One Kiss In... Hawaii. Jill Monroe

Чтение книги онлайн.

СКАЧАТЬ to the vocal part of the GPS directions earlier.”

      “Sly, Pearson, very sly.” She turned enough to rest a palm on his chest, then tilted her head back and gazed up at him, daring him to kiss her.

      A tiny twitch at the corner of his mouth was the only reaction she got. But for him, that was something. In his dark glasses, she saw her reflection, saw what a mess her hair was, and sighed.

      He nudged her chin up a fraction. “What’s the matter?”

      “I just caught my reflection in your glasses. My hair. Yikes.”

      He gave her ponytail a light tug. “I like your hair. Especially when it’s down.” His warm moist breath bathed her cheeks, made her heart skip a beat. “You used to start out with it down when you came to work in the morning. It would still be damp.”

      She was blown away that he’d noticed that minor detail. It seemed he’d barely spared her a glance unless they were working together on a case. “Your hair would be slightly damp, too, sometimes.”

      “Mia, I want—” He closed his mouth, gave his head a small self-deprecating shake. “We’d better get on the road. We have a lot more to see.”

      She stopped him from drawing away. “David, please.”

      “Look, you’re only here for a week, you’ve made plans with your friends, and here I am butting in.”

      “That’s not what you were going to say.”

      “No,” he admitted, clearly conflicted about something. “This is more complicated than I anticipated.”

      “This? You mean, us?”

      He nodded.

      Mia didn’t try hiding her frustration. “We’re in Hawaii. I don’t work for you anymore. We’re obviously attracted to each other. What’s complicated about that? It’s only one week, David, and then we go back to our respective lives.”

      He flinched slightly, something she’d never expected. Had she hit a nerve? Was he worried that she’d want more from him than he was willing to give? His life was already full, between work and social obligations that went with being a Pearson. If the rumors were true, his mother not only fixed him up with dinner companions to attend company functions, but family gatherings, as well.

      A sudden and truly awful thought struck Mia.

      “We both know what I’m going back to,” David said, his voice bringing her out of her dark thoughts. “But what about you? What’s life going to be like for you now that you’ve left the firm? Shelby mentioned something about a business?”

      This time, she drew back and focused on the waves that had gotten choppy, spewing whitecaps toward the rocky shore. There was one huge reason why he’d be hesitant to engage in no-strings sex.

      Without looking at him, she asked, “Are you seeing someone?”

      “What? Jesus, no.” He made a sound of disgust. “Of course not. Where did that come from?”

      “I figured that’s why you’d backed off last night. Why you seem kind of skittish.”

      He snorted. “Skittish?”

      “Poor choice of word maybe, but I’m pretty sure you know what I mean.”

      “Come here.”

      At the way his voice lowered to that sexy rasp, she sucked in a breath and shot him a sidelong glance. Her heart started to race as she slowly swiveled back toward him. Taking her hand, he drew her close. His arms went around her, and he locked his hands at the small of her back. She was certain he was about to kiss her. Instead, he moved his mouth near her ear.

      “If I told you what I want to do to that body of yours,” he whispered, his jaw grazing her sensitive skin, “you’d run as far and as fast as those long sexy legs could carry you.”

      Her brain went numb. She had no clever retort. The rest of her body sprang to life, blazed with excitement. There was no place for her arms except to loop them around his neck. Leaning into him, she felt the beginning of his arousal.

      He took her lobe between his teeth, nibbling lightly, and then briefly pressed the flesh between his lips before nuzzling the side of her neck.

      A stiff wind whipped off the sea and buffeted them. Already mentally off balance, Mia pressed her entire body against him, trying to steady herself. He was broad and solid, so much more than she would have guessed a week ago. With a deep inward sigh, she relaxed her hand and dragged her palm over the contour of chest muscle beneath the green tennis shirt.

      “Ah, Mia,” he murmured against her warm skin.

      There were still people using the lookout, cars whizzing past them on the highway. Did he even remember where they were? Did she care? How could she? This was David. This was what she wanted.

      Her lips parted, and he pushed his tongue inside, kissing her with a sweeping thoroughness that made her forget everything.

      They broke apart only when a noisy minivan full of children pulled off the highway and parked not far from their rental. David straightened and finger combed his hair. Feeling like a guilty teenager who’d been caught making out, Mia tugged at the hem of her shorts and adjusted the front of her blue tank top. It didn’t seem to matter that she wore a bra. Her nipples were tight and hard and testing the elasticity of the fabric.

      “We should go,” she said, averting her eyes so that she didn’t have to meet with the white-haired van driver’s disapproval.

      “Just a minute,” he said, concentrating on something on the horizon.

      She swung her gaze toward the open sea. “Another whale?”

      David noisily cleared his throat, sounding as if he were trying not to laugh.

      “Oh.” She spotted the problem. They really were going to have to do something about that swelling.

      They waited until the gang was clear of the van and headed for the lookout before David used the remote to unlock the BMW’s doors.

      “Where to next?” she asked breathlessly.

      He stuck the key into the ignition. “You have a swimsuit under that?”

      “I do.” She had on bottoms, anyway.

      “Good.” He exhaled a long breath. “Maybe we can find someplace to cool off.”

      SO MUCH FOR STAYING in public to prevent him from stripping off her clothes and kissing every inch of her. David mentally shook his head as he guided the car onto the highway. He hadn’t checked the GPS but he already knew that as long as he stayed on the coastal road they wouldn’t get lost.

      He was acting like a damn kid, unable to curb his libido. Hell, he had more pride and self-control than to put himself—or Mia—on display. In fact, he took pride in his self-control. How messed up was that? And acting the way he had in front of a carload of children? He wasn’t himself. He was never reckless. It didn’t matter that no one here knew СКАЧАТЬ