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CHAPTER FIVE

I felt heat suffuse my cheeks in a rush, and a perverse shiver of pure pleasure rockup at themo at hi moment

I turned to look up at him His hand fell froht of hiht blue polo with dark washed, fitted jeans, and navy running shoes It was the ‘Jaht Even his casual looked too sexy for public I’d never seen him in jeans before He made them look sinful I saw just the hint of the top of his tan chest at his collar, and had to stifle e to check my mouth for drool His caramel- colored hair just brushed that collar, and I clenched my hands to keep the always led to too much, too fast, with us

IHis eyes dropped down to s and then to the collar at ue over his teeth My whole body see those It was…considerate of you," he said in his most polite, if hoarse, voice

He sed, shoving his hands into his pockets, then folding theh his fitted shirt distractingly His chest and ar as though he’d been lifting weights excessively The material of his shirt looked so soft it ht touch would turn to a stroke And then I would stroke harder to feel the resilient flesh beneath… Ja down my body now, not for the first tie

"Your legs are outrageous You al" He looked back at my face, finally

"You look beautiful" He took a deep, harsh breath, staring at"But isn’t that outfit a bit sexy for a work function?"

I wrinkled my nose at hias, and ere in a bar full of flight attendants My attire was downright modest compared to some of the outfits I saw

"Did you want me to fuck you in front of all of your co-workers? Because that’s all I can think about, when I see you in that outfit" His voice was pitched low, but I gasped at his words

"This was supposed to be a short, casual ," I told him, a hint of accusation inaround the room, and away from me I watched as he counted to ten silently

"I missed you," he said finally

I had missed him too, but I couldn’t make myself tell him that He still unsettled me toothat popped into ain "Yes I was inbusiness call of er in New York I didn’t see you arrive, and lost track of tiize I didn’t want to ether, which "

"It’s okay We got here early, for once, so I was just surprised to see that you weren’t early, for once"

"Introduce us," Judith said loudly

I wasn’t surprised The two party girls had shown a surprising a as we had

I turned, giving the women a rueful smile Jessa moved closer, and we suddenly had the attention of the entire group

I went around the group, na all of the people that Jahtly as I finished "Everyone, this isaard I had no idea what to call him

"Boyfriend," James corrected, and I raised a brow at him I didn’t knohat he was, but it didn’t seem like he could call himself that "Very serious boyfriend," he elaborated with a s He wanted to talk tohih to draw h, I told myself resolutely And he was overly possessive He would say anything to warn otherus, hisattention to the fact that he was staring at us rather intently

Judith and Marnie began chatting James up mercilessly I wason him Not even a little bit It seeht it was kind of sweet They were theout of their way to be coht was my boyfriend Someone who happened to be the most beautiful ood friends to iven the more cynical than arranted Kindness or consideration alht me by surprise if it came from anyone but Stephan I supposed he was the only person I’d ever allowed myself to have expectations of I had plenty of friends Mostly casual friends But friendship and trust just hadn’t been a connection I’dJae cleaned up

I suddenly felt old beyond ht they were the mature, experienced ones, but I certainly had them beat in the cynicism department

I touched Jaht back I need to use the restroom"

James tried to walk me to the bathroom, but I waved him off