the woods, the warmth of his body leaving her had her feeling chilled.
“Good night,” she whispered.
God. She hadn’t even brought her vibrator. She was going to sleep all kinds of uncomfortable.
His big body slipped into the darkness and was gone in the blink of an eye. She shut the door and took a breath.
“Well, shit!” Talk about something different. Nita had stopped having problems dating the moment she’d embraced her body. At the same time, she’d never really let anyone deep into her heart. All the men in her life had been more short-term flings than deep relationships. Not that she’d really worried about it before.
Her cell phone rang at that moment. She ran for the chair she’d placed it on.
“Hello?”
“So how was the date?” Tally exclaimed . “Nita Islas! How dare you go on a date with some hot bear and not tell me? What did you think I’d do, judge you or something?”
She sighed and sat down with a thump. Time to tell the truth. “It wasn’t you. I was just worried this was going to be another dead-end in the relationship department. I didn’t want you to get your hopes up.”
“Nita...”
“Okay,” she admitted with a groan, sliding her finger over her still tingling lips. “I didn’t want to get my hopes up.”
Tally sighed. “I understand. So how did it go?”
“Well…” She thought back to the kiss. That part had been damn amazing. “Dinner was great. He’s a nice guy that’s genuinely sweet.”
“And?”
“He’s handsome.”
Tally snorted with a laugh. “Just handsome?”
Dammit! “Okay, he’s hot as hell. Damn, Tally. He’s so hot my eyes watered.”
“Wow! He sounds like someone you should bring over for dinner or at very minimum tie to your bed.” She sighed.
“Oh, that’s not the best part.” She thought back to what he’d said before he’d kissed her. “He’s a romantic and he kisses like a sex god.”
Tally gasped. “Did you already have sex?”
“I just met him like three hours ago,” she exclaimed.
“Hey, it’s been known to happen.” Tally giggled.
Yeah. She was right. And it almost had happened. If Ky hadn’t put an end to it, she probably would have gotten naked faster than on a hot summer day with no air conditioning.
“He has these gorgeous hazel eyes. They turn this deep green or this golden color when he’s talking.” Or aroused. She’d seen how dark the green had gotten when he’d kissed her. She wondered what color they would turn when he came.
“ Oooh. Girl you’ve never sounded so interested in a man’s eyes before.”
They reminded her of her old friend’s eyes. Ky. Except her high school friend’s eyes had never gotten dark green like Kyer’s eyes did when he’d been turned on. Probably because she’d never seen Ky turned on back when she’d been in school. She’d had a crush on the guy the size of Alaska. Too bad he’d been so shy and she’d been so insecure. The combination had not been good at the time. It had kept her from voicing her thoughts.
“He’s a nice guy.” He really was and that wasn’t just her hormones talking him up so she could feel good about giving it up.
Tally laughed. “A nice hot guy. Just what the doctor ordered for you.”
“More like what Mrs. Wilder got me.” She smiled.
That old lady was like a matchmaking god. She’d worked her magic on Tally and now, if things went according to plan, she might have played her cards right where Nita was concerned.
“All right, well I know this is a series of dates, so you know I will be calling you back tomorrow to find out how that went,” Tally said. “Don’t you dare ignore my calls or I swear I’ll come hunt you down.”
Hopefully she’d have something good to share.
“Take care. We’ll chat tomorrow.”
She shut off the phone and plugged it in to charge. Then she opted for a nice long bath. Her apartment was too small to do baths. That and the kitchen were the main reasons she wanted to move.
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