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I reached over, brushing my fingertips down his arm.
“I did, too. As soon as I left that night.”
His eyes steeled, and the corners of his mouth turned down.
“It was late. You should have stayed.”
I peered up at his eyes, but they revealed nothing. He was stoic, in control. How did he do that? My heart was trying to bang its way out of my chest. I swallowed and took a calming breath.
“I didn’t want to disturb you or your schedule. I knew you were leaving for New York, and didn’t want you to be late. If you didn’t leave when you were supposed to.”
I felt like I was floundering, so I shut up. My cheeks heated. Another glance his way revealing a tic in his jaw. Was he mad? I grimaced.
“I didn’t mean to upset you. But we’re together now, and I’m not going anywhere.”
Raph sighed and let his shoulders relax.
“I let it shake my ego that you left in the middle of the night, like what we did was some dirty secret. I wanted to keep you there, have breakfast,” his hand moved from the wheel to my thigh, long fingers emanating teasing warmth. “Then, maybe cook for you, too.”
He chuckled when I gasped.
“Let’s pick up where we left off, go back to New Jersey tomorrow. Let me take you home and show you an amazing night. And the morning after.”
His fingers inched closer to the apex of my thighs. My mind flooded with thoughts of his mouth on me.
My head tipped against the headrest and a sigh escaped my lips when he connected with my panties. His fingers traced my lips through the thin silk. I moaned and wiggled back in my seat. Didn’t he know this was torture?
Then his fingers slipped under the edge and my eyes rolled back. Knowing Mystery Guy was a real man only added fuel to the already well-tended blaze. I licked my lips and swallowed another groan as Raph’s skilled hand glided over my heated flesh.
A whole day with Raph. What would he be like when he wasn’t up to his ears in obligations? Did he know how to slow down?
As if to punctuate the thought, his hand flicked up and drew lazy circles around my swollen clit. My teeth clamped down on my lip, and I rolled my head toward him.
“We’re going to your place, then?”
His fingers slid away from me, trailing wetness down my inner thigh. A dark, tense expression greeted me when I peered at him through my lashes. I didn’t need to look down to know he was as turned on as me, or even more so. Did he think of me as much as I thought of him?
Since learning his identity, I longed for more tidbits about the man. There were bound to be pieces of his personality scattered around his apartment. More than at the swanky downtown hotel, at least.
We turned into a gated community and I readjusted my expectations for where we were headed. Not an apartment, then. A couple turns later, and we rolled up a long driveway to a sprawling white mansion.
The house exuded the same elegance I’d come to expect from Raph. It was the perfect depiction of obscene wealth tastefully spent. There was a fountain in the front courtyard. Around the left side of the house stood a carport that could shelter ten cars. Then, finally, we pulled into the garage.
Before Raph killed the engine, my phone vibrated with an incoming call.
“Hello?”
“Where are you right now?” Shell demanded.
“In a car, pulling into a garage. Did you get my message?”
“Yeah, sure did. I was just making sure you didn’t go home. But if I didn’t know better, I’d say it sounds like I’m interrupting. Am I cock-blocking you right now?”
I snorted. “No! But I’m not going to squander my time with you and Nick grinding in a club.”
“Say no more! I’ll let you get back to grinding elsewhere. Get ‘em, tiger!”
She ended the call, and I shook my head, smiling. Friendship came in handy for some fast confidence. I shoved my phone back into my pocket after turning it off. I didn’t need any other interruptions.
