To Protect the Heart of a Brazen Woman [Brazen Sisters 6] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Rita Sawyer Page A

just sitting there reading and listening to you sigh every five seconds.”
    He didn’t know what to say to that. Maybe he wasn’t hiding things as good as he thought.
     
    * * * *
     
    Bobbie was done with this charade. When Jake wasn’t fiddling with his phone, which somehow had a connection, he was avoiding even looking at her. It would have made her think he wanted to be anywhere but there if she hadn’t caught him staring at her with unmasked desire in his eyes. She’d given him enough time to work through whatever issues he thought were more important than them being together. Obviously, she needed to take a more direct approach.
    “When are you going to just admit you want me? We both know that you want to be so deep inside me that neither of us will know where we begin and end.” Bobbie slid her hands across his abs down to the button on his jeans.
    She could barely see the rise and fall of his chest. Jake was so still he made a great imitation of a wax statue, but she could feel his heat on her fingers. She inched closer, and a muscle or nerve just under his eye twitched.
    “That’s it. You go ahead and keep trying to fight wanting me.” She slid her hand down and cupped the bulge behind his fly. “But your cock is begging to get inside me.”
    His hand covered hers, but he didn’t pull it away. “I bet your sisters would be shocked to hear you talk like this.”
    She tipped her head to the side. “Like what? A woman? One who wants to get you naked and enjoy the pleasure you can give me?”
    He raised an eyebrow and she pressed her hand tighter over him. “What’s wrong, Jake? Does it turn you on when I talk about your cock and what I’d like you to do with it?”
    “What’s gotten into you tonight?” He took a step forward and she had to step back, but the wall was right behind her.
    “Let’s just say I figured since you prefer to deal with facts I’d just point out a few of them for you.” She saw the flash in his eyes and knew she’d struck something.
    “Such as?”
    She smiled. “You want me just as badly as I want you.”
    “And?”
    “If you don’t do this you’ll regret it for years, maybe the rest of your life.”
    “I-We both might regret it if we do.”
    “Oh, honey, I’ll make sure you don’t.”
    “Didn’t mean it like that.”
    “Good, because I’d hate to think that you’ve been holding back all these years because you don’t think I can satisfy you.”
    “Furthest thing from what I was thinking.”
    “Then are you afraid that I’ll be so good you’ll never find another woman to fill your needs?”
    He groaned and her smile got bigger. “So tell me, when was the last time you saw any action?”
    “Bobbie, I’m not some toy you can play with and walk away.”
    “I don’t plan on walking away.”
    “You say that now, but you can’t know what the future holds.”
    “Neither can you. My feelings for you haven’t changed in the past six years, so I trust them. Why can’t you?”
    “You better be damn sure this is what you want, because once we cross this line there will be no going back.”
    “I’ve been sure for years. You’re the one that comes on strong then backpedals over and over. There’s a word for that, you know.”
    “Are you calling me a tease?”
    “Yes. I am. Would you like to prove me wrong? No one needs to know but us. Besides, I’m sure there are people who think we are or have been lovers. Now that we’ve disappeared together I don’t think anyone, other than my sisters and your brother, will believe we aren’t having sex.”
    “I don’t take my lovers based on the gossip raging through town.”
    “If you did you would have had me in your bed long before now. All you have to do is say the word and I’m there.”
    Bobbie decided actions spoke louder than words. “I’ve always wondered how far I’d have to go to make that iron control of yours snap.”
    She took a step back and slowly tugged her T-shirt up over her head