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Excerpt
I tilted my forehead to hers, sliding my fingers into her hair. I shouldn’t kiss her, but god how I wanted to.
She placed her hands on my chest, and my skin tingled from her touch. I trailed my nose along her skin. She smelled amazing, felt amazing. Our noses were touching, lips so close. She drew in a shaky breath, pupils blown out and darkening the iris like a lunar eclipse.
“Bennett,” she murmured, and I could feel her breath against my lips. Warm. Inviting. “Please.”
“Please what?”
I wanted to hear her say the words, even if they weren’t real. At least for a moment, I’d allow myself to pretend.
“I want you to kiss me. I’m asking you to kiss me.”
I rubbed my nose against hers, not wanting to lose contact for even a second. It was so easy to get lost in the fantasy. To believe it was real. It felt real—the way she was looking at me, her body’s response.
Maybe…maybe this could be like the sexting. Maybe I’d finally get her out of my system.
Oh, who was I kidding?
Even so, I found myself saying, “This is just practice.” Though, I needed the reminder more than her. She was the one dating other people after all. I was the one sitting home, pining after her.
She nodded. “Exactly. Practice.”
I held her gaze a moment longer before fusing my lips to hers. Kissing Wren was heaven. She tasted sweet, and I couldn’t get enough of her. When she tilted her head, parting her lips to let me in, I groaned.
My hands were in her hair, her arms locked around my neck. It didn’t feel like practice. It felt like she was mine. And I was certainly hers.
She wrapped her legs around my waist, pulling me in closer. Closer to her center and exactly where I wanted to be. My dick was pressing against her, growing embarrassingly hard the longer we kissed. But it was her lips that held me captive. The sexy whimper she made when I pulled her to my chest, crushing her body to mine. Our hearts beating against each other. The taste of her mouth—like hazelnut and mint. Decadence and sin.
I should’ve pulled back, put a stop to it. But instead, I explored her mouth with my tongue, her body with my hands. She felt even better than I’d imagined—like my every fantasy wrapped up in one beautiful package.
And she was eager…fuck was she eager. She kissed me like I was the key to her happiness. Like she’d been waiting all these years just for this moment. For me.
I could’ve stayed like that for the rest of my life, locked in her embrace. Her soft heat pressed to my hard. Time passed—I didn’t know how long. Until, finally, I cupped her cheeks, ending the kiss. And for a minute, we just stared at each other, panting, as if neither of us could actually believe that had happened.
“Um, okay,” I said, stepping back and adjusting myself discreetly. I couldn’t…my brain couldn’t process it all.
“I-I—” Wren’s eyes were wide. “I. Wow.”
“Yeah.” Wow was an understatement. In movies, people talked about fireworks in reference to a kiss, and I’d always thought it was ridiculous. But kissing Wren had definitely proved me wrong. Forget fireworks. It was like a nuclear explosion. Searing. All-consuming. I didn’t know if I’d recover after that kiss.
“Yeah?” Her attention snapped to me, lips plump, hair mussed. “Yeah? What does that mean?”
“It means…” I sighed, still in a daze. “I don’t think you’re going to have any issues with kissing.”
She didn’t seem convinced. Why was she not convinced? That was the best fucking kiss of my life. Not that I could tell her that.
She was Liam’s sister.
I’d just kissed my best friend’s little sister. Well, she’d asked me to kiss her. But only because she wanted to impress another guy. Talk about fucked up.
Other Books by Jenna Hartley
Perspective: an age gap, art professor/student romance that’s about taking chances in life and in love.
Unexpected: a fresh take on the nanny/single parent story that will have you swooning.
Irresistible: a reverse age gap romance. Can they follow the rules, or will they break each other’s hearts?
Unpredictable: an age gap romance featuring a wedding planner and the father of the bride! It’s a story of love after loss, second chances, and hope.
Unwritten: an opposites-attract romance between a former navy SEAL and a bookworm. It’s a crossover between my Love in LA Series and Corinne Michaels’ best-selling Salvation Series.
Inevitable: is a best friend’s daughter, age gap, workplace romance that’s a passionate story about falling for the wrong person.
All are FREE to read with Kindle Unlimited.