[B.S. #1] Tied Up in Knotts by Dale Cadeau Page A

and something that was uniquely Avery.
    Looking over her head, he nodded at Clay and Angel. Each of the men hurriedly grabbed the nearest boxes and slowly closed the door behind them, leaving them alone.
    Even as they left, James knew he didn’t have to worry. None of the men would be far away until he got Avery safely away from this apartment.
    Gently James put a hand under her chin that was nestled tightly up to his neck, and raised her tearstained face up to his. He couldn’t resist her soft quivering lips. Slowly as not to startle her, he lowered his head, his intent clear. She could stop him at any time. She didn’t and James took her lips in their first kiss. God, his first taste of her was sweet. She hesitated for a moment, then eagerly put her arms around his neck and returned his kiss with a passion that surprised him.
    James felt every socket in his body spark to life. It was like an electrical charge went through him. James leaned his lower body slightly away from her. He knew his cock couldn’t wait to say hello to her. It had been hard to talk to Danny and his gang with the boner he had as soon as he stepped through her door. Well that part of his anatomy would just have to wait until the right moment. He knew it wasn’t the time to introduce them. James untangled her arms from around his neck, stepped back, and held her in his outstretched arms.
    Avery looked up at him with her large green eyes glossed with tears and wonder. She raised a hand to her now red lips. Did she feel the current the same as he did when they touched? God she was sexy in an innocent and appealing way.
    James reined himself in, he just wanted to back her up to her small bed and show her how much she affected him. Knowing what she had just gone through, James cursed at himself and let his arms fall away.
    “Sorry about that.” Needing a minute to think, James turned his back toward her and ran a shaky hand through his hair. Taking a strong breath into his lungs, he reached down to the other boxes still scattered around and began repacking them.
    Avery stood there for a second in a daze. He kissed her. Wow, would he do it again? He sure packed a punch into his kisses. What would it feel like if he really let himself go? Avery knew that James must have tempered his kiss and held himself back. Avery wanted everything he had to give. She wanted him out of control with no holding back. That was the most powerful kiss she had ever received in her life. All of her body parts had taken notice. Avery glanced down. Her breasts were swollen and perky and down below, her panties were wet. She could almost smell her arousal.
    Stepping to the kitchen counter, she grabbed the coffee pot and filled it with water for another pot. She didn’t know if he even liked coffee, but she sure needed some after this morning. It also gave her time to collect her thoughts, plus something to do with her hands.
    James was acting like nothing unusual had gone on. He was just packing the boxes on the floor. Did James think she was too forward when she had deepened the kiss and tried to devour him? After all she had just really met and talked to him yesterday. The meetings at the diner didn’t count. After all only taking money over the counter didn’t really give a person time to know someone.
    Avery turned around just in time to see James bending down and gathering her underwear to pack.
    Oh God, no! Avery leaped across the room at James and grabbed the underwear from his hands. She could just feel the heat in her face as she took the offending underwear and threw them into the closest box she spotted. “I can do that. Why don’t you pack up the CDs that are all over the couch? I’ve got this covered.”
    James looked at her like she was crazy. Then he really looked at her red face and it dawned on him that while he didn’t think anything of picking up her underwear, she might not appreciate a strange man, and that’s what James was at this moment, touching