The
excitement of being with Gabe, of overcoming her ridiculous fears,
was far too seductive for her to deny. “I’m not normally attracted
to guys like you.”
“So you said.”
Her heart thudded faster and faster as she gathered
courage. She wished she could be more like Nikki and make it
perfectly clear what she wanted. “If I tell you that I want you,
would you believe me?”
“Try me.”
“I want you.”
He caught her gaze and held it for a long moment.
“Do you want to get out of here?”
“Will you show me your tattoos?”
“That would require me to get naked.”
She grinned at him. “I’m okay with that.”
Chapter 5
Gabe wasn’t sure what it was about this woman that
had him so fired up. Yes, she was attractive, but that didn’t
explain it. He knew innumerable attractive women. Maybe it was
because she liked him despite him being a rock star and not because
of it. Or maybe it was because she’d turned down Jacob—no one ever turned down Jacob. Or maybe it was because there was
something naughty and wild just beneath her conventional exterior,
and he very much wanted to unleash her inner vixen. Whatever it
was, he was hooked. He never questioned his little head’s
instincts. His dick had excellent taste.
He followed Melanie out of the stadium to a
convertible, melon-orange Volkswagen Beetle wedged between two
gargantuan SUVs in a parking garage.
“Cute,” he said when the she pressed her key fob and
the Bug’s lights flashed. He’d hoped one of the gas guzzlers was
hers. No such luck. Normally he wouldn’t be caught dead in such a
feminine car, but he wanted to show her more than his tattoos. He
had the pressing need to be alone with her. To figure out what made
her so appealing. Yeah, that belly chain and navel piercing of hers
had turned his thoughts thick with lust, but it was more than
that.
“It’s Nikki’s. I should probably text her and let
her know I took off without her. Or maybe I should let her worry
about me for a change.” She paused to squint at him with assessing
eyes. “Does she have a reason to be worried?”
“Only if she plans to see you before morning.”
“Just how many tattoos do you have? It shouldn’t
take you all night to show me.”
She offered him a challenging smirk. It made him
want to kiss the sass out of her.
“But it will take me that long to work you out of my
system.”
Her breath caught. After a moment she closed her
gaping mouth and squeezed her tight little body between the SUV and
the Bug on the driver’s side of the car. “Are you hungry?” she
asked as she inched open the door and sidled into the car. “I’m
starving. I missed dinner so we could stand in line for two hours.
There has to be an open restaurant around here somewhere.”
He took note of her rapid words. He hoped she didn’t
freak out and leave him hanging. Well, actually, he was more hard
than hanging. Did she have any idea what he had in mind? It had
been a while since he’d had to work at seducing a woman. They
tended to fall out of their pants and into his. Maybe he was off
his game. She wanted to have dinner first? For real? He was
wondering how she was still clothed.
Gabe squeezed into the car with her and closed the
door. Folded into the small space, he felt he was in danger of
kneeing himself in the eyeballs. “Does the thought of being alone
with me make you nervous?”
“No,” she squeaked.
“Good. Then we’ll order room service,” he said,
fiddling under the seat for a lever to give himself some room. He
sighed in relief when the seat shifted and offered him a few extra
inches for his legs.
“But—”
“You do realize I plan to fuck you, don’t you?” No
sense in pretending this was something it wasn’t. “If you’re
playing games with me—”
“I’m not playing games, Gabe. I plan to fuck you
until you can’t move. I just thought we could get to know each
other a little better first. I’ve never had a man seduce me