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Her eyebrows knitted “I don’t understand Aren’t we trying to convince them we’re lovers?”
“If ant people to believe we’re really a couple, then we need to be out and about doin’ couple things, not just banging each other behind closed doors” Tell put his lips by her ear “Once I get you nekkid—and trust me, sweetness, that will happen sooner rather than later—we’ll be there for a while A good long while”
Georgia shivered
When the band switched to a fast tune, he led her off the dance floor and purposely sat across froo home I’ll stick around here for another hour or so Then we’llstraight If we’re a couple, then I expect you to only be with me”
He bristled “You think the second you’re out the door I’ll take so”
“You sure? Because you admitted earlier that you have a reputation as a player I’ve seen the glances other woot no control over who looks at ia You either trustmore assurances, but Tell offered her none Finally a faint smile touched her lips “Obviously I have so toht her hand to his onna have soh fun in your life, hot lips”
“Tell You don’t have to—”
“Get you to loosen up? Yes, I do ’Cause that’s one of the things I do best”
“What’s the other thing?”
He raised a brow at her and suy”
“And proud of it Mark onna ia laughed “What fun thing do you have in mind?”
“I’m takin’ you out for ice cream But first we’llcasual and sporty, because sweetness, I’onna make you work for that very first lick”
Casual and sporty, he’d said
Georgia checked her reflection in the bathroom mirror for the fourteenth time before she muttered, “Screw it,” and sailed out the door On the walk, she gave herself a pep talk
Don’t overanalyze everything Have fun Be sexy Be flirty In other words, act nothing like yourself
No pressure
By the time she reached the park, she’d calander at Tell McKay and her heart rate zoo hie boy now
Tell wore black basketball shorts that hung above his knees and a sleeveless gray top that molded to his upper body Over the years he’d bulked up,his chest appear broader than she’d remembered And yeah, baby, check out those well-defined arly white from the ball of his shoulder to his th of his arood on hi a basketball “I’e Lycra tank top to her gray cotton capris to her black athletic shoes “You look great”
“You too” Without a cowboy hat covering his dark hair, she saw the ends held a slight curl Such a te blue eyes and those deep dimples She wanted to lick him up one side and down the other And that was a totally foreign feeling to her She defined reserved in all matters of her life, especially in relationships with the opposite sex