eyes. “You and Jaynie?” he repeated.
Jaynie was thinking, Me and Jaynie … what ? She turned her head to stare at Brian. He reached around, cupped her chin and angled it up to meet him as he brought his mouth down on hers. His kiss was deep, breath-stealing and when he pulled away, she couldn’t have said anything to save her life. It seemed as though her higher brain function had just shut down.
Dean’s insistent voice cut in through the fog of sexual arousal, buzzing around her like some sort of pesky insect. Licking her lips, she looked back at Dean. “Huh?” Brian laughed and nuzzled her neck.
“Are you two together ?”
The disbelief in Dean’s voice jarred her enough that she came dropping back down to earth. She really should say something. Really. But the way Dean was glaring at her, like she’d done something wrong, totally pissed her off. She slid a hand down and covered Brian’s. Their fingers twined and Jaynie couldn’t keep relaxing against him.
“Sort of looks that way, doesn’t it?”
Whatever else Dean might have said, Jaynie didn’t know because Brian spoke over her shoulder. “Congratulations, Dean. Now, Jaynie, about that dance…” He took her drink and put it down on the table before guiding her out onto the dance floor. Jaynie let him pull her into his arms and then she looked over his shoulder toward Dean. “You shouldn’t have done that, Brian,” she said, even though she couldn’t stop smirking.
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“Done what?” he asked as he pulled her up against him. He rested his hand low, way low, on her back. He was practically cupping her ass to hold her against him and she shivered at the slow, deliberate way he caressed her flesh.
“Let him think we’re talking about getting married,” she said.
“Oh. That.” He seemed unconcerned, lowering his head to nuzzle her neck.
“Yes, that ,” she responded.
“Don’t see why not.” Brian brought his free hand up and brushed the strap of her dress aside, kissing her naked shoulder.
“How about because it’s not true?”
Finally, he lifted his head to stare at her with a queer little smile. “Oh, it’s true, all right.” He cupped her chin, holding her still so that she couldn’t have looked away from that intense stare if she had to. There was no way she could have looked away just then, though. “You’re going to marry me, Jaynie.”
“I am?”
“Hmmmm.” He kissed her and it wasn’t the sort of kiss that belonged at a very public party. He kissed her as if they were already naked, as if he was already inside her. He kissed her in a way that had her so much more aroused than she had ever been with Dean. He pushed his tongue into her mouth, kissing her deep and hard, circling her tongue with his and then settling into a rhythmic ebb and flow that had her rocking against him and whimpering in her throat. More … more … more …she thought mindlessly as he pulled away.
Kisses like that shouldn’t happen unless she was in a place where she could strip naked and jump on him. But that was exactly why he’d done it, she realized, to make her so stupid with lust that she barely paid attention to what he said. “We haven’t even really gone out on a date, but you’re telling me that we’re getting married?” 79
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He shrugged. “We can do the dating part later. And don’t worry, I know you need a little bit of time to get used to the idea.” He skimmed his hands down her sides, pulled her flush against him. “But you’re going to marry me, Jaynie.” He stepped back a little, putting a few inches between them as he looked around the room. When he grabbed her hand and started walking, pulling her along behind him, Jaynie numbly went along. She was still trying to process this marriage thing he was rambling about. “Brian, where are we going? And what are you talking about, us getting married? We can ’ t get married.”
“Yes, we can,” he said as they left the
Jaynie was thinking, Me and Jaynie … what ? She turned her head to stare at Brian. He reached around, cupped her chin and angled it up to meet him as he brought his mouth down on hers. His kiss was deep, breath-stealing and when he pulled away, she couldn’t have said anything to save her life. It seemed as though her higher brain function had just shut down.
Dean’s insistent voice cut in through the fog of sexual arousal, buzzing around her like some sort of pesky insect. Licking her lips, she looked back at Dean. “Huh?” Brian laughed and nuzzled her neck.
“Are you two together ?”
The disbelief in Dean’s voice jarred her enough that she came dropping back down to earth. She really should say something. Really. But the way Dean was glaring at her, like she’d done something wrong, totally pissed her off. She slid a hand down and covered Brian’s. Their fingers twined and Jaynie couldn’t keep relaxing against him.
“Sort of looks that way, doesn’t it?”
Whatever else Dean might have said, Jaynie didn’t know because Brian spoke over her shoulder. “Congratulations, Dean. Now, Jaynie, about that dance…” He took her drink and put it down on the table before guiding her out onto the dance floor. Jaynie let him pull her into his arms and then she looked over his shoulder toward Dean. “You shouldn’t have done that, Brian,” she said, even though she couldn’t stop smirking.
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“Done what?” he asked as he pulled her up against him. He rested his hand low, way low, on her back. He was practically cupping her ass to hold her against him and she shivered at the slow, deliberate way he caressed her flesh.
“Let him think we’re talking about getting married,” she said.
“Oh. That.” He seemed unconcerned, lowering his head to nuzzle her neck.
“Yes, that ,” she responded.
“Don’t see why not.” Brian brought his free hand up and brushed the strap of her dress aside, kissing her naked shoulder.
“How about because it’s not true?”
Finally, he lifted his head to stare at her with a queer little smile. “Oh, it’s true, all right.” He cupped her chin, holding her still so that she couldn’t have looked away from that intense stare if she had to. There was no way she could have looked away just then, though. “You’re going to marry me, Jaynie.”
“I am?”
“Hmmmm.” He kissed her and it wasn’t the sort of kiss that belonged at a very public party. He kissed her as if they were already naked, as if he was already inside her. He kissed her in a way that had her so much more aroused than she had ever been with Dean. He pushed his tongue into her mouth, kissing her deep and hard, circling her tongue with his and then settling into a rhythmic ebb and flow that had her rocking against him and whimpering in her throat. More … more … more …she thought mindlessly as he pulled away.
Kisses like that shouldn’t happen unless she was in a place where she could strip naked and jump on him. But that was exactly why he’d done it, she realized, to make her so stupid with lust that she barely paid attention to what he said. “We haven’t even really gone out on a date, but you’re telling me that we’re getting married?” 79
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He shrugged. “We can do the dating part later. And don’t worry, I know you need a little bit of time to get used to the idea.” He skimmed his hands down her sides, pulled her flush against him. “But you’re going to marry me, Jaynie.” He stepped back a little, putting a few inches between them as he looked around the room. When he grabbed her hand and started walking, pulling her along behind him, Jaynie numbly went along. She was still trying to process this marriage thing he was rambling about. “Brian, where are we going? And what are you talking about, us getting married? We can ’ t get married.”
“Yes, we can,” he said as they left the
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