Seductive in Stilettos 2: New Adult Romance by Nana Malone Read Free Book Online Page A

cue, her lips twitched into a tiny smile, and she muttered an automatic thank you.
    "You're even more beautiful when you smile."
    Tris tucked hair behind her ear, and a full, wide smile broke onto her lips. "Thank you. But you probably say that to all the girls."
    He cocked his head. "Only the pretty ones."
    Tris's laugh broke, and the sound of it warmed his insides.
    "At least you're honest."
    He put out his hand. "I'm Shane."
    Their gazes met as she slipped her hand into his. "My friends call me Tris."
    It was too easy to do this with her. The electricity hummed along his skin. "Well, we're practically friends now, so may I call you Tris?"
    She narrowed her eyes. "I'm not sure we're friends exactly."
    "Well, we could be. I could be your long-lost best friend. Why don't you tell me what prompted you to take a human sexuality class, and we'll find out."
    She inclined her head toward Sydney. "The devil made me do it."
    This time he laughed as he stood. His eyes on Tris, he addressed the class. The idea is to disarm. Appear harmless. No one wants to be hit on by a creeper."
    Colin, scoffed. "Well, not all of us are all chiseled and shit."
    Sydney rolled her eyes. "You're not listening. Women don’t care. If you’d used that on me and made me smile and feel pretty, you would have had a shot."
    Colin waggled his eyebrows. "You're fucking hot."
    She sat back. "Yes, I know. And you're missing the point."
    As much as Shane was enjoying the exchange, he redirected the conversation. "It's all about how you create the chemistry. It's more than just the physical. It's how you vibe and flow off each other. It's the dance as you try to figure out if you find the other person attractive. If you want to spend time in this person's company or not.
    The rest of the class passed without incident, but he found it increasingly difficult to keep his eyes off of Tris. When it was over, everyone packed up and filed out. But she hung back.
    He swallowed hard. "What's up, Tris?"
    "Uh, just I had a question about the assignment, go out and hit on someone and document it."
    The idea of her out with her friends hitting on some random dude irritated him. But it was none of his damn business. "Yeah?"
    "I was wondering if I could use an instance from the past?"
    The mental image of her sucking on his bottom lip planted itself firmly at the forefront of his mind, and he cleared his throat. "Yeah, that's fine. As long as it demonstrates the first step of attraction through to sealing the deal, then yeah. Feel free."
    "Great. Good class."
    Yeah, perfect. Just perfect.

Chapter 6
    T ris tried to calm her thundering heart rate as she and Sydney walked to their room. It didn't matter how many times she told herself Shane was off limits. Her body refused to listen. And she was afraid that after that little display in class, everyone knew there was something going on.
    When they shuffled into the dorm, Xia bounced out of the bathroom, hair half dry. “’Sup, party people? Tris, why do you look sick, and why does it look like Sydney’s laughing about it?”
    Sydney grinned even as Tris groaned. “Dude, you missed it. Mr. Lover Lover put the moves on Tris to demonstrate a point in section today.”
    Xia’s eyes bugged. “Please tell me you recorded that shit.”
    Tris glowered at the both of them. “You guys are not funny. It was bad enough I practically drooled all over him.”
    Syd shook her head. “It wasn’t that bad. Besides, I was drooling over him. And let me just say, he so wants to get on that!"
    Tris groaned and plopped onto her bed. "Syd, you realize that he's still our RA, right, and our TA?"
    Xia rolled her eyes and agreed with Sydney. "Forbidden fruit just makes it all the hotter. Besides, we saw how he looked at you at the party. He looked like he wanted to kill someone when Kasey was all over you. I mean, he was all Thor protector and shit. It was hot."
    Yes hot but also embarrassing for her.
    Syd shook her head. "You thought that was hot?