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“So were you just lying to me for the first week we met, or have you been lying to me right up until this moment?” I throw my hands up, huffing.
“I never lied. I ripped the paperwork up! Stop arguing with me just this once!”
“You stop arguing with me!” I yell back, and before I know it, his hands are on my face and his lips are against mine. My heart stalls, his lips warm and my cheeks hot in his palms.
My breath is stuck in my chest as he walks me backward a step until my back hits the wall. Our lips fight for the others, our tongues tangling, and my hands grip on to his arms, needing to hold myself up so I don’t fall. I hear a small growl in his chest, and my pulse thunders in my ears as his hand drops from my face to my ass, where he picks me up, my legs immediately hooking around his waist.
“Tanner…” I whisper against his lips, my hands almost shaking in a mix of shock, desire, relief, and a mounting pressure of wanting more. More of him. More of this. Pinning me against the wall, my arms lock around his neck, his kiss so brutal, I almost feel branded. His large hands grab my ass, squeezing, as I pull his head to my own, ensuring our lips stay together as he swallows my moan.
All the fighting, all the tension, all the desires I have had overflow into this kiss, and I never want it to stop. Garry bleats from outside, pulling me from my thoughts and back to reality, and Tanner slowly pulls back a little. My eyes search his as we both pant, breathless.
“Fuck, I have wanted to do that since the moment I laid eyes on you.” His voice is gravel, and my thighs tighten around him.
“I don’t think anyone has ever kissed me like that before,” I say, my fingers coming to my lips. They are throbbing, tingling to the touch. I’ve been completely and thoroughly kissed.
“You deserve to be kissed like that every damn day,” he says, pressing a light kiss to my lips, and I feel my body shudder. His grip on me is still tight, his thumb rubbingmy thighs as they stay firmly around him, our bodies close.
“Are you offering?” I tease as I move my hips a little, wanting more friction, and I feel him hard against me.
“You keep moving on me like that, baby girl, and I swear Griffin will get a show that he wasn’t prepared for today.” Tanner's voice is rough and low and pulsates right to my core. Right now, I don’t care about Griffin, my pussy is throbbing. It has been months since a man held me, kissed me, and touched me in this way, and my body is on fire.
“Best you get back to your friend, then?” I whisper, my mouth dry. We have bickered ever since I arrived, but it is now very clear exactly what we think of each other, and like a volcano, we are both very close to fully erupting.
Tanner looks at me closely, pulling in his lower lip, and I literally feel my world tilt a little at the way he is looking at me. “I need to take him back to my jet.”
“Jet?” I question, not understanding.
“I flew him in today to look at your place. He is currently working on a new project in Aspen,” he explains, and my shock is evident.
“You flew him here? For me?” I ask in disbelief.
“I did,” Tanner confirms with a nod.
“Why?” That couldn’t have been easy or cheap.
“Because you have a vision, and it needs to come to life.”
I am glad he is still holding me because I would fall over otherwise. I don’t tell him that my main motivating factor is not to fail. I can’t go back to the city with my tailbetween my legs. I need to make this work. He moves, carrying me to the sofa and placing me down gently.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he promises, but I don’t get a chance to ask any more questions before his lips meet mine in another soft kiss. This time it is slower, and we take our time. He cups my jaw with one hand, and I am complete putty for him before he stands up, growling, and walks toward the door.
“You are getting security.” He opens the front door, not taking no for an answer as per usual, and I huff.
“I’ll think about it,” I call out, and I hear him chuckle as he closes my door. I lie back on my soft new sofa, listening for his truck as it drives away, and then my house is quiet again. Bringing my finger to my lips, I feel them hot and throbbing.
My body is like mush, my legs weak, and while I have a million things I should be doing, I stay on my sofa for a while, thinking of my dark, grumpy neighbor. How he’s given up on fighting for the house. How he’s helping me see through my dream.
And how much more I want to do than just kiss him.
20
TANNER
Ikissed her yesterday. It was fucking amazing, and it’s all I have been thinking about. So much so, I hardly slept last night. Her knowing about the legal takeover I was planning took me by surprise, but I should have known that people talk in a small town, and it was only a matter of time before she heard whispers of it. But I am glad to have it out in the open, and after our kiss, I am even more glad that it was already canceled. Now, as I put my plan for today together, I text her so she knows that I am coming and what to expect.
Be there in five. Put on your swimsuit.
I watch the screen and see the dots dancing.
