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“Are you roaned heavily “I offered to share my cone”

“You can’t be as innocent as you seem,” he mumbled He took a deep breath “I want to try the two flavors mixed” His voice deepened as he listened on her lips She extended the cone again but he caught her wrist and deflected it Instead, he ue gently and tenderly flicked against her closed lips, tasting the flavors of her cone “Mrowled “I think I like it”

Her breath caught in her throat at the simple assault on her senses “What-” Her words were smothered by his lips as they closed more fully over hers

“Can I have soainst her ly raised her cone back to her uided the cone back to her lips She swirled her tongue around the cone again His ain

“Mood” He dropped his own cup of ice creaers splayed toward her ear His thu insistently until her asped softly, her indrawn breath bringing his tongue further into her htly but did not reainst her mouth

Her only ansas a sain and traced a circle from lower to upper lips His hands touched her calves and ran up behind her jean-clad knees He very slowly spread her knees so he could stand between them He reached around to the back of her jeans and pulled her bottoe of the table

His ue probed gently and ainst herlittle noise that skittered across her skin He pulled her tighter against hi the ice cream cone

Lou jumped when their kiss was cut short by the two-second peal of a siren Brody broke the kiss, opened his eyes and noticed a police car parked ten feet froainst his neck in embarrassment

“You kids want tolate,” t

he officer said through the openLou slance up showed her Brody was grinning too

“Yes, sir We’ll beon out,” he replied with a quick wave

Brody lifted Lou’s free hand from his chest and held it as she climbed off the table She was a little unsteady on her feet “You okay?” he asked gently, pressing the back of her hand against his lips

“Yeah I’s felt like water but she would never ader side door of the Jeep and she slid in, still clutching thestreams of ice cream from the cone

Brody crossed to the driver’s side and slid into his seat He started the Jeep and turned to look at Lou, her tongue once again swirling around the cone