Roadside Attraction (Castle View Series Book 2) Read Free

hate leaving things without a solid ending.” She grinned. “Unless you’re afraid I’m going to seduce you now that we’re alone?”
    “You mean, like this?” He stood and pulled her toward him, one arm around her waist and the other lifting her hair away from her face. As he leaned down, she took in the smells of the beer and cologne and a whiff of motor oil before he covered her lips in a dangerously sexy kiss. She melted into him, wrapping her arms around him, feeling the hardness of his muscled body. As they broke apart, she saw the twinkle in his eyes. “Now I don’t have to worry and I can kick your butt in this game.”
    “Whatever. Call the toss.” Maggie flipped a coin, still tasting him on her lips.
    “Heads.” His grin was lazy and made her want to kiss him again.
    She looked at the coin. “Sorry, tails. I’ll go first.”
    He took the coin from her hand.
    She pointed to the coin. “You sure aren’t very trusting.”
    “Mama didn’t raise no fool.”
    She went to the pool table and this time, she ran the table, calling her last shot and catching his gaze before she sank the winning ball. She hung up her pool cue. “And that folks, is how you do it.”
    He pulled her into his arms again and they kissed even more passionately this time. His touch wandered over her body and she groaned. “I have a couch in my office. I’ve never done something like this before, but . . .”
    “I don’t want to push you farther than you want to go.” He stepped back and gently stroked her hair into place. “But if you want to, I’m all in.”
    She looked at him, his dark hair even blacker with only the neon sign on the walls illuminating their space. Somehow, the lights had gone off. A distant memory about a timer kept her from freaking, but in a way, it made this all the more real. “I hope you have protection.”
    He pulled her close again. “It just so happens, I do.”
    She stepped away and took him by the hand, leading him to her office and the couch. Just for tonight, she wasn’t going to worry about anything but pleasure. She could worry tomorrow when Josh and his Indian bike were long gone.

CHAPTER 2
     
    Maggie awoke from her doze when she felt him sit up and grab for his jeans. He saw her as he jiggled them on and then sat next to her and kissed her again. “I better get going. Do you need a ride somewhere?”
    She grabbed her shirt off the edge of the couch and covered herself. Too late to be shy now, but for some reason, that’s how she felt. Shy and insecure, but totally satisfied. “I have my car. Can you wait and walk me out though?”
    “Of course.” He pulled on his shirt and started tying his bootlaces. “I really enjoyed our .evening, Maggie.”
    She felt the heat and hoped the room was dark enough that he couldn’t see her reaction. “Me too.” She scrambled around the room finding her shirt on the desk, jeans half way over the couch. How did her clothes wind up all over the freaking office?. Finally, she found her last shoe and slipped her foot into it. She grabbed her purse and clawed on her pea coat, digging her keys out of her coat pocket. “Okay, I’m ready.”
    He followed her to the back of the bar where she’d parked her car that morning. He waited for her to open the door and start the engine before holding a hand up in a casual wave. She watched him walk around the building to the front parking lot where his bike sat.
    She turned down the radio when her favorite country star, Carrie, started was singing about not knowing her new name and wondered what had gotten into her. Maggie hadn’t been this reckless since high school and the words to the song grated on her. She angled the car to the driveway and paused when she saw him crouched next to the bike. Surprised he hadn’t left yet, she rolled down her window. “Everything okay?”
    He stood, pocketing the keys as he turned toward her. “Not even close. I’m an idiot.” He looked around the deserted lot. “I