My gaze drifted down, taking him in.
He was a tall drink of water and solidly built. The muscles of his chest filled out his flannel shirt nicely, and jeans on a man had never looked so good.
In a voice that didn’t sound like my own, I asked, “How would you relax me?”
He rumbled, “You really want to know?”
I was feeling reckless, so I said, “Yeah. Why not?”
His lips parted in a smile, hunger evident in his eyes. “It’s crass. You sure you want to hear it?”
Something hot that felt like molten lava rolled through me. I flirted back, “Now Ihaveto know.”
He rumbled out a laugh. “All right, I’d bend you over that dresser and hike your pretty dress up over your big ass. Then I’d fuck the hell out of you until you screamed my name. After that, I’d take you to the Fall Festival and buy you a caramel apple.”
I started laughing. The man was insane. And bold.
Confidence rolled off him in waves. He didn’t look anything like a New Yorker. And I suddenly had to find out what the difference was between a man like him and one of them.
“I’m only here for one night,” I said as my nipples firmed into tight little buds.
“Yeah. That part sucks. I don’t really like one-night stands. But I’d be willing to make an exception for you, Elizabeth.”
His sudden use of my proper name after calling me Lizzy all night long jolted something inside me.
I felt like he saw me. He reallysawme.
And I suddenlywantedto be seen.
A flash of heat flew between us, sizzling the air in the bedroom.
Was I going to do this? Really going to do this?
It was reckless. And immature. And wickedly exciting.
But the decision had been made hours ago. There was nothing to decide.
My voice was dry as I said, “Not in here, though. The guest room.”
Hudson’s eyebrows notched upwards, and I got the feeling he hadn’t expected me to take him up on his offer.
But he was right. It had been entirely too long since a man had given me an orgasm.
And I hadn’t been this attracted to anyone in years. Not since college.
He gingerly picked up the kitten and put her down on the bed, then rose to his feet.
I looked between the kitten and the two dogs. “Will she be safe in here with them?”
“Are you kidding? Both these dogs are totally in love with this kitten. They might lick her to death, but they won’t hurt her.”
Then he closed the distance between us, gently pushed me up against the wall, and gave me a kiss that I wouldneverforget.
All of a sudden my world was Hudson, Hudson and more Hudson.
I absorbed his scent, his taste, his feel, his touch.
Our tongues tangled together, and all the heat that had passed between us today finally let loose. His lips fit mine perfectly, and he took charge. I let myself fall under his spell, submitting to him as he ground his hips against mine.
