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smile.”
    He smiled again but didn’t answer, clearly lost in thought.
    “You’re awfully quiet. Are you going to give me an answer?”
    “About what?”
    “Do I have something on my face?” She liked playing with him a bit.
    He stopped the car on the side of the road to give her his undivided attention and smiled again when he looked at her. “Well, let me see,” he said, going along with it. He moved his face closer to check. “Nope, nothin’.”
    She turned breathless with his close proximity and had to resist fanning herself. The heat between them grew, and electricity intensified around them in anticipation.
    “Jenna,” he moaned, moving closer.
    “Shut up and kiss me,” she teased, loving that she affected him as much as he affected her.
    She wrapped her fist in his shirt and yanked him closer so she could kiss him hard. It was so frickin’ good she could kiss him for hours—among other things. Man, she hoped he had nowhere to be for a while, because her plans involved relieving almost fourteen months of sexual frustration. Damn, she’d forgotten how good being in such strong arms felt.
    He broke the kiss first. “Jenna, we’re still in the car, love. Let’s not push it.”
    Her face heated again, and she started to shake with anxiety. He’d been right to stop. Thank God for that. With her track record, being in the car and getting all hot and heavy definitely wasn’t the best idea.
    “You’re right, and thank you. I really don’t know what I was thinking.” I am such an idiot.
    She covered her face and just wanted to crawl into a hole and hide. She was not only embarrassed but also in the process of trying to control an anxiety attack. Brady must have thought she was crazy for trying to start something in the car when in truth she hadn’t been thinking at all. She’d been too absorbed with her desires. Thank God one of them still had a level head. “I’m so sorry.”
    “No worries, love.” He reached across the seat to give her hand a little squeeze and pulled back out into traffic. “Really, Jenna, it’s all right. Ye’ll be out of the car soon enough. We’ve almost arrived.”
    By the time they reached the hotel she’d begun to calm but still didn’t want their time to end. He left the car running, got out, and opened the passenger-side door.             
    “Would you like to come up?”
    “Now that’s a silly question. I’d love too.” He kissed her again and groaned. “But I can’t. Sorry, darlin’, it pains me to say it, but I’ve got somewhere to be.”
    Okay, so maybe he wasn’t as into her as she’d thought. Or maybe you’re just overreacting, Jenna. Regardless, she was disappointed. She knew he had a life, obligations, and a job he had to go to, but the rejection kind of hurt. Opening up like this was hard for her. Tyler had been her life for so long, and she was finally willing to give herself to someone else. Yep, it totally sucked.
    “Of course.” She stepped away from his embrace and his car. It was stupid, childish, and deep down she knew she was taking things the wrong way, but all she wanted was to get away. “I’ll, uh, see you later.” Waving, she headed to the entrance.
    “Jenna, wait.” he called out and pulled her toward him again. “Shite, Jenna, I’ll definitely take a rain check. I feel really bad for refusin’, and if it hadn’t been for that damn shipment I have to help unload at the boozer, I probably wouldn’t bother goin’ to work at all. Believe me, love, there is nothin’ I’d rather be doin’ than goin’ up there with ye right now. I want ye bad.” He sighed and pulled her up against the car to discretely place her hand on his crotch. “Feel how much.”
    He moaned when she stroked him. “Jenna,” he said through clenched teeth. “Ye have to stop, or there’ll be trouble.”
    “Is that a promise?”
    He moaned again and took her hand off of him. “Ye can count on it. Look, love, I’ve gotta go before