Kiss This by Hadley Quinn Page B

into a helmet.
    He raised an eyebrow but felt guilty because
he knew what she meant. “Like what reasons?” he asked anyways.
    She barely shook her head. “Nothing,” she
mumbled.
    Teague fastened his own helmet and then slid
on a pair of sunglasses, glad he didn’t have to get in to that
particular conversation. The dune buggy lurched forward in the
sand, and not much was said after that. There was a lot of laughter
and one-word exclamations that ensued, and Camryn kept teasing that
he had a bit of a daring streak to him. He made sure he was safe
though, and he asked if she was okay on several occasions, but she
seemed thrilled when he made her drive for a while.
    “You know I’m gonna buy me one of these now,
right?” she asked when she stopped a ways away from the other
off-road vehicles.
    “Can’t say I’d blame you. It’s fun.”
    “It is. And I would’ve never thought to do
something like this. Thank you, Teague.”
    He shrugged, trying to appear casual. He
really wanted to pat himself on the back for making her smile and
laugh so much. He couldn’t get enough of the sound and sight of her
having fun. “You’re welcome. You ready to drive back? You getting
hungry or anything?”
    She removed her sunglasses and helmet and
shook out her hair. Slipping out of her coat she said, “I’m still
full from breakfast, actually. How ‘bout you?”
    Teague took off his helmet and sunglasses
too. “Yeah, I’m good.” He glanced around at their surroundings,
realizing that they were basically pretty secluded from everyone.
They were even parked near a grouping of trees that offered quite a
bit of privacy. “You park here on purpose?” he flirted, running a
hand over her thigh. He leaned into her and kissed the side of her
neck. He heard her release a shaky breath as he sucked on her skin
a little, and then kissed along her jaw toward her chin. He paused
just before her mouth, using the three seconds to determine which
part of his body was in control here.
    It was his brain, he decided.
    He pulled away to study her reaction. Her
eyes had been closed but she opened them when he returned to his
seat, and after staring at each other for a few seconds, he could
tell she was uncomfortable again. Her earlier comment about reasons
he would be spending time with her was bugging the hell out of him.
He wanted her to clarify but he also didn’t. It would probably be
awkward if she stated out loud that she didn’t trust him. Or what
if she accused him of using her just until the one-week deal was
finally up? Sure it had started out that way, but now that he’d
spent some time getting to know her, his feelings had changed. The
bet had seemed like an interesting way to kill time, but now,
because of mistakes in the past, he was contemplating things way
more than he was comfortable with.
    Camryn leaned forward and kissed Teague’s
cheek where it met the corner of his mouth, and even though it
wasn’t a tongue in his mouth or even just lip-to-lip, the soft
contact did a number on him. It was the first time her sweet lips
had been on him, and one tiny little kiss was more damaging than he
expected.
    She pulled away and smiled at him, and
fucking hell if he didn’t think she enjoyed torturing him this way.
One half of him was pissed that she was so good at playing this
game, but the other half of him was impressed beyond belief. At
this rate the girl was going to have him begging by nightfall.
    Well two could play that game. He pulled her
onto his lap with her back to his chest, and gathered her hair in
his hand as he kissed her neck again. His other hand wrapped around
her waist until his fingers found hers and linked them
together.
    “I love touching you, Camryn,” he said in
her ear.
    The words could have easily been spoken
after they’d been doing naughtier things than what they were
actually doing, but Teague deliberately made his voice a husky
whisper. He truly did cherish this kind of contact with her, but
since