feel almost thirty-three. How old are you?” She suddenly knew she wasn’t going to like the answer, from the look on his face.
He didn’t answer right away.
Josh was thinking that she was even prettier up close where he could get a good visual of her. Her creamy, cocoa-brown skin looked so smooth he had to stop himself from reaching out to caress her cheek to see if it was as soft as it looked.
Josh had arrived at the Pier an hour earlier than usual, so that he wouldn’t miss seeing her when she arrived. He didn’t want to take any chances on missing her. When he’d spotted her, that curious clenching he’d felt in his gut came back again, this time stronger than before.
Each time he’d caught a glimpse of her at work, she’d been dressed in a long skirt or flowing dress of some kind. Now she was wearing capri jeans, a striped halter, and tall wedge heel sandals and because he didn’t want her to think he was a pervert, he’d tried his hardest not to stare too hard at her body.
But damn.
There was only so much a man could take.
Her jeans were soft and molded her round ass and thighs and showed off the perfection of her figure. Although she had a nice sized butt, her waist was small, and he already knew she had great breasts, as the blouses he’d seen her in at Longmire showcased them to perfection. However, in the halter she was now wearing, they jiggled just enough to make him salivate.
She was hot as hell and he didn’t think he’d be able to be noble and allow her out of her deal.
He’d known she was nervous about the date and had decided not to press the whole “big spankable ass” thing, but that was before she showed up looking so gorgeous and lush in those tight-fitting jeans, showing off her big spankable ass. Now, things had changed.
He smiled and finally answered her question. “I’m twenty-eight,” he said. He noticed the disappointed look cross her face, stopped walking and lifted her chin lightly with his forefinger. “And age has nothing to do with what I have planned for us. For today,” he amended.
He knew the smile he gave her wasn’t exactly…sweet as he took her arm. The quick, nervous-looking glance she threw his way as she accepted his arm confirmed that.
“Did you have a good time?” Josh smiled and asked, coming to a smooth halt outside Lilliana’s small cottage. He cut the engine on his low-slung Jaguar and turned to face her.
“Oh my God, I had a wonderful time, Josh,” she said sincerely and enthusiastically.
Lilliana didn’t know the last time she’d had so much fun. After they’d started walking and talking—and figured out that they worked at the same place—she’d become more and more comfortable in his presence.
They’d gone through the Children’s Museum before heading off to the Make a Bear store, where they’d both created bears. Lilliana made hers totally retro, complete with seventies leisure suit and pink fedora hat. When Josh looked the bear over, he’d laughed and said he looked like Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch. Lilliana laughingly agreed although she simply had to tease him about not being out of diapers when the show came along. He’d given her a slight smack on the butt in retaliation that had surprised them both and Lilliana had felt a crazy thrill with the tap.
After the whole smack my butt and I might like it incident, as Lilliana thought of the occurrence, the rest of the day had been carefree, with him amusing her with his observations of the visitors at the park and the occasional time he’d slip in something serious, like when he mentioned seeing her at Longmire, Lieberman and Strauss.
“Don’t you work at Longmire?” he’d asked casually as they waited in line for the carousel at the Pier.
“Yes, I do. I thought you looked familiar. But I didn’t know how to ask.” Lilliana turned to him and carefully scrutinized his face, not quite sure what she was looking to find in his eyes.
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