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He flashes me a smile. “I think you’re gorgeous, Pearl. Go out with me.”
My heart leaps into my throat. I’m equal parts excited and afraid. I grip his jacket. “You don’t seem like the type to like diner waitresses.”
“You don’t know me well enough to know what I like.” He catches a few strands of my hair and tucks them behind my ear. “I’m not crazy. There’s a pull between us. Why shouldn’t we explore it?”
I open my mouth, but I don’t have an answer to his question. Instead, I ask, “How drunk are you, exactly?”
“I wouldn’t have come out here if I was drunk. Do you think that I didn’t suggest coming here to my family? This was very much planned, darlin’.”
Oh. He wanted to see me? A chill races down my spine.
River nudges my chin up, angling my face just so. My heart is galloping when he lowers his head. My eyes sink closed and I press up on my tiptoes to meet him halfway.
Our lips touch, hot and wet. Distantly, fireworks explode in my head. River kisses me surprisingly hard, his hands on my waist pulling at me as if he can get more of me that way.
I press my thighs together. The need I feel surges. A trickle of wetness blooms in the dampness between my legs.
Yes, is the only thing running through my head. More.
River presses my ass back against the table. I let him lean me back, feeling his lips as they press kisses into the sensitive skin of my neck. His hand slips down to cup my breast through my shirt, shaping my nipple.
My mouth opens up toward the night sky and I release a jagged moan. I shift against the pressure rising inside me and wrap my legs around him. His denim-covered cock settles along the seam of my pussy, thick and heavy. My eyes bug out a little as he sucks at a spot just under my collarbone.
Digging my fingers into River’s hair, I bring his mouth to meet mine again. His fingers dance along the top of my thigh and I writhe against him.
Here, I thought I was never going to want another man to touch me after Bishop treated me so poorly and left me heartbroken. But now I’m gasping and pressing again River like I’ll die if he doesn’t keep touching me.
River’s fingers skate up my thigh, grazing the front of my panties. I’m aroused so there is a sizable wet spot there. He groans when he feels it.
“Fuck, darlin’. Is that all for me?”
I just kiss him because I am too embarrassed to talk about it. His fingers brush my panties again, teasing me.
What if… what if I went home with River? What if River got me pregnant?
The idea honestly leaves me breathless. A baby with River’s tall frame and ocean blue eyes would be stunning. And I would know that he’s not a Sickle Cell carrier.
I imagine holding a baby with bright blue eyes, snuggled and warm and held close to my chest. My heart hurts with how badly I want that.
River moves to deepen the kiss, which snaps me out of my thoughts. I push against his chest. And he instantly pulls back.
He doesn’t let me out of his arms, though.
“I’m not in town forever,” he says. “Eventually, I’ll have to move back to Atlanta for my career. But while I am, it would be crazy for us not to date.”
My brow furrows. My swoony moment begins to disintegrate. “Are you asking me to have a one-night stand?”
“No.” River’s lips twitch. “I think we both know that it would be difficult to stop after just one night. What I’m suggesting is more… sex with no strings attached. And maybe we go on dates sometimes.”
“Oh.” My excitement gutters and dies. He’s looking for a fuck buddy. I don’t have a lot of time to devote to that.
“Did I say the wrong thing?” River asks.
I shake my head. “No. I just don’t think we want the same thing.”
“I like you, Pearl.” He grips my hips. “I’m not going around trying to seduce every woman I see. When we’re dating, you’ll be the only woman I want. I know a gem when I uncover it.”
I recoil.
