not sure our first date is
the right time for you to meet my entire family.”
“Why would they
all be at the same place for dinner? Is there a family function I’m keeping you
from?” Kelly didn’t like the idea that she had pulled Ben away from family to
go out with her. She knew too well how precious those times could be.
“Nothing like that, no. You just happened to pick the one place in
all of Chicago that’s run by my family. Dad owns it and my brother, Jared, manages the place.
Most Friday nights at least half my brothers are there too, scoring a free
meal.”
“Well, shit,”
Kelly cursed and then burst out laughing. She couldn’t even begin to calculate
the odds of her picking a place Ben’s family actually owned.
“I have a
suggestion,” he said, as he wrapped one arm around her waist and drew her in
close enough she had to tip her head back to look at him.
Kelly’s heart
started beating faster as she found herself pressed against the solid mass of
Ben’s chest, staring into the heated depths of his eyes. “And what might that
be?”
“I call in an
order for pickup. We grab dinner and make our escape before the family descends
on us like a cloud of locusts looking for juicy tidbits.”
Kelly sensed where
Ben was going with his plan and decided her sister had a point. She’d been
playing it safe far too long. For once she was going to take what she wanted,
no regrets.
“Mhmm. There’s just one flaw with this plan of yours. Once we hightail out
of there with the burgers, where are we going to eat them?”
“I know this out-of-the-way
place. Nothing fancy, but the security is second to none, and he works for
cheeseburgers. Sound good?”
“You feed Chase cheeseburgers ?”
“It’s a guy thing.
And you haven’t answered my question.”
Kelly reached between
them, catching her fingers on the collar of his shirt and tugging his head down
so that she could brush her lips over his. “I like your plan.”
“And I like you ,” he murmured as his hand fisted in
her hair and his mouth took hers in a sensual kiss that had her pulse racing
and her entire being sizzling with instant heat.
****
This is absolutely the best first date I’ve ever had.
That was the last
thought to pass through Ben’s mind before he stopped thinking about anything
other than the fact he finally had Kelly in his arms. Her soft curves molded to
his body like they’d been made to fit together, two pieces of a puzzle that had
taken months to complete. He speared his fingers into her hair, tangling her
chestnut curls around his fingers and holding her firmly in place as he finally
kissed her the way he’d always wanted to.
She tasted of
cinnamon, a sweet, subtle heat that teased his senses. He wanted more. Hell, he
wanted everything. He wanted to know her taste, her scent, and the feel of her
bare skin under his hands. Kelly parted her lips and moaned, the soft noise
vibrating across his tongue. Would she make those same tiny sounds of pleasure
when he was buried inside of her? Ben hoped he’d know the answer to that
question very soon.
The tip of her
tongue flicked against his lips and he growled in response, pushing their kiss
deeper. Tongues tangled, breath mingled as they stroked and touched each other,
rubbing their bodies together until he could swear the air was shimmering with
the heat between them.
“Dinner,” she
murmured the single word against his lips.
“Huh? Oh, right. Dinner. I was going to call in a pickup order.”
“Mhmm,” she hummed
in agreement, and the vibration buzzed against his lips, sending another rush
of blood to his already aching dick. Her pretty gray-blue eyes fluttered open
and he felt a hint of smug satisfaction when he saw the passion burning in
their depths. He’d started that fire and put that dreamy smile on her
kiss-swollen lips. Not Chapman or one of his own Lothario siblings.
Oh shit. His brothers. If they so much as looked at Kelly too long he
would to