Free Kicking and Screaming by Jordan Silver Page B

ass.
    I didn’t help matters any by laughing in her face, not very ladylike, but I have to get my kicks where I can.
    Then when we left, instead of following the caravan back the way we’d come, he typed something into his GPS and we were off to who knows where.
    “Where’re we going?”
    “You’ll see.” He took my hand and lifted it to his lips for a brief kiss.
    He didn’t say anything else as we headed for the shore, where he parked next to the boardwalk.
    I started to get out of the car but his hand on my arm pulled me back in, and I found myself practically in his lap again, with his mouth devouring mine.
    “Do you understand what’s going on here Firefox?” Why did he have to spoil it with talk? We were just about to get to the good part, where I felt my toes curl and my heart melt a little.
    I sighed and fixed my top, which had ridden up from his hand around my middle. “What?”
    “Have you ever had a man before?” My mouth dropped open almost to my chest.
    “Hey, that’s none of your business.” My cheeks were on fire and thankfully the car was dark or I might’ve died of mortification otherwise.
    Were my kisses that lacking? I tried to pull away but he wouldn’t let go. “If you find my kisses so inept why don’t you go fuck...”
    “Uh-uh-uh. First of all that’s not what I was saying, and second of all no swearing at me. I’m not sure I like my woman sounding like a fishwife.”
    “Your...who says I’m your anything?”
    “I do, that’s why I asked you if you knew what was going on. I wasn’t going to, but I think it only fair to warn you, I mean to have you once I get you home. And I mean to have you for a long, long time.
    For the first time in my life I was at a loss for words. I could do nothing but watch his face as it lowered to mine once more and then his mouth was covering mine.
    “Relax baby; give me your tongue.” That’s easy for him to say. I was strung tighter than a bowstring and I was afraid I was going to embarrass myself by doing something gauche.
     
     
     
    JACKSON
     
    “You’re so soft Maxie.” I nibbled my way from her ear to her lips while holding her pressed to my chest. Her little heart was beating out of time, she was scared.
    “There’s nothing to be afraid of baby, no matter what, I’ll take good care of you.”
    “Who says I need you to?”
    “I do, now stop fighting me and give me your mouth. You can go back to spitting fire once I’ve had my fill.”
    I didn’t give her a chance to rip into me again, just pushed my tongue into her mouth until hers came out to play. Then I sucked it into my mouth to play the way I wanted to.
    Once again I found myself calling a halt before things got out of hand, which they seemed to way too quickly with her.
    “I better get you back, the others will be wondering where we are.”
    I saw her shoulders slump at the mention of home and what awaited her there.
    “Stop worrying, we’ll be gone before you know it, then you’ll have nothing but sunshine and laughter back on the old homestead.”
    And then who knows, maybe your stay will turn into more.

MAXIE
     
     
    Before long, I was in my room packing. I have to admit to a little excitement.
    With my career, I travelled a lot, but never just for the sake of pleasure.
    There was always a concert or a private performance at the end of my travels. This will be the first time I've gone somewhere just for the hell of it.
    And now with this new development...here alone in my room, I could let my guard down, be honest with myself at least.
    I was so tempted to give into him, to just let go and take something for myself. There was a time when...No, I’m not gonna think about that now. That was then, this is now.
    That thinking brought me back to the whole reason why I’d been giving him such hell in the first place.
    "You think you're so slick don't you young lady? Well I don't know what wicked wiles you've used to gain his attention, but I promise you, you won't