“Your shoes, Holworth.” Campbell dug in his front pocket.
In heedless fascination, Fontana watched denim stretch over his firm butt. There was a tiny hole above the pocket, a round, ragged fascination.
She could keep her hands to herself for another minute, maybe two.
But he’d better hurry up.
He straightened, handing Jaime his car keys. “It’s the BMW parked in the Rise’s drive. Be careful, the roads are bound to be slick. Enjoy the ride. I’ll get it back sometime tomorrow.”
Sliding the lock into place, Campbell propped his shoulder against the door, his eyes smoldering when they met hers. “Tell me now if this isn’t what you want. Before Jaime gets too far away with my keys.”
Tall and gawky—the skinniest girl in high school, allthreeshe’d attended—she had never felt beautiful. Never. Healthy and resilient, capable, even attractive on occasion.
But never beautiful.
When Campbell True had spent his entire life focused on capturing beauty.
“That look, don’t go there. Don’t doubt how much I want you,” Campbell said, surprising her because honest admissions and one-nighters didn’t go together. “Enough to betray my thin-skinned sensibilities.”
She caught her bottom lip between her teeth. “You told Jaime you’d pick up your car tomorrow. It’s going to”—she cleared her throat—“take all night?”
Campbell valiantly fought a smile, and she didn’t know whether to be charmed or insulted. “If you want it to.”
He moved closer, and she caught his scent—earthy and masculine, like rain on a summer day, an ocean breeze whistling through sea oats. A hint of something peppery, the newest, sexiest fragrance in her universe.
He was real. Campbell True was real. And he desiredher.
The realization shook her, and a fervid sigh escaped before she could contain it.
His eyes found hers, a gaze so earnest she ached. “Again, sweetheart? I didn’t hear you.”
“I want all night. I wantyou.”
She was in his arms before she took another breath. Contact. Knee to knee, hip to hip. A startling fusion.
“Say my name,” he whispered, his control ebbing. “I’d like to hear it once before I take you.”
Need and want bubbled, threatening to erupt—a primal,passionate explosion that had been gathering force since he’d pulled his car off a deserted country road and stumbled into her life.
Or she’d stumbled into his.
“Campbell.” A hushed plea, a gratifying sound of impatience. A command. “Campbell.”
She had no time to congratulate herself for her daring before his head lowered, his lips capturing hers. She wasn’t even sure what to do to match his expertise, so she copied every move he made. When he dipped his tongue into her mouth, she dipped hers into his. When he slanted his head and began to explore, moving deeper, she followed suit.
He tasted of lime, sweet and tart, and she took him in, consumed by the moment, byhim.
Creative impulse had her changing course, tugging his bottom lip between her teeth, grazing it with just enough pressure to test, to tease.
A ragged groan burst from his throat, and the kiss changed.Everythingchanged. Intensity, speed, depth. His arms tightened around her, his hands settling at the base of her spine, pulling her flush against him. A river of liquefying pleasure surged through her, sparking along each nerve ending, unraveling her from the inside out. Sensation blurred thought, left her breathless, weightless, lost in the moment.
She would swear later that the tips of her toes tingled.
Amazed, she wondered what he’d been holding back with the previous kiss because hehadn’tbeen giving his all. He no longer played, no longer toyed, and he incited her to do the same. This kiss—straining the boundaries of what she could tolerate while standing, with every piece of clothing still in place—made her drunker than any glass of wine.
On nothing more than a promise.
Rising to the tips of her toes, struggling to uphold her end of the bargain, she reached for him, trailing her fingersalong the exposed breadth of skin above his collar before tangling them in his hair. His skin was warm, slightly damp, his breathing ragged—impatience threading through the haze between them.
