrapped up in the moment, Grant stepped back. Tessa lifted her eyelids, meeting his dark gaze.

      “Since we don’t want things to be uncomfortable,” he told her, his hand still framing her face, “you should know I plan on doing that again.”

      Tessa couldn’t speak, could barely think. How in the world did she end up with zero control here? She’d just wanted to apologize, and instead she’d gotten the most tender, yet toe-curling kiss of her life, and an amazing view of Grant’s bare chest.

      “What about—”

      “The clause?” he asked, intercepting her thoughts. “Seeing as how you’re attracted, too, I don’t see why we can’t pursue more. Behind closed doors, of course. No one would have to know, Tessa.”

      “I’m not interested,” she told him, lying through her still tingling lips. “Save your attraction for another woman.”

      Grant dropped his hand. “Then it’s my turn to apologize. I assumed by the way you look at me, the way your pulse beats at the base of your neck, the way you catch your breath when I touch you, that you were interested in me, too. And the way you participated in that kiss... But apparently, I was mistaken.”

      He leaned right next to her ear, so close his lips brushed against her lobe when he whispered, “Or you’re lying.”

      Tessa tugged on the door and moved out of his grasp. “Good night, Grant.”

      Like the coward she was, she ran away. Nobody made her feel more out of control, more internally restless than this infuriating man.

      Surely that didn’t mean...

      Tessa sighed as she climbed into her Jeep. She had a sinking feeling that Grant Carter was the man her mother had told her about. The man who would come along and make her question how she’d gotten along without him in her life.

      The one man she’d been saving herself for.

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