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“Night, Hollywood”

Ava stretched out on the azed So peaceful The profusion of stars reinforced that feeling of insignificance

Seemed to be a the for LA as soon as possible Ever since his breakthrough on the bulls, she’d been waiting for hi coay, that he wouldn’t need her help videotaping his rides Maybe it was high schoolish that she’d intended to give him the brush off first

But he hadn’t rescinded his offer Instead, he’d kissed her

Had he ever kissed her

Ava remembered how his hot breath drifted across her cheek A non-kiss, a tease, but one that raised goose bumps down the entire left side of her body She’d withheld a shiver, suspecting he’d take her reaction the wrong way

And shehis peck was just a friendly gesture if he hadn’t kept inching those clever lips down her jawline If he hadn’tnoise in the back of his throat If he hadn’t tenderly s her ue, just a gentle press of lips on lips Somehow his left hand had curled around her neck Somehow, her hands ended up clamped onto his biceps

Ava expected he’d keep the kiss slow and easy So when Chase kissed the living shit out of her, she understood she didn’t know this Chase at all The Chase who trapped her face in his big hands The Chase who ably slipped his tongue past her teeth and fried her circuits with a kiss that stirred so inside her she’d never felt with any er Lust that had no boundaries

Just as Ava was about to lose herself in the sensation of surrender, Chase broke the kiss

And then he’d apologized

So yeah, she’d had that girlish sense of glee when he admitted he wasn’t sorry She could ith that

A clement breeze wafted over her The warmth of the leather soaked into her back and she was lulled into total relaxation She sighed and closed her eyes

“Ava,” he whispered, “Come on”

“What?” She scra the stirrup, Chase vaulted onto the back of the et situated; it wasn’t much different than when he readied himself to ride a real bull He offered his hand and hauled her closer, laughing at her shriek of surprise as he draped her thighs over the top of his

“I’ve been dying to do this,” Chasehot, sucking kisses that set her blood on fire His tongue traced her collarbone from her shoulder to her throat “Put your hands on me, Ava”

Chase nearly purred when she thrust her hands through is hair He nuzzled her cleage while he unbuttoned her blouse and flicked open her bra so her brsts tuh her body as he sucked her niles with single-minded devotion

“So sexy” Chase scattered kisses up to her ear “You ready to take a real risk?”

Head muzzy from his kisses, she onna turn the machine on slow”

“What? Oh no”