knees untying her laces. She had no idea how long he’d been standing there watching her, but her entire body got warm at the thought.
“Hey, Miki.” He didn’t look up. Just kept untying her laces. And, even though he couldn’t see the fronts of her boots, was probably taking a lot longer than was actually necessary.
“Hey, Conall .”
“How’s it going? You have a good trip?”
Miki had to swallow to get the words out. “Yeah.” Okay. One word. Apparently that was the best she could manage at the moment… spitting out one word. All the guy was doing was helping her off with her boots. Of course, he was on his knees doing it. She kind of liked him on his knees.
Get a grip, Kendrick.
She needed to start talking. Now. “How’s it going with you?”
He still didn’t look up; instead watching his own big hands slowly remove one boot then start on the other. His hair was thick and almost white blonde. And, like hers, it was longer than when she last saw him. Just brushing across his shoulders. His hair reminded her of silk and she wondered if it would feel that way against her skin.
“Pretty good.”
He slid the other boot off and placed it aside. He leaned back on his haunches and, running his hands over her calves and feet, stared at her. He had the lightest blue eyes she’d ever seen. “Anything else you need help taking off?”
Miki almost said “Everything” but caught herself. She pulled her feet away from Conall’s wonderful touch and pulled herself up on to her knees. She smirked. “No. I’m fine. But thanks.” He slowly stood up, his eyes never leaving her face. Still on her knees, she moved back away from him as his body just kept rising. She’d forgotten just how tall he was. And just how big. In some respects, the man
was
a bear.
She was so busy staring at him and trying to stay away from him that she fell right off the bed.
“Miki?” She looked up to find him on the bed, hovering over her. “Are you okay?” He didn’t even try to stifle his laughter. Great. Now he could see exactly the level of her geekiness . It was off the charts, she knew. Well, that should convince him that she was definitely not the woman for him. A guy like Conall should get some vacuous super-model babe that couldn’t complete a full sentence or even spell sentence.
“I’m fine.” She sat up, but before she could struggle to her feet, Conall moved around the bed to stand behind her. His hands slid under her arms and lifted her off the floor as if she weighed no more than a bag of chips. “Uh… thanks.” She bit out as her feet touched solid ground. Then she tried to pull away from him, but he wasn’t letting her go. Instead, he pulled her back until she was against his chest. His arms slid around her body and he leaned in close, gently trapping her arms against her sides. And if this were anybody else, she would have completely flipped out. They’d be lucky if they had their eyes left. But she couldn’t even concentrate when Conall had his hands on her.
Husky, against her ear, “I missed you, Mik .”
The man was killing her. “ Conall ?”
“Miki?” He nuzzled her neck as one of his
huge
! hands slid over her breast. Immediately her nipples hardened. She blinked.
When the hell did that start happening
?
“I think you need to back off.” At least she was pretty sure that was what she said. She was having trouble concentrating. Especially with his tongue sliding up across her neck to her ear.
“You
think
?” His hand squeezed her breast and her back arched. “Or you
know
?”
Oh boy, he’s good
. Miki was sure that, with very little effort, Conall could turn a nun into a whore. Of course, she wasn’t a nun.
She yanked her body away from his and it was as if her skin started to yell at the loss of him.
Miki backed away, “ Conall . Don’t get the wrong idea.”
“And what idea is that?”
“I’m not going to sleep with you.”
He took a step toward her, “I am so not
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