I brushed the hair back from her face, giving a stray strand a couple of light tugs. “That it does, Little J.”
Jensen shoved at my chest, forcing me to release my hold on her. “If we are doing the dirty, you have to stop calling meLittle J.”
I chuckled. “Doing the dirty?”
Her hands went to her hips. “You know what I mean. Having sex, bumping uglies, assault with a friendly weapon, boinking, buttering the biscuit,fucking.”
I let out a bark of laughter and pulled Jensen to me. “You’ve certainly got a wide and varied vocabulary, Miss Cole.” I bent my head, running my tongue along the column of her neck. “But I think the word I like coming out of your mouth most isfucking.”
Jensen seemed to melt just a bit in my arms, and her words came out with a bit of a breathless quality to them. “Well, then. If we’re fucking. You can’t call me Little J.”
I gave her pulse point a quick nip. “Then what should I call you?”
Jensen’s hands fisted in my hair. “How about my name?”
I tugged on her earlobe with my teeth. “Nope. Everyone calls you Jensen. I want something just for me.”
Her hands trailed down my back. “Fine, but you’re going to have to think it up. And nothing dirty.”
I chuckled. “Hmm…” I took her mouth in a slow kiss that soon turned hot. I pulled back, and her eyes blazed with that fire I’d been missing, the one that reminded me that she’d always have that bit of wildness to her. “I’ve got it.”
She blinked up at me, annoyance filling her expression. “What?”
“Wilder.”
Jensen’s brow furrowed. “Wilder?”
“Yup.” I pulled her back to me, wanting to soak up every second of her body pressed against mine before we had to reenter the real world. “You’ve always had a wildness to you. It’s been missing for a while, but it’s coming back. And when I light that match, your eyes burn with it.”
Jensen’s cheeks heated. I brushed the hair out of her face, kissing each temple and then her forehead. “Don’t get embarrassed. It’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.”
“Wilder…” She let the word trail off her lips. “I like it. I think it’s about time I had some wild back in my life.”
16
Jensen
Thirty more minutes,and my day would be done. I could flip the sign in the window toClosed, clean and pack up, and go home. I really hoped no more customers came in tracking snow everywhere and creating more messes for me to clear. I wanted to feed my horses and cuddle my son and call it a night.
The bell above the door sounded, and I fought a grimace. As I lifted my head, my forced smile turned genuine. “I wasn’t expecting to see you today.”
“Couldn’t stay away, Wilder. You’re like a drug.” Tuck swaggered towards me, those lean hips and muscular shoulders of his causing saliva to pool in my mouth.
We’d been stealing time everywhere we could these past two weeks. As the holidays approached, I knew those moments would get rarer, so I was thrilled to see him today. I chose to ignore the little flip my stomach did every time he walked into a room. It had to be a side effect of the amazing chemistry that sparked between us, nothing more.
Tuck rounded the counter and tugged me into the kitchen. As soon as we were out of the line of sight from the front of the shop, his mouth was on mine, hot and demanding. That was the thing about Tuck, he never settled for less than my all.
His tongue delved into my mouth, stroking mine. His hands cupped my ass and lifted. I wrapped my legs around his hips, searching for just a bit more. The friction of him pressing against the seam of my jeans had me letting out a little moan.
The bell over the door sounded, and we froze. Two deer caught in a pair of headlights. I shook myself from the stupor Tuck’s kisses seemed to put me in and smacked his back. “Let me down.”
Tuck snapped into action, carefully lowering me to the floor. I started out to the front room, but he caught my arm. “Hold on, you’re a little—” He reached up and smoothed down my hair.
I let out a startled laugh.Whoops.“Be right with you,” I called. “Do I look presentable now?”
Tuck leaned forward and nipped my bottom lip. “You look too damn sexy for your own good.”
I grinned and headed for the front. The smile fell from my face, and my steps faltered.No. No. No.This could not be happening. I blinked several times, hoping the person standing at the counter of my tea shop was not who I thought it was.
