Read Flavor Of The Month (Kiss & Tell Book 2) Online
Authors: Tori Carrington
Tags: #Contemporary, #Romance, #Fiction, #Adult, #Sensual, #Pastry Shop, #Secret Craving, #Dating, #Flavor, #Delight, #Affair, #Wild, #Steal, #Heart, #Convince, #Glamourous, #Attractive, #Offer, #Irresistible, #Decadent
Flavor Of The Month (Kiss & Tell Book 2) (18 page)
He heard her deep swallow. “Did they really used to call you Lardo Benardo?”
He nodded, smoothing her hair back from her face and gazing deep into her eyes. “Yes, they did. And worse.”
“They used to call me Chubby Chuddy.”
He smiled at her, seeing the pain still there, shadowing her eyes, though he also saw her characteristic sass. “I know.”
She hooked her finger inside his shirt between two buttons and gave a tug. “I guess now I know the story behind your interest in my granny panties.”
Ben began laughing so hard, he was afraid she might take his reaction the wrong way. He was so relieved to find her laughing along with him that he had to lean back against the wall to prop himself up. Then he claimed her mouth with his as if trying to forever brand it with his kiss, his touch, to ruin her for anybody else but him.
Leaving her mouth briefly, he whispered, “Promise me something, Reilly.”
“What?”
“No more secrets.” He kissed her forehead, her temple, her nose. “If anything’s bothering you, if something scares you, come to me. Talk to me.” He licked and nibbled her jawline. “And promise me you’ll never ever run away from me again.”
“Oh, Ben,” she murmured, hugging him so tightly he couldn’t breathe. “I hate that it took being away from you to figure out that I never want to be without you again.”
He pulled her back to meet her gaze again. “Promise me.”
She swallowed hard. “I promise.”
Ben lifted her up and sat her down on his desk then pushed his office door closed with his foot. That was one promise he was going to make sure both of them were going to keep.
It was several minutes before they broke from their kiss for air. His shirt hung open, her blouse and bra were pushed up above her breasts and their breathing was so ragged that anyone standing outside the door would think they had a porno video in the tape player.
Reilly pushed her hair back from her flushed, beautiful face. “Did you mean what you said to Efi in the car last week?”
Ben searched her eyes and his memory. “Remind me.”
“That you don’t care if I was fat or even am fat, that you love me just the way I am?”
He grinned, running his hands up the inside of her thighs and pressing against the crotch of her jeans. “What do you think?”
She linked her hands behind his head. “I think we should go back to your place and find those granny panties.”
ISBN: 978-1-4268-6145-1
FLAVOR OF THE MONTH
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