thinned as if she were irritated by his abrupt tone before a smile settled on her lips. “Yes, it was a long time ago. We were both very young, but one thing has stayed with me all these years.”
“What was that?”
Lily slid her arm up his shoulder and cupped the back of his neck. Pressing her chest against his, she pulled on his neck until he moved close enough for her to whisper in his ear.
“You’re the best lover I ever had.”
Shock ricocheted through Ty at her revelation. All the time he’d spent thinking he didn’t measure up. All those years of sexual self-doubt in his early twenties, wondering if his performance in the sack was the reason he couldn’t convince Lily to marry him.
At the same time he straightened to look Lily in the face, he caught sight of Evan standing ten feet away, staring at him.
Evan started to walk away, but Chad grasped her elbow. The jerk-off whispered something in her ear before he clasped her hand and tugged her out onto the dance floor.
Lily’s soft fingers turned Ty’s jaw until his gaze met hers. “Did you hear what I said?” Her dark gaze searched his as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Ty stopped dancing and pulled her arms down from his neck. “Like you said…we were just kids.”
Lily gave him a siren’s smile. Her seductive gaze swept over him, assessing and appreciating every inch. “Oh, I know that. If you were good back then with no sexual experience, I can only imagine what you’re like now.”
Her words landed on him like a load of wet cement, heavy and sticky but quickly turning hard and stiff. And here he thought she’d dumped him because he was a lousy lay. He closed his eyes for a brief second.
As anger swept through him, Ty opened his eyes and his gaze drifted back to Chad’s arms around Evan’s waist. The jackass had started massaging her back. Her wavy hair just brushed her exposed back where her navy dress plunged all the way to the base of her spine.
When Ty looked at Evan, his pulse raced and he instantly went hard…no matter what she wore. Then again, he liked her best wearing nothing at all. The better to enjoy her long legs and miles of sweet, honey-toned skin.
“Ty.”
He forced his gaze away from Evan and Chad at the pout in Lily’s tone. As he narrowed his gaze on the woman before him, Ty realized two certainties—just how much he wanted Evan and just how fucking over Lily he was. She didn’t hold a candle to the way Evan made him feel…made him burn with the need to touch her.
“You got what you wanted in life…no one to hold you back from your professional goals, Doctor Shelton. I hope you’re happy with it.”
Ty walked off the dance floor and headed straight for the bar. “Shot of whisky, straight up.”
The bartender nodded and poured him a drink.
Ty watched Chad lean close and brush his lips down Evan’s neck. He picked up the shot glass and downed the drink in one swig. Fury, unlike anything he’d ever experienced in his life swept through him, burning just like the alcohol did going down. Everything he’d learned, breathing techniques, focus, emotional control—gone. All because a man dared to touch the woman he wanted.
Wanted.
Hell yeah, he wanted Evan. Wanted to feel her long, shapely legs wrapped around his hips, wanted to hear her moaning as he slid inside her, then screaming when he began to thrust deep. He wanted her to come over and over…all because of him.
Gritting his teeth, he was glad his jacket covered the raging hard-on that pushed against the fly of his pants.
Lily chose that moment to walk up and order a glass of white wine. Her gaze followed his line of sight. After the bartender poured her glass, she picked it up and took a sip.
She turned to walk away, but paused just a moment to glance at him over her shoulder. “Since I doubt you’ll be coming by my office to have your stitches removed, why don’t you ask Doctor Masters to take care of removing them for you.”
Ty
“What was that?”
Lily slid her arm up his shoulder and cupped the back of his neck. Pressing her chest against his, she pulled on his neck until he moved close enough for her to whisper in his ear.
“You’re the best lover I ever had.”
Shock ricocheted through Ty at her revelation. All the time he’d spent thinking he didn’t measure up. All those years of sexual self-doubt in his early twenties, wondering if his performance in the sack was the reason he couldn’t convince Lily to marry him.
At the same time he straightened to look Lily in the face, he caught sight of Evan standing ten feet away, staring at him.
Evan started to walk away, but Chad grasped her elbow. The jerk-off whispered something in her ear before he clasped her hand and tugged her out onto the dance floor.
Lily’s soft fingers turned Ty’s jaw until his gaze met hers. “Did you hear what I said?” Her dark gaze searched his as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Ty stopped dancing and pulled her arms down from his neck. “Like you said…we were just kids.”
Lily gave him a siren’s smile. Her seductive gaze swept over him, assessing and appreciating every inch. “Oh, I know that. If you were good back then with no sexual experience, I can only imagine what you’re like now.”
Her words landed on him like a load of wet cement, heavy and sticky but quickly turning hard and stiff. And here he thought she’d dumped him because he was a lousy lay. He closed his eyes for a brief second.
As anger swept through him, Ty opened his eyes and his gaze drifted back to Chad’s arms around Evan’s waist. The jackass had started massaging her back. Her wavy hair just brushed her exposed back where her navy dress plunged all the way to the base of her spine.
When Ty looked at Evan, his pulse raced and he instantly went hard…no matter what she wore. Then again, he liked her best wearing nothing at all. The better to enjoy her long legs and miles of sweet, honey-toned skin.
“Ty.”
He forced his gaze away from Evan and Chad at the pout in Lily’s tone. As he narrowed his gaze on the woman before him, Ty realized two certainties—just how much he wanted Evan and just how fucking over Lily he was. She didn’t hold a candle to the way Evan made him feel…made him burn with the need to touch her.
“You got what you wanted in life…no one to hold you back from your professional goals, Doctor Shelton. I hope you’re happy with it.”
Ty walked off the dance floor and headed straight for the bar. “Shot of whisky, straight up.”
The bartender nodded and poured him a drink.
Ty watched Chad lean close and brush his lips down Evan’s neck. He picked up the shot glass and downed the drink in one swig. Fury, unlike anything he’d ever experienced in his life swept through him, burning just like the alcohol did going down. Everything he’d learned, breathing techniques, focus, emotional control—gone. All because a man dared to touch the woman he wanted.
Wanted.
Hell yeah, he wanted Evan. Wanted to feel her long, shapely legs wrapped around his hips, wanted to hear her moaning as he slid inside her, then screaming when he began to thrust deep. He wanted her to come over and over…all because of him.
Gritting his teeth, he was glad his jacket covered the raging hard-on that pushed against the fly of his pants.
Lily chose that moment to walk up and order a glass of white wine. Her gaze followed his line of sight. After the bartender poured her glass, she picked it up and took a sip.
She turned to walk away, but paused just a moment to glance at him over her shoulder. “Since I doubt you’ll be coming by my office to have your stitches removed, why don’t you ask Doctor Masters to take care of removing them for you.”
Ty
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