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I grabbed the small bottle of sanitizer from my purse that hung from a hook near the door.
“Do you have a soft cloth, like a washcloth?”
I gathered everything I needed, then we both sat on the sofa. He poured some of the sanitizer on the cloth and gently rubbed my chin first. I couldn’t help getting lost in his deliciously rich brown eyes. His touch was absolute sex, and I could feel my heart pounding against my chest as he carefully tried to remove all the ink from my face. The moment was just as intimate as anything I’d ever experienced in the bedroom. The way he touched me. The way his hand lingered on the back of my head. His warm, sweet breath mixing with mine. The complete focus in his eyes.
I knew my panties were wet, and if we kept this up, we’d be fucking in the next few minutes.
I decided to break the trance I’d fallen under. “How… how do you know so much about this?”
“My niece drew whiskers on her brother this last Halloween with a marker while I was babysitting. My sister would’ve killed me if she found out about it, so I looked it up online and quickly removed it. It took some doing. My nephew liked his new whiskers, even though they went over his ears and down his neck. He’s two and loves to pretend to be a dog or a cat, and sometimes a lion, depending on his mood.”
He moved to the ink marks on the side of my face now, still holding onto me, caressing me with his eyes. He was beautiful to watch. I couldn’t remember ever being this close to Rascal. Aside from that kiss we’d shared, we’d never messed around much when we were teens. Being this close to him, for this amount of time was new to me, and the more we stayed like this, the faster my heart beat, and the more a burning heat rushed through me.
“Are you almost done?” I asked, knowing I couldn’t do this much longer without kissing him once again.
“There,” he said. “All done.” But he didn’t move away. Instead, he said, “You’re even more beautiful without makeup. Would you mind if I kissed you again? I mean, if you did, I can understand, what with everything going on.”
I didn’t give him a verbal answer. I merely leaned in and kissed him, hard, with all the lust and heat that poured through my body.
I intended to leave nothing on the table.
Rascal 11
Kissing Connie Manors was like a dream come true. Not only was the kiss itself hot and sexy, but she turned me on like no other woman ever could. Her lips felt warm and inviting on mine. And when our tongues met… wow… fireworks.
“Hold on, now. Hold on,” I told her, taking a breath before things got out of hand. “I read over what’s on that whiteboard, and nowhere on there do you mention anything about a relationship with me or any of us. Before we do what I’ve been dreaming of ever since I saw you again, I’ve gotta know where this thing between us is headed? Where our lives are headed? And I’m talking about the whole thing. I think it’s important to know where we stand and where you stand. Lots of feelings are on the line here, and none of us wants to go through anything like we went through when we were kids. We may be different people now, but our emotions are still pulled tight. Anything can break us. And none of us wants that to happen.”
“As you probably read on the list on my whiteboard, I’m all in for the opening of Dirty Coyote.”
“That’s not good enough. We were hoping that you’d commit to at least six months. That’s the minimum amount of time we need to see where our band will go, where our relationship will go, and more importantly, if we have staying power as friends.”
I sat back, thinking about his terms. “It sounds as if I’ll need to take the ranch and the car if I agree to this.”
“Might be for the best. We’ll need somewhere to live and make our music. There’s no better place on earth than Dusty’s ranch. The Caddy is a bonus. At least we’ll all fit in one car. And besides, it’s a hoot to drive.”
“A hoot?”
She looked so dang cute, I wanted to take her right there on the damn kid-sized sofa, but I controlled myself. I’d probably break the thing if I attempted it here.
“You know… fun, a blast from the past, and all of that crazy stuff. Especially those horns. Ya’ gotta love a car with horns nailed to the front grill.”
“They aren’t real.”
“Well, thank God for that. We don’t want to offend anyone when we drive it around town.”
“I believe the horns themselves might be offensive to some folks, real or not.”
“That’s their problem. So, what do you say?” I held out my hand. “Do we have a six-month, all-in deal?”
“If I agree to this, can we ravage each other?” she teased. “And there’s something you should know. I’ve had sex with Josh, and then Luke. I couldn’t help it. I want everything to be out in the open. Transparent. Authentic.”
“I already know.”
“They told you?”
“If we’re going to do this thing, we have to be honest with each other.”
“And you’re good with it? You’re all good with it?”
