intentions he kissed it away. Her lips were soft beneath his and salted with sorrow. He wanted to kiss all her troubles away but he feared he would only add to them. He broke away from her and took a step back.
The look of trust and longing she gave him rendered him incapable of the sage words of advice he was desperately searching for to soothe her pain. In another totally unexpected move, Jen took a step forward and reignited the kiss.
Stunned into submission, he let her take the lead, albeit a timid one at first. She traced her tongue across his bottom lip before dipping inside his mouth to court his. He didn’t understand what was going on but neither did he intend fighting it. So much for turning over a new leaf. His father would have a field day if he knew one flash of a sexy thigh had thrown his feckless son’s business plans out the window. Since the first moment he’d seen Jen White stripping in the street, he’d wanted this to happen. Whatever the hell this was.
Flashes of light went off behind his closed lids as she weaved her hands into his hair and deepened the kiss. Abstinence had been the keyword to his recovery in all his vices, but he was still a man—with a hot woman clinging to him like a second skin. He slipped his hands around her waist and she leaned closer into him. The soft swell of her breasts pressed against his chest, and set other parts of him to stone.
“What do you want from me, Jen?” he rested against her neck, taking a breath . A friend? A lover? He needed to know before they went any further.
“Take me home with you,” she whispered into his ear, and sent him spiraling out of control. This was unfamiliar territory. He wanted her, of that there was no question. But Jen was a woman who deserved the best and he wasn’t sure he was the man to give it to her.
It took some non-verbal persuading to get Jamie onside with her plans. His reluctance didn’t fit with the playboy image of him seducing half the staff to suddenly get cold feet. Maybe it was her. A man of his experience could probably spot her baggage from a mile away. She might not know what was going on in his head but the ever growing bulge in his trousers said she was still in with a chance.
Spontaneity wasn’t her strong point. Every moment she’d spent with Lee was timed around hospital appointments and medication. But with the first brave move already made on his lips she followed up with a light stroke along his crotch. She molded her hand around his erection, marveling at the length and hardness outlined through the fabric of his trousers.
Jamie’s groan startled her from her gentle exploration. “Jen, if you’re going to keep doing that we’re not even going to make it as far as the car.”
“Sorry.” She didn’t know the etiquette for this sort of thing and it probably showed.
“If you’re sure this is what you want, let’s go.” He took her hand and led her into her erotic dream come true.
* * * *
Only when she was sitting in the front seat of his car speeding through the streets did she start to have second thoughts. To some, losing her virginity to the boss’s son only days after starting a new job might seem like a rash thing to do. Jen looked at Jamie’s face for some reassurance, a mask of determination as they weaved through the early evening traffic. He’d been too kind to her these past days to suddenly turn around now and hurt her. Besides, tonight was nothing more than a step back into the real world. Her transition from the bubble she’d lived in since high school into being a woman. It didn’t seem right to leave him oblivious to all the facts.
“I’m a virgin.” Three little words, which sent the car flying across two lanes of traffic to come to an abrupt halt in a poky side street.
“What?”
“I haven’t had sex before.” She didn’t feel so empowered now he was scowling at her, his knuckles white on the steering wheel.
“So, why now? Why me?” Some men might