Deep in You (Phoenix #1) Read Free Page A

our embrace, capturing her mouth with mine, claiming her. She was delicious; sweet with a slight taste of martini. My tongue caressed hers, danced with hers. My pulse increased to dangerous levels as she moaned and matched me stroke for stroke. I retreated slightly before driving into her again, our mouths a mimicry of what I wanted to do to her with my body. Everything else fell away–the club, the people pressing into us from all sides, the noise, all of it. It was just me and her, doing positively indecent things, uncaring of who saw us. Unable to resist, I roughly groped her breast through her shirt.
    She pulled back, her eyes dark, hooded. We both breathed heavily, and my head spun. I felt drunk off her pheromones. She took my hand and led me off the dance floor through the club’s exit.
    The humidity washed over us as soon as we stepped free of the air-conditioned building, breaking the spell. I signaled to the valet, noticing she didn’t make a move. “Your car?”
    “I took a cab.”
    Interesting. She’d expected to leave with someone… or she’d expected to get so drunk she couldn’t drive. One of those. I supposed I shouldn’t judge. I’d intended to leave with someone, too. My car was brought up. I held the passenger door open for her before getting in the driver’s seat.
    She watched me, desire apparent on her face. She didn’t offer any directions, so I steered the car onto the freeway, shifted into sixth, and headed toward my place.

Chapter Three

    I pulled into my circular driveway, parking and killing the engine. “This is it.”
    Lily stared through the windshield. “It’s not as big as I expected.”
    “That’ll be the only time you say that to me tonight.” Her face flushed crimson, and I chuckled. “I don’t need a lot of living space. I’m the only one who lives here. Come on.” I got out and walked around to open her door for her.
    “What a gentleman,” she said as I helped her out of the car and led her to the house.
    “At times. Would you like a tour?” At her nod, I continued, gesturing with my chin. “Straight ahead is the living area. There to the right is the kitchen, and here to the left is the guest room. The master suite is upstairs. Simple. Would you like a drink?”
    “Yes, please.”
    I selected a sweet red from the refrigerator and grabbed a couple of glasses.
    “What’s through those doors?” she called from the living room.
    I joined her and handed her one of the glasses. “My gym.”
    “Can I see it?”
    “Maybe later.”
    “Please?”
    “Later. I have far more important things on my mind right now. To us.” We clinked our glasses together and drank. “So what brought you to the club tonight without a car, Lily Campbell?”
    “I… I don’t know. I just decided to shake things up. I just broke up with my boyfriend and decided that I didn’t like who I saw when I looked in the mirror. I wanted to be someone else tonight, so I called a taxi and the rest you know.”
    I’ll never understand why women bring shit like that up to men they’ve just met. Whatever. I’d be her rebound fling. After tomorrow, I’d never see her again, anyway. “Do you like who you’ve decided to be tonight?”
    Her eyes lost focus, not really looking at me. I noticed that they were red and strangely dilated.
    “Do you ?” she asked.
    “Hey…” I cupped her chin in my hand to force her to look at me. “Very much. Out of all the women in the club, you stood out to me.” I set down my wine and rose to my feet, holding my hand out to her. “And do you have any idea what you were doing to me when you moved your body against mine? Tour’s not over yet. You haven’t seen the upstairs.”
    I placed her glass on the table and took her hand, tugging her hard into me and kissing her. Her hand snaked around my neck while both of mine dropped down onto her ass. I kneaded her round curves, my tongue plunging insistently into her mouth. My body came alive. Tingles raced all