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“Yeah. You wore it the day we went to visit the second group home. It looks really damn good on you.”
I tried not to show my surprise at his excellent memory. “Well, if you like it, I’ll wear it,” I said, a hint of seductiveness in my tone. I hadn’t meant to come across as flirtatious, but that’s the vibe this whole exchange gave me. I was just playing along.
Josh laid the outfit on my bed. Then he returned to the spot in front of me, a distinct look of wanting in his eyes—the same look I was sure I had right now.
I cleared my throat. “I should get dressed.” When he didn’t move, I added, “Are you gonna stand there and watch me or something?”
Josh didn’t answer. But he didn’t move from his spot, either, his gaze glued to mine.
Feeling a bit out of control, I slowly opened my robe and let it fall to the floor, leaving me in nothing but a bra and panties. Josh’s eyes turned glassy as they traced my body.
He swallowed hard.
While I would’ve given anything for him to touch me, I knew he wouldn’t. Josh was the king of tease and restraint. With every second that passed, I grew wetter as he continued to stare, his pupils dilated. My body begged silently for his touch. I’d take anything he’d give me.
He moved toward me until he was just inches away, his breath teasing my face. He wrapped his hand around my neck, and for a second, I forgot how to breathe.
My eyelashes fluttered. “You’re not being very polite right now, Mathers.”
“I’m not feeling polite.” He ran his thumb along the skin of my neck. “How do youpolitelytell someone you want to fuck them until it hurts?”
My knees nearly buckled.
“Fuck.” He shook his head and released his hold on my neck as if he’d just woken from a daze. “I’m sorry. That was…”
Josh stepped back and left the room, leaving me a pile of aroused mush.
He wants to fuck me.
Until it hurts.
Now I’d have to change my damn panties when I’d just put this pair on.
Josh’s resolve had finally cracked. Yet he still refused to let go, refused to actuallygo therewith me. I wasn’t going to entice him further because I didn’t want to be his biggest regret. But the way he’d been looking at me, like he could eat me with his eyes, and then those words that would surely replay in my head all night. He had pushed me over the edge. Ineededrelief.
Grabbing the package Christina had sent me, I ripped it open. On the off-chance Josh came back in, I snuck into the closet and picked a spot on the ground before spreading my legs. This wouldn’t take long at all.
Except nothing happened. I looked at the package again.Batteries not included.
Yep. I was currently theonlything turned on in here.
CHAPTER 23
JOSH
AFTER CARLY LEFTfor her date, I felt completely stir crazy. I couldn’t believe what I’d said to her, but that little striptease had made me lose my damn mind. What the hell was I thinking, hanging around her room while she was getting ready just so I could ogle her and get my damn fix before she left?Left for a date with another man, I reminded myself.
I wanted her in the worst way, and evidently, I wasn’t even trying to hide it anymore. Also, what was up with my inability to lie for a second and swear on the dog’s life when she called me out for flirting? You learn something new about yourself every day.
Tonight I’d learned I was a superstitious pussy.
I was driving myself nuts. I needed to talk to someone, so I dialed my brother Michael.
He picked up on the third ring. “Hey, dude.”
“Hey.”
It sounded like he was in a crowded restaurant.