My Only - Alex & Jamie (38 page)

What did catch his attention, however, was the sudden stiffening of Cristal's posture.

“Something wrong? Did you lose visual?” he asked crisply, immediately back in the game.

Cristal looked at him coolly, “I still have visual. They're probably playing footsies because the tonsil hockey has subsided.”

“Then what’s with the stiff back and shoulders?”

She raised her eyebrows, haughty, and spoke in an airy tone of voice, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Ooookay...” Dominic said. He refocused his thinking. The amount of time that Cristal was being forced to spend with him because of their mutual assignment was limited, and he certainly did not want to spend it fighting. He thought it would be a good idea to change the subject.

He thought could talk to her about Red retiring and the buyout offer, but that would most likely lead to unpleasantry. After all, they both wanted the company, so they were in direct competition.

He could try again to broach the subject of them getting to know each other better, but he knew that was a non-starter. She would shut it down with one dry sentence. He could hear her voice in his head already. “Never gonna happen.”

Since it seemed he had exhausted all other topic choices available to him, he decided to go with the only thing he could think about rationally at this moment…sex.

“I haven’t been that close to coming in my pants since middle school,” he said bluntly.

Cristal smiled, although Dominic could sense it was begrudgingly. She said, with the first hint in her voice that she might be enjoying the conversation, “Perhaps your body is simply regressing until it matches your level of maturity.”

Dominic chuckled, “That could very well be. Or maybe it's the fact that I haven’t been dry humped since seventh grade and my body is reacted accordingly,” he gave her his 'devilish' smile and added, with a wink, “Not that I’m complaining.”

One corner of her mouth raised slightly in a naughty half-smile, “Good, cause I don’t seem to remember hearing a lot of complaining a few minutes ago, and I wouldn't be interested in listening to it now.”

“You’re right,” Dominic said, and then lowered his voice to an intimate level as he laid his hand lightly over hers on the table, “I didn’t make any complaints. Just promises.”

A flush rose up Cristal’s neck and she involuntarily snatched her hand back. He could see her almost instantly attempt to mask her reaction...and she almost succeeded. She didn't, though, not entirely. Dominic saw the light of passion that burned just beneath the surface calm in her eyes. He knew that she wanted him just as much as he wanted her.

He smiled.

This was going to be interesting.

THE HOPE FALLS CHRONICLES

Sweet Reunion
(
#1, The Hope Falls Chronicles)

Sweet Harmonies
(#2, The Hope Falls Chronicles)

Sweet Victory
(#3, The Hope Falls Chronicles)

Home Sweet Home
(, #4, The Hope Falls Chronicle)

THE CROSSROADS SERIES

 
My First - Jason & Katie
(
Book.1,The Crossroads Series)

My Last - Riley & Chelle
(Book 2, The Crossroads Series)

RED HOT PRIVATE EYE

Scandalous
(Vol. 1, Novella Series, )

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