What the hell had he been going to say? He lifted his eyes to hers. “Let’s go pig out on that ice cream you promised I’d like.”
She scrunched her eyebrows together. “Now?”
“Since when have you turned down ice cream?”
“I did something wrong, didn’t I? And now you—”
He put a finger over her lips. “Stop it. You did nothing wrong, Chiquita. You were amazing. We didn’t have dinner and didn’t finish our appetizers, and I’m just hungry. That’s all.”
Her expression said she didn’t believe him. She should because she was, in fact, amazing. He just needed to get his world back in order, but he didn’t know how to explain it to her.
“Come on, get up,” he said, giving her a light slap on the ass. She reached for the blouse he’d tossed to the other side of the bed. “No, leave it off. I like you just the way you are.”
That seemed to reassure her, and the light came back into her eyes. She scooted off the bed and held out her hand. “Ice cream it is, then.”
“You go ahead. I’m just going to the bathroom, and I’ll be right there.”
After she disappeared down the hall, Jake banged his head against the headboard. There were a thousand reasons he had no business having her in his bed. But damn, he wanted her. He went into the bathroom and cleaned himself up, still marveling that he’d climaxed just from touching her and watching her come.
When he entered the kitchen, Maria sat at the table, one large bowl of ice cream in front of her. “Don’t I get any?”
She held out a spoonful of ice cream. “We’re sharing.”
It would have been a good idea to let her put her blouse back on. He’d still not made a decision, and the red bra and all that exposed golden skin made it impossible to think. Taking a seat next to her, he opened his mouth when she aimed the spoon his way.
“All right, I concede that’s really good.” It’d been ages since he’d had ice cream.
“Can’t go wrong with double chocolate fudge brownie.”
“No, but I might OD on all the sugar.” He obediently opened for her to feed him more.
She grinned. “If you do, I’ll give you mouth to mouth.”
“Will you now?”
“Oh, yeah, for sure.” Her eyes strayed to his chest, and then she lifted her gaze to his. “My turn.”
There was mischief in those eyes, and before Jake could wonder what she was up to she was sitting on his lap. She pushed his unbuttoned shirt aside, scooped up ice cream with her finger, and streaked his chest with chocolate. When she started licking it off, he accepted that he didn’t have the willpower to resist her. Decision made, he joined in the fun.
He dipped his finger into the ice cream and smeared it over her lips. “You’ve had your turn, now it’s mine.” With a flick of his tongue over her bottom lip, he tasted her and chocolate. Groaning, he covered her mouth with his. She answered with a whimper and pressed her breasts against him, the lace of her bra scraping against his skin.
“You taste like sin,” he said.
She lifted her head, a dreamy smile on her face. “And you kiss like an angel.”
He laughed. He was as far from an angel as a man could get. “Just how many angels have you kissed to know that?”
“Just you,” she answered, then added, “So far.”
“Hey, I’m the only angel you need to be kissing.”
She snorted. “I didn’t say you were an angel, just that you kiss like one.” Her gaze lowered to his neck. “Oops. I got chocolate on your collar.”
“Then I’m going to have to punish you. I think I’ll put you over my knees and spank you.”
“You’ll have to catch me first.” She scrambled off his lap and raced to the other side of the table.
“With pleasure.” Jake made a grab for her across the table. She shrieked and darted to the right. As he’d guessed the direction she would go, she ran right into him. He circled his arms around her and backed her against the wall.
“You’re a bad girl. What do you have to say for yourself?”
“Just this.” She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled herself up his body, wound her legs around his waist, and pushed her groin against his erection.
“You can’t possibly know how much I want you, Maria.” He thrust his hips against her pelvis. Determined this time to have their clothes off and be deep inside her when he came, he slipped his hands under her bottom to carry her into the bedroom.