to her feet, sauntering toward him. He couldn’t breathe. Even covered in chocolate, she had all the right moves.
“Chocolate is good. The only thing better is sex.” Her heated gaze caressed him. “I want you,” she breathed in a sultry voice that drizzled over him like hot fudge. “Do you want me, too?” She stopped in front of him, leaning against his chest, then ran her hands through his hair, pulling his mouth down to hers.
He couldn’t breathe. And he damn sure couldn’t move away from her. Not when she looked at him like this. Her deep blue eyes hypnotized him.
She ran her tongue lightly over his lips. She smelled like chocolate.
He captured her mouth, tugging on her bottom lip with his teeth before he pulled her closer and deepened the kiss.
She tasted like chocolate.
Everything faded. It was just the two of them and a kaleidoscope of swirling clouds.
Heat swelled inside him. More, he had to have more. He fondled her breast, squeezing the nipple. She moaned, then coughed.
Coughed?
She coughed again, louder this time. Except the sound was deep and kind of hoarse, and he didn’t think Kia had made the noise.
A damn good way to kill a mood. Someone was going to catch hell for interrupting him.
He pulled away from Kia, blinking his eyes. Ah, crap, they were still in the grocery store.
“Are we not going to have sex, Nick?” Kia’s face showed her disappointment.
A clerk stood behind her. Short, squat, and looking more irate than the driver who’d ripped off Nick’s door. Oh, yeah, this was really keeping a low profile.
The clerk straightened to his full height of five four, and tugged on his deep blue apron. “This is a family store,” he huffed. “We can’t allow this kind of behavior.”
“I’m sorry.” Nick set Kia away from him.
The clerk waved his hand. “Who’s going to clean up this mess?” He glared at Nick. “And who’s going to pay for all this?”
Kia turned toward the clerk. “Pay? I have money.”
The clerk’s jaw dropped open as he caught the full effect of her.
“The chocolate smelled so tempting that I couldn’t resist.”
The clerk snapped his mouth shut. “Uh, oh, that’s okay. We just need to pick up a bit, but we can do that.”
“Come on,” Nick said under his breath, grabbing Kia’s arm.
“But chocolate, Nick.”
He grabbed some boxes and bags, tossing them into the cart. “Okay, let’s go.” He didn’t add “before he changes his mind and calls the cops.”
Damn, he’d been thrown out of a few bars before, and once a bedroom shop—it was a bedroom shop, for Pete’s sake. What the hell had they expected? But a grocery store? This was a first. Or at least it would be if they didn’t get a move on.
He hurried to the checkout, dodging other carts and keeping one hand firmly on Kia’s arm. He wasn’t taking a chance that she might wander over to the ice cream section. No telling what the cold creamy fudge bars would do to her libido.
He piled the groceries on the revolving counter, then looked at the kid behind the cash register. Was he even out of high school? The boy wasn’t moving. No frigging wonder. Kia was licking the chocolate off each finger—slowly, one finger at a time. Hell, he couldn’t blame the teen. Kia made a simple, innocent act look so damned hot.
“Do you mind?” he asked.
The boy didn’t take his gaze off Kia. “Huh-uh. I don’t mind a bit.”
“The groceries!”
The boy’s head jerked around to Nick. “Oh, yeah, sorry.” He grabbed the food and quickly ran each item past the scanner.
Nick dug some cash out of his pocket and handed it to the clerk, who took the bills without even counting them. No, he was too busy mooning over Kia.
“Can I carry the bags?” he asked hopefully.
“We’ve got them,” Nick said before Kia could say a word.
He hurried her out to the car, dumped the bags into the trunk, and got in on the driver’s side.
“Are you angry?” she asked.
“No.” He started
“Chocolate is good. The only thing better is sex.” Her heated gaze caressed him. “I want you,” she breathed in a sultry voice that drizzled over him like hot fudge. “Do you want me, too?” She stopped in front of him, leaning against his chest, then ran her hands through his hair, pulling his mouth down to hers.
He couldn’t breathe. And he damn sure couldn’t move away from her. Not when she looked at him like this. Her deep blue eyes hypnotized him.
She ran her tongue lightly over his lips. She smelled like chocolate.
He captured her mouth, tugging on her bottom lip with his teeth before he pulled her closer and deepened the kiss.
She tasted like chocolate.
Everything faded. It was just the two of them and a kaleidoscope of swirling clouds.
Heat swelled inside him. More, he had to have more. He fondled her breast, squeezing the nipple. She moaned, then coughed.
Coughed?
She coughed again, louder this time. Except the sound was deep and kind of hoarse, and he didn’t think Kia had made the noise.
A damn good way to kill a mood. Someone was going to catch hell for interrupting him.
He pulled away from Kia, blinking his eyes. Ah, crap, they were still in the grocery store.
“Are we not going to have sex, Nick?” Kia’s face showed her disappointment.
A clerk stood behind her. Short, squat, and looking more irate than the driver who’d ripped off Nick’s door. Oh, yeah, this was really keeping a low profile.
The clerk straightened to his full height of five four, and tugged on his deep blue apron. “This is a family store,” he huffed. “We can’t allow this kind of behavior.”
“I’m sorry.” Nick set Kia away from him.
The clerk waved his hand. “Who’s going to clean up this mess?” He glared at Nick. “And who’s going to pay for all this?”
Kia turned toward the clerk. “Pay? I have money.”
The clerk’s jaw dropped open as he caught the full effect of her.
“The chocolate smelled so tempting that I couldn’t resist.”
The clerk snapped his mouth shut. “Uh, oh, that’s okay. We just need to pick up a bit, but we can do that.”
“Come on,” Nick said under his breath, grabbing Kia’s arm.
“But chocolate, Nick.”
He grabbed some boxes and bags, tossing them into the cart. “Okay, let’s go.” He didn’t add “before he changes his mind and calls the cops.”
Damn, he’d been thrown out of a few bars before, and once a bedroom shop—it was a bedroom shop, for Pete’s sake. What the hell had they expected? But a grocery store? This was a first. Or at least it would be if they didn’t get a move on.
He hurried to the checkout, dodging other carts and keeping one hand firmly on Kia’s arm. He wasn’t taking a chance that she might wander over to the ice cream section. No telling what the cold creamy fudge bars would do to her libido.
He piled the groceries on the revolving counter, then looked at the kid behind the cash register. Was he even out of high school? The boy wasn’t moving. No frigging wonder. Kia was licking the chocolate off each finger—slowly, one finger at a time. Hell, he couldn’t blame the teen. Kia made a simple, innocent act look so damned hot.
“Do you mind?” he asked.
The boy didn’t take his gaze off Kia. “Huh-uh. I don’t mind a bit.”
“The groceries!”
The boy’s head jerked around to Nick. “Oh, yeah, sorry.” He grabbed the food and quickly ran each item past the scanner.
Nick dug some cash out of his pocket and handed it to the clerk, who took the bills without even counting them. No, he was too busy mooning over Kia.
“Can I carry the bags?” he asked hopefully.
“We’ve got them,” Nick said before Kia could say a word.
He hurried her out to the car, dumped the bags into the trunk, and got in on the driver’s side.
“Are you angry?” she asked.
“No.” He started
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