Blindsided by Kate Watterson Read Free Book Online

“Yes?”
    Her gaze shimmered and her mouth trembled, just a small quiver.
    “I don’t have the slightest clue as how to say this.”
    “Say what?” he asked, trying to seem nonchalant.
    She brushed a stray lock of shining hair from her cheek and took a deep breath. “Would you like to stay? I mean, up here? With me?”
    Jesse registered the offer with a sense of the unreal. Was she serious? Apparently she was serious, for her cheeks held high color, but her chin was lifted and she met his gaze directly. She added almost inaudibly, “Together.”
    When he didn’t speak at once, the spots of embarrassment deepened, and she stammered, “I don’t do this sort of thing, I swear it, but—”
    “Yes.”

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    She stopped talking. “Yes?”
    “Yes,” he repeated, almost tersely. “Yes, I want to stay up here with you. And I don’t do this sort of thing either, for the record.” He grinned, a wry twist of his mouth. “If you are at all observant, Dr.
    Smith, you might see my thoughts aren’t exactly as pure as the white stuff outside either.”
    At full mast now thanks to her invitation, his erection was obvious, and she finally realized it, her blue eyes widening slightly as she stared at his crotch. “I do see that.”
    “It’s damned embarrassing.” His laugh was rueful as he moved toward the bed. “Just seconds ago I hoped you wouldn’t notice it and think I was some sort of pervert. You were a nervous wreck when I first picked you up.”
    “I’ve been a wreck for quite some time and it has nothing to do with you.”
    Later, he would have to pursue that cryptic remark, but right now he wanted nothing more than to touch her. Jesse reached down and took her hand, gently pulling her off the side of the bed and to her feet. He slid his arms around her slim waist and she leaned in willingly as he lowered his head.
    Her mouth was silky and warm. She tasted like rich wine, and opened for his tongue, kissing him back with shy, but arousing, enthusiasm. He’d guessed already from just the few hours in her company that she wasn’t a novice when it came to sex, but not particularly experienced either. She’d been aware of him as a man, but not comfortable about the attraction.
    Apparently she grew more comfortable all the time, he thought, kissing her deeply as he felt her fingers fumble with the buttons on his shirt. He helped her strip it off, breaking the kiss just long enough to shrug his arms out of the sleeves, before he pulled her close again for another open-mouthed kiss.
    She felt wonderful, so soft and female against his bare chest. His cock actually throbbed, the beat of blood matching the rhythm of his Blindsided 41
    heart. Moving his mouth to her ear, he kissed the delicate hollow beneath, and murmured, “Let’s take this off.”
    She didn’t resist when he tugged the tee-shirt off over her head, lifting her arms in cooperation. Jesse couldn’t help but take in a ragged breath. Her body was pretty much how he had imagined: slender, her breasts not large but beautifully formed, and just the right size for her delicate frame. They were tipped with rosy pointed nipples he couldn’t wait to taste.
    “It’s warm in the bed,” he suggested in a husky voice.
    Her fingers slid down his torso and fumbled with the fastening at the top of his jeans. “Take these off and we’ll get warm then.”
    “Gladly. You, too, though.” He ran his finger along the elastic of her bikini underwear, feeling her smooth warm skin, noting that though the woman currently lowering his zipper dressed conservatively, she wore very slinky black lacy panties.
    What a turn on.
    Jesse slid them down, his hands lingering on her bare ass. It was firm and nicely shaped. In turn, she shoved his briefs and jeans down his hips. Slender fingers brushed his erection.
    His laugh was a short expulsion of breath and Jesse could feel his heart pound. He stepped out of his pants, watching her slip into the bed. Those