Free Illicit Temptations (Tempted Series Book 1) by Janine Infante Bosco Page A

idea where I had left that. I opened the glove compartment and smirked because girls were so damn predictable. I snatched the sunglasses that I knew would be in there and fitted them to my face. Girls were so predictable.
    “Hey!” She exclaimed. “Those are my Gucci’s!”
    “They’re only sunglasses,” I said, mimicking her reaction to the mustang. She snarled and damn me straight to hell if that wasn’t the sexiest snarl I’d ever seen. I needed to get laid. I must’ve been going through withdrawals or something because there wasn’t any logical explanation for what I was thinking or feeling every time I was around Nikki. It’s as if my dick had a mind of its own or something.
    I wonder if I was transparent and Nikki knew exactly what I was thinking. If she did, she didn’t mention it. I didn’t ask where we're going. It didn’t matter. She turned onto the belt parkway. Apparently little Nikki had a heavy foot because once we were on the highway, she took off with her mustang like a bat out of hell. No more than fifteen minutes later she was pulling off the shoulder of the Belt Parkway where there were a few cars parked. She turned the car off, and I looked out the window. The Belt Parkway Promenade was off the side of the highway. People came here to walk, jog ride their bikes and enjoy the view of the water and the Verrazano Bridge. When I was kid, my dad and I would even fish here. When I was a teenager, I’d bring girls here to make out. Good memories.
    “This okay?” Nikki asked beside me. I removed the sunglasses I was wearing and met her skeptical gaze.
    “It’s perfect, ” I said. Her full mouth blossomed into a smile before she reached for her door. Suddenly I had an overwhelming urge to keep making her smile. Besides her incredible ass, her smile owned me.
    We were out of the car, walking side by side along the water in silence for a while. I knew what was consuming my mind, but I wondered what she was thinking. She wrapped her arms around herself and I cursed myself for being a drunken fool and not knowing where the hell I had left my jacket.       
    “Are you cold? We can go back to the car.”
    “No, it's fine,” she said.
    I sighed running my fingers through my hair I stopped walking. She looked at me over her shoulder after taking a few steps. Her eyes questioned mine as I shoved my hands into my pockets.
    “I’m sorry I’ve been a dick,” I mumbled.
    “What?” She asked. Fuck, she was going to make me say it again. I refrained from rolling my eyes you know another dick move.
    “I said I’m sorry for being a dick,” I held her gaze, trying to figure out what was running through her head but Nikki had a pretty good poker face.
    “I wasn’t all that serious about that,” she said taking a few steps towards me. “I just figured you had a lot of shit going on.”
    “You give me too much credit,” I shrugged my shoulders. “Sure, I have some shit going on but don’t kid yourself I’m a dick,” she laughed at me forcing me to smirk.
    “I won’t take offense then,” she said with her lips still curving into a smile. The wind was stronger by the water and her hair was blowing all around her face. I reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
    “It’s been a long time Nikki…”
    “Yeah, I guess it has,” she replied, not missing a beat.
    “You’re all grown up,” my fingers lingered behind her ear as I stared at her. “I hardly know the girl in front of me,” I cocked my head to the side trying to choose my words. “Or maybe I knew the girl the woman standing before me once was. I’d like to know who are now, though.”
    “Everyone says I’m a pain in the ass,” she said. Her words were accompanied by a little nervous laugh.
    “Probably,” I smiled. “Still, I’d like to come to that conclusion on my own. You okay with that?” I dropped my hand from her ear shoving it back into my pocket as I waited for her to reply.
    “Sure,” she