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A thought strikes h his dissection of the dinner plans and side dishes we can prepare to go with the ?” My heart leaps into my throat

“I assume the usual crowd Drew and Dorine, the Crowells, Russ of course…”

My breath coo tense, and I have to actually turn away from Dad to face the , so he won’t see the visceral reaction on my face Russ I haven’t seen him since earlier, in the hallway at work But I can’t stop thinking about the last thing he said to ie Owens Mark my words

Knowing Russ, I don’t doubt that he will And that’s what scares me Because I kno easy it would be, honestly, if he really set his mind to it As it is, I can barely keep myself away from him All day at work, he was on my mind When I took my afternoon break, I locked myself in the break rooined the way he’d pinHe knows exactly what he wants, and he’s the kind of et it

It sent a thrill through ain now It made me check the lock on the door, and then slip a hand down the front ofa release I pictured his face in ined the way that sexy, sculpted jaw of his would look between ainst the soft, sensitive skin ofhis face up against ainst ue would slowly part , the sa ainst the ith my hands pinned over my head

I pictured hoould feel to look down at hirin up atacross his even darker eyes as his tongue dragged along ain He would draw it out He’d tease and lick and suck atwith desire, ready to lose my mind Only then would he finally bear down and lap , hard strokes, to ue

I caining that My orgasoing to get too wet for one aboutunco I was still wet because I kept picturing hiain

Now he’s coht For an impromptu dinner thatthat, I have to admit, is pretty out of character for her Iton Did she have a plan for this all along, or did Russ—who’s a close friend of my father, yes, but who’s also just as close with est it?

Is this part of his plan to seduce me? I’ll find a way to convince you, he said, and I don’t doubt that he’ll stop at nothing I’ve seen Russ work before I kno he rose through the ranks at this hospital, as almost meteoric a rise as my father’s They were two of a kind, at least when it ca after what they knew they wanted

Now I’ths will he go to to win me? And will I really be able to hold out the way I’ve proht the desire I’ve had building inside me for years?

I bunch my fists in my lap as Dad pulls in front the butcher’s shop, and pro

By the ti There are cute fairy lights strung up throughout the pool area, to add aed on so that we could have pool parties all year round, even in the winter