unknowingly offered him a tempting peek. His cock, which had finally decided to behave, stirred at the thought when he slammed her door closed.
Keep thinking like that and you won’t be able to hide your hard-on.
Nick went around the other side of the cab, got in and closed his own door. After giving the address for his hotel to the cabbie, he turned to Terrah just as the first few bars of Jamie Foxx’s Unpredictable began to chime.
Terrah started to chuckle as she took her cell out of her purse, checked the display and silenced it.
“What is so funny?”
“This song is so fitting for this moment.” Terrah shook her head as she looked at him. “Going out to dinner with you is the last thing I expected tonight… Completely unpredictable.”
“Hey, I’m glad I get to spare you a night of having to wash dishes.”
Terrah laughed. “You’re funny.”
Nick grinned at her as the taxi wove in and out of traffic. Terrah didn’t know it yet, but the joke was about to be on her. He could tell she thought she had his type pegged, but he was going to show her just how unpredictable he was.
* * * *
Terrah took Nick’s hand as he opened her door, and got out of the cab. She tried to ignore the way her pulse reacted as he smiled at her.
Why did he have to be so charming on top of gorgeous?
“It’s not so hot now,” Nick said as they walked up to his hotel.
“Thank goodness.”
It was cooler now the sun had set, but the air was still muggy. She didn’t like the heat, but New York weather was the last thing on her mind. Underneath the calm façade she was trying hard to keep in place, she was freaking out.
She was going to dinner with Nick Tasso, her ultimate fantasy guy. It was crazy. She shouldn’t have accepted his second invitation to dinner, but she hadn’t been able to say no. Not with him waiting for her to accept with those sexy, hypnotic, green eyes of his. Besides, he’d earned a dinner date for sticking around with her makeup case. She appreciated what he’d done no matter what his motives had been.
Terrah flicked a glance at Nick and decided she wasn’t going to focus on why he’d asked her out right now. He appeared to be oblivious to the attention he was garnering from just about everyone they passed by. She wasn’t unaccustomed to men looking at her, but this was something else. Nick was getting play from males and females, and he seemed completely unaware of it all.
Duh, he’s a top model.
Being constantly stared at was the status quo for him.
And he truly was something to stare at.
The sky-blue T-shirt he was wearing highlighted his bronze skin and muscled arms. He pulled open the glass door in front of them, and Terrah couldn’t help noticing the smattering of dark hairs running up his forearms. A much-needed blast of cold air rushed over her heated skin as they stepped into the opulent lobby.
“Your agency put you up in style, I see.”
Nick laughed. “I rent one of the penthouse suites here.”
“Oh.”
Of course he did.
“Nice. I’ve never been in this hotel.”
“You should see the view from my bedroom.”
Bedroom.
Terrah picked up her pace to keep up with Nick’s long-legged strides, disturbed that she couldn’t imagine anything else in his bedroom but him…beckoning to her to join him on the crisp white sheets.
She swallowed hard, distracted by her naughty thoughts as they stopped at the front desk. Her mind continued to race while she absently listened to him talk to the concierge. Nick was fine as hell, so she was allowed a moment of pure lust.
She was having a totally normal female reaction to being in the proximity of a major hottie.
“Terrah?”
Terrah blinked and heat rushed to her cheeks. “I’m sorry, what did you just say?”
“They’re going to hold your case and bag here until we get back from dinner.”
“Perfect.” Terrah smiled at the hotel clerk as Nick placed her stuff on the shiny front desk. “Thank you.”
The hotel