Free Stick Shift by Lissa Matthews

ass and forget the deal we made a few minutes ago.”
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In response, she wiggled her butt against his groin, and he couldn't stifle the groan or keep from pushing his hips into her. “Naughty woman. I just might have to forget our little deal anyway.”
    “Yeah?”
    She was already breathless when he slid his hand up her chest and settled it over her heart. It was thumping wildly. Lowering his head, he trailed kisses along her neck and pulled the neck of her T-shirt to the side to nip at her shoulder.
    “Yeah.” He let go of her and stepped back. “But not right now.”
    She whirled around and faced him. “You. Are. Mean.”
    Cam laughed at the smile in her eyes, at the mock indignation on her face. He was such a goner. Sliding his sunglasses over his eyes, he pulled her toward him with a hand around the back of her neck. His lips glossed over hers, and that's all he allowed himself before he walked back into the house.
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Chapter Six
    Lily's heart threatened to pound its way right through her chest wall as she was strapped into passenger side of the demo race car. She'd never been so nervous or scared in all her life, and she couldn't stop checking to make sure that the helmet was on her head as tight as it could be and that her safety belts and neck restraints were secure enough to prevent her heart or any other part of her person from becoming detached.
    Cam climbed in through the driver's side window and grinned at her. “You're a little on the pale side inside that helmet, and your eyes are really wide. You okay, baby?”
    Lily just nodded, quite certain that she wouldn't be able to find her voice.
    “Do you want to get out? We don't have to do this. I just thought you might have fun.”
    “I-I'm just a little nervous.” A little nervous, hell. More like a lot nervous. Her voice was barely a squeak, but she managed to get the words out. She had a death grip on the padded straps that looked like the harness on a roller-coaster ride and held her against the seat.
    Cam reached over and curled his hand over one of hers. His warmth, his smile, the reassuring look in his eyes calmed her like nothing else could. He squeezed his fingers over hers and winked, then sat back. One of his crew helped him get strapped in while Cam put on his helmet. Attaching the steering wheel was the last thing he did before he flipped the ignition switch.
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The thick lining of the helmet did little to muffle the roar of the engine as it came to life. The car vibrated around her and for a few minutes she felt as though her teeth were going to rattle right out of her head.
    “Ready?”
    She turned her head as Cam's voice sounded in her ears. She hadn't known there was a radio inside her helmet, and if she could have him talk to her throughout this little track adventure, she felt sure she'd be okay.
    She nodded at him, and he nodded back, then peeled out of the pit box. Being that there was no race and no one else was using the track, there was no pit road speed for him to be cautious of, and Lily couldn't stop the little scream that escaped her throat.
    Cam laughed. “Hold on.”
    Their speed steadily climbed and never dropped, even as they took the corners.
    The butterflies in Lily's stomach went crazy. Being on the track like this was like nothing she'd ever felt before.
    Cam used up the whole track, riding up high against the wall, so close Lily didn't know how he avoided slamming into it, and riding so low to the apron, she didn't know how he kept control and never once went below the yellow line, though he seemed at times to be jerking sharply on the wheel.
    “You want to go around some more?”
    Lily nodded and then loudly said, “Yes.” And so, they did. Half a dozen more times, he drove at two hundred miles an hour, giving her one of the most exhilarating and thrilling experiences of her life.
    She loved it. She loved the feeling, after she'd gotten used to the quivering in her belly and the thumping of her heart, of