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“When do you leave?” she asked.
His fingers paused. “Labor Day weekend.”
So soon. Only two and a half weeks away. She nodded, going for a joke. “Good. That’s about when I was planning on getting sick of you, anyway.”
“Pfft. I’m already counting down the minutes until I can make my escape from this room.”
“It’s your room.”
― The Thing About Love
His fingers paused. “Labor Day weekend.”
So soon. Only two and a half weeks away. She nodded, going for a joke. “Good. That’s about when I was planning on getting sick of you, anyway.”
“Pfft. I’m already counting down the minutes until I can make my escape from this room.”
“It’s your room.”
― The Thing About Love
“He growled low in his throat. “I don’t think I can do this the nice way, Jessica.”
― The Thing About Love
― The Thing About Love
“John turned to her, with streaks of dried blood along his face. “Thank goodness we got the easy job.”
― The Thing About Love
― The Thing About Love
“We’ll try to be more sympathetic to your hot nemesis problem. Is she a nightmare to work with?”
An image popped into John’s head, of him kissing Jessica against the hotel room wall in Jacksonville. He could still feel the softness of her skin and hear her breathy moan as he slid his hand underneath her dress.
Hardly the stuff of nightmares.
“It’s been… interesting.”
― The Thing About Love
An image popped into John’s head, of him kissing Jessica against the hotel room wall in Jacksonville. He could still feel the softness of her skin and hear her breathy moan as he slid his hand underneath her dress.
Hardly the stuff of nightmares.
“It’s been… interesting.”
― The Thing About Love
“So you’re saying the ball’s in my court.”
He bent his head, stopping just before his mouth touched hers. “The ball has always been in your court, Jessica,” he said huskily. “From the first moment I walked up to you at the Academy.”
She looked at him for a moment. Then she stood up on her tiptoes and leaned into him.
The instant her lips touched his, John slid one hand to her waist and threaded the other in her hair.
About damn time.”
― The Thing About Love
He bent his head, stopping just before his mouth touched hers. “The ball has always been in your court, Jessica,” he said huskily. “From the first moment I walked up to you at the Academy.”
She looked at him for a moment. Then she stood up on her tiptoes and leaned into him.
The instant her lips touched his, John slid one hand to her waist and threaded the other in her hair.
About damn time.”
― The Thing About Love
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