Free Finding Lacey by J Wilde Page A

hands connected.  His hand was large, warm and smooth as he gently shook hers.  He didn’t let go right away and she felt butterflies in her stomach.
     
    When Lacey’s eyes shifted back to Shawn’s, heart mouth dropped open slightly.  Shawn was still staring at her, his pupils dilated and his tongue licked over that luscious bottom lip of his.  What she wouldn’t give to taste him right now.  Just a quick kiss to curb her curiosity was all she needed.  The sound of nearby giggling broke through her wanton thoughts as some kids passed by.
     
    “Oh my goodness!  Max, stop that!”  Lacey yanked the leash, pulling Max off Shawn’s golden retriever, who he was humping while she had been staring at Shawn. 
     
    “I am so sorry.”  Lacey grimaced, feeling her cheeks burn from embarrassment turned ten shades of red.  “He’s fixed.”
     
    “Aww, poor guy.  Sounds like he’s more broken than fixed.”  Shawn winked at Lacey.
     
    “Oh, um, neutered I mean.”  Lacey wanted to shrink in to the shadows cast behind her.
     
    “I envy dogs.  They can take what they want, when they want, wherever they want.”  Shawn stepped even closer with every word, his hot breath washing over Lacey.  He was smiling, but his deep blue eyes were intense.
     
    Lacey caught the innuendo and felt her knees go weak as heat pooled between her legs.  Damn.  It had been too long since she’d been with a man and Shawn was heating her up with every word, every look.
     
    “Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?” Shawn ran his knuckles gently along her cheek, sending shivers down her spine.
     
    Lacey blinked a few times, trying to calm herself and think, but his nearness was undoing her.  The heat radiating off  his body, his musky scent and the way his body was rock hard in all the right places was just too much.  She simply nodded.
     
    Shawn smiled at her. “How about seven o’clock?  I can pick you up.”
     
    Lacey simply nodded again.  Idiot.   Her throat had gone bone dry and she swallowed hard.  Her feet felt cemented to the ground, her head swam, and her body swayed with desire.  It had been ages since she’d had the attention of a man.  This wasn’t just any man either, this was an Adonis, standing before her causing her body to quake with need. 
     
    “Where do you live?” Shawn chuckled.
     
    Lacey shook her head, closing her eyes to focus her brain.  Taking a step back from him, she muttered, “510 Merle Rd.”
     
    Shawn’s dog pulled on her leash and barked at another dog across the park.  He turned to walk away from her.  “I’ll see you at seven,” he threw back over his shoulder.
     
    Smiling from ear to ear, Lacey started a slow jog back to her house.  Her mind raced as she mentally went through her wardrobe, trying to find what would be the perfect sexy outfit.  Max stopped her to mark his other favorite tree, as he did every day, and Lacey suddenly realized she hadn’t given Shawn her number and she didn’t know anything about him.   Aside from the fact that he lived in a nice light blue ranch two blocks away, he drove a black BMW, had a pretty golden retriever and there was a new car parked in front of his house once a week…undoubtedly his “girl of the week”…she knew absolutely nothing about the guy.
     
    As soon as she got home, Lacey called her best friend, Alexis.  The only reason she even knew who Shawn Reed was because Alexis always went on and on about the bachelor two blocks over.
     
    “Lex!” Lacey couldn’t hide the anxiety in her voice when her best friend answered.
     
    “Lacey?  What’s wrong?” Lex’s voice was laced with concern.
     
    “Um, sorry.  Didn’t mean to scare you.  I just got in from my run and wanted to ask you about something.”
     
    “Damn girl, you scared me to death.  You sounded like you had just run away from a serial killer or something.”
     
    Lacey had to laugh at that, hoping Lex was way off.  “No.