Free Blocked by Jennifer Lane

you were here so fast? Who’d you tell?”
    “Nobody!”
    “Are you sure?”
    She paused. “I talked to my dad today, but he wouldn’t say anything. He doesn’t like me living here, so it’s not like he’d advertise it.”
    Why’d she have to bring Adolf into the conversation? I hated talking about him. Except for the times I could rile her up by insulting him—those could be fun, as I recalled. “Aw, he doesn’t like it. Will Big Daddy still let you stay with me?” I suppressed the smile threatening to cut loose.
    When her eyes narrowed into slits, my dick expanded into a tree trunk.
    Frank cleared his throat, and his glare before he walked away let me know how he felt about me.
    Brad took that opportunity to bail as well. “C’mon, China, let’s hit the weights.”
    “I thought you’d never ask. I need to rage after dealing with those reporters.” She followed him to the stocked gym in the basement. This house had everything.
    Now that we were alone in the hallway, my eyes swept up Lucia’s firm body, and I decided to play with her a bit. “Did you hear what one of those reporters said?”
    She studied me with nervous eyes, then shook her head.
    “They asked if we slept in the same bedroom.”
    Her lips parted as she drew a breath, and her face turned a delicious shade of pink. I watched one hand smooth down her thigh, then dart up to the back of her neck. The other hand fidgeted at her side. It looked like she had to force a swallow.
    Sweet Jesus . Her embarrassment totally turned me on.
    “So, um…what did you tell them?” she finally asked.
    Almost painful at this point, my erection pulled me toward her. Her eyes widened as I approached, but she seemed more excited than frightened.
    Her breezy, floral scent mingled with the liquid courage in my veins, and before I knew it I was running my fingers into her thick, damp hair. What the hell am I doing? God, it felt good, and she tilted her ear toward me like she enjoyed it too. There was a cute little dimple on her right cheek that winked at me. I found myself leaning closer to her face, and considering her impressive height, I didn’t have far to go. Her shiny eyes turned back to me, and she gazed up with such yearning, such depth.
    My heart thundered. Stop seducing me, Devil Spawn!
    Those sensuous lips opened for me, their sweetness luring me forward. I held my face over hers, breathing in her smell, and her eyes fluttered shut as she surrendered to me. I stared at her soft features for too long, shocking myself with an insane desire to kiss those sweet lips. Before I totally freaked myself out, I shifted an inch to press a kiss onto her warm cheek, right on her dimple. I could feel her tremble beneath my touch.
    My hand still tangled in her hair, I pulled back to gaze into her mesmerized eyes. “I told them I never kiss and tell.”
    When I let her go, I heard a little squawk of protest. That adorable noise reminded me of the pressure down below—pressure I needed to do something about. I turned and took swift strides down the hall.
    “Where are you going?” Her breathy voice was tinged with desperation.
    I grinned. She was just too easy to mess with.
    After I relieved my little problem, I emerged from my bedroom and followed the sound of the TV to find Allison, one of Lucia’s agents, hunkered down on the sofa watching CNN. When she saw me come in, she bolted upright. “I was just leaving.”
    “No, it’s okay.” I held out my hand. “Stay.” I plopped down next to her. “I need to see if it was obvious I’d been drinking.”
    Allison gestured toward the screen. “I’m expecting them to show video from our front yard any second. Two confrontations in one evening—it’s a banner day for them.”
    “ Two confrontations?”
    “They were waiting for us when we got home from practice,” she explained. “Lucia freaked out.”
    I took that in. “It seemed like she was shaking when I saw her. Why?”
    Allison tapped her chin.