I Heard A Rumor

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it’s going to last?”
    â€œYes,” she breathed. “Yes. We can.”
    He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her again. Slow. Deep. Passionate. She pressed her soft body against his hard one, losing herself in his kiss. Giving in to the pleasure of his tongue and his touch.
    This man was kissing her senseless, and Chante liked it. Needed it. Wanted it. Breaking the kiss, his lips curved into a seductive smile. “So what’s this special thing that you wanted to show me?” he asked.
    â€œUmm,” Chante began as clouds of desire cleared her brain. “My grandmother’s legacy. She has a shop on Folly Beach that is a must-see tourist spot.”
    â€œSounds like you’re pretty well connected in this city. Why did you ever leave?”
    Shrugging as they started walking down the pier, she replied, “Wanted to blaze my own path, and I couldn’t do it in the shadow of my family’s history.”
    What she didn’t say was she wanted to be far away from her mother’s judgment. Chante was sure that had she come up with a cure for cancer without being married, Allison would’ve found fault with it.
    â€œInteresting. I knew that I wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps. And leaving New York wasn’t an option for me in my younger days. I wanted to be bigger than Trump. Then I realized I had the best role model ever because Trump is an idiot.”
    Chante laughed. “That is the truth. My mother and grandmother have different views on legacies. Figured it was best to make my own.”
    â€œMiss Independent. Bet you started walking when you were six months old,” he said as they reached the car.
    â€œFunny. I was about eight months old, thank you very much.”
    Giving her a slow once-over, he was thankful she had those hips and that round booty. He was thankful for those lips and the skillful way she used them.
    â€œLet’s go,” he said, feeling the burgeoning of his growing erection against his zipper.
    Chante locked eyes with him, seeing something that made her thighs quiver.
    â€œOkay,” she said, then did her imitation of Bo Duke and hopped in the car without opening the door. Zach’s knees nearly buckled as he laughed.
    â€œDid you just . . . ?”
    â€œThere is a seventeen-year-old in me who’s having so much fun right now. Get in the car so we can go!”
    Opening the door, he got into the car and buckled up. “Giddy up!” Chante took off like a bolt of lightning. Zach gripped the side of the door.
    â€œYour seventeen-year-old is a little out of control,” he quipped.
    Chante eased off the gas. “Yeah, it is tourist season, and the last thing I need is a speeding ticket. My mother would call me a criminal.”
    â€œI get the feeling that you two aren’t that close,” he said. “I thought that was a southern thing.”
    â€œYou haven’t mentioned your mother,” she said, not wanting to get into her relationship with her mother.
    Zach nodded. “My mother passed away when my sister and I were young. I think the reason Dad and I were so close is because we felt we had to team up and protect Zoe.”
    â€œAnd how did she feel about that?”
    Zach laughed. “My sister is a rebel, so she was none too pleased. I think that’s why she became a private investigator—so she can take all the risks we tried to protect her from.”
    â€œShe’s older or younger?”
    â€œYounger by about five minutes. Zoe’s my twin.”
    â€œWow,” she said. “I wish I had a sibling, but to have a twin, that must be exciting.”
    â€œEh, when she’s not in one of her moods. But I love my sister, and I’m so proud of her. She’s saved my ass more than once or twice. I still worry about her, though.”
    â€œBecause she’s a woman? I don’t know why men think women aren’t capable of handling ourselves.

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