fuck you up against a wall while he pulled your hair and then spoon you to sleep after. The guy who would bring you breakfast in bed with an orgasm on the side. The kind of guy who was so masculine that he could get you pregnant just by looking at you.
Iâd spent years searching for that guy, only to come up with dud after dud. But this guy? This guy just might be the Bigfoot of the dating world, and everyone knew you did not fuck around with that kind of possibility.
If he was an urban legend, then I needed to make myself one, tooâ
The Girl Who Does Not Fall for Hot Sexy Fighter Pilots Who Smell Great and Have Nice Voices . . . on the first night, at least. No need to get crazy.
I leaned forward, my body giving a little happy cheer. I kissed him, my fingers threading through his hair, my lips devouring his. And then I pulled back.
His lips were swollen from my kisses, his eyes dark.
âIt was nice to meet you, Noah.â
He gave me a rueful grin. âCrash and burn, huh?â
I laughed at the
Top Gun
joke. He was definitely more than a pretty face and lickable biceps.
âWeâll see how you do tomorrow.â
His eyes glinted and I had a sneak peek of how lethal he must be.
âYouâre not going to make this easy on me, are you?â
I grinned, my mouth brushing against his again.
âNow whereâs the fun in that?â
I wiggled out of his lap, my body getting a pretty good idea of how badly he wanted me.
I stood and tossed a look over my shoulder, and then I was walking out of the bar, knowing full well that his eyes were on me the entire time.
T HREE
JORDAN
âAre you nuts?â
The words would have been delivered with a shriek if Meg had been slightly less hungover. Instead, they came out with a croak and a wince, as though even that was too much for her.
I grinned, handing over the bottle of pain relievers. âNot the last time I checked.â
âHe was hot. Really, really hot.â She fumbled with the cap until finally I took pity on her and opened it myself.
âHe was.â
She tossed me a grateful look and swallowed two pills with the big bottle of water next to our lounge chairs.
âSo thatâs it?â
âNo, the ballâs in his court now. He knows Iâm interested.â
âBut if you were interested, why didnât you go back to his room? You should have seen him after you left. Helooked like a kid whoâd just had his ice cream cone taken away from him.â
I couldnât help smiling at that visual. Some guys would have gone out in search of another girl to take back to their room. The fact that he hadnât bumped him up majorly in my estimation.
I didnât bother explaining my Chupacabra theory. Meg would likely think I was crazier than she already did. Sheâd started dating her fiancé, Mike, her freshman year of college and theyâd been together ever since. She hadnât braved the dating gauntlet and she didnât understand that it was a freaking war zone out there; a girl needed every advantage she could get.
âIf heâs interested, heâll come find me today. If heâs not, itâs his loss.â
That was the mantra I kept repeating to myself as doubt started to creep in. That said, Iâd totally come prepared.
We were lounging at one of the pools at Palazzo, the resort joined with our hotel, the Venetian. It was late February and the weather was unseasonably warm, but even though the pool was allegedly heated, it was a little too cold for a Florida girl to get in the water. But that didnât mean I hadnât rocked my bathing suit âAâ game.
I was a beach girl through and through, and owning my own clothing boutique meant I got an awesome discount and my clothing choices were a walking advertisement for the business. Suffice it to say, I had more bikinis than there were days in the month.
Every girl had that one outfit that doubled