One Lucky Lady by Kaylin Bowen Page A

wouldn’t let her. She had never felt anything like this before. She could feel her body trembling as Mac moved his hand from her hips to touch her neck. She could feel the length of him pushing into her belly. He moved her head just a little with his thumbs and then pulled his hands down her back, to her bottom, pulling her up against him. She felt right against him. He took his lips from hers and she started to complain until she felt his kisses hot on her neck. Her hands moved up to his shoulders. And she whispered “Mac.”
     
    Mac raised his head to look at her. She looked from his mouth to his eyes. He felt his head clearing just a little. “Do you want me to stop?” he said a little hoarse.
     
    Alex didn’t say yes, but she didn’t say no either. Mac knew she wanted him, but he did not want her to feel guilty and push him away later. He never cared when other women did it, as a matter of fact, he was usually grateful. But with Alex, if she pushed him away, well, he wasn’t sure he would survive. He wanted her to be sure before they went any further.
     
    Mac was still holding her close, still had his hands on her backside, and leaned down to kiss her again. A light kiss. His breathing was still a little shaky when he said, “Alex, honey, I know you want me.” She started to jerk away from him and ducked her head, but he held her close and raised her chin to look at him. “I want you, too. More than I’ve ever wanted any woman. But I want to wait until you’re sure. I don’t want you feeling guilty and pushing me away tomorrow.” He kissed her again. Then he slowly stepped back. Still looking at her, smiling, with that predatory, wolf-like look back in his eyes, he said “I want more than just one night, sweetheart. I promise whenever you’re ready, I’ll make it worth the wait.”
     
    Alex was surprised she was still upright when he released her and moved across the room. Her legs felt like mush. She should be in a puddle on the floor. She just nodded and tried to decide if her legs would take her to the bed.
     
    She decided they might and started to walk towards the bed, and that’s when she noticed there was only one. Oh no . Well, that’s what her mind was saying, but her body was screaming, o h, yes! She knew which one was winning and she was pretty sure her mind wasn’t putting up much of a fight.
     
    Mac could see the alarm on her face, but turned toward the bathroom, still smiling. He needed a cold shower, a very cold shower.
     

 
     
    Chapter Ten
     
    Ten minutes later, Alex was still sitting on the bed listening to the water run. Her traitorous mind was imagining Mac with water running down his hard body all soaped up, when there was a knock on the door. Alex left the bed and walked to the door, the Goon Squad was the farthest thing from her mind. She was so distracted she didn’t hear the water shut off or hear the bathroom door open, but she was not distracted enough not to notice Mac, naked, pulling her away from the door. Thank God he’d forgotten the towel again. Lord, help her, that man is gorgeous. She noticed it that night in the alley. She also knew then that she could trust him just by his eyes.
     
    She felt a little guilty watching as Mac looked through the peep hole. He was all hard muscle, still dripping wet, and she really wanted to touch him again. She really wanted to lick the water from his... Mac turned, caught her looking, and smiled. He had a beautiful smile, too. Nice straight teeth surrounded by the most seductive lips Alex had ever seen. He motioned for her to go into the bathroom. She did a very quick disappearing act and closed the door behind her. She knew she was blushing from her chest to her ears. Busted.
     
    Mac heard a thunk. He figured she was her hitting her head on the door. He knew the feeling. He had been mentally thunking his head against doors and walls and steering wheels for the last four days. The only thing that kept him from actually