Key West Wild (The Florida Keys Series) by Cyndi Raye Page A

put some coffee, tea, wine and a few other goodies for an afternoon delight on the buffet. If the weather is good, it happens outside in the gardens. The guests will come and go during this time. I did read some of the instructions.”
    Josh stared at her. “That is not my version of afternoon delight,” he teased.
    She was being playful and pranced up to him, then ran long fingernails across his chest. She pulled the front of the towel slung across his neck and raised her blue eyes to his. Then she reached up and brushed her lips on his.
    He tried to grab her robe and pull her closer but she backed away. “We only have five minutes to prepare, so get some clothes on,” she scolded, turning towards the hallway.
    He had a hold of her robe, clinging much like the gecko did earlier. When he tugged hard, she turned and fell back into his arms, her hands locked against his chest. He held her close so she couldn’t move. Josh took her mouth in his, brushing light kisses over the bottom lip as if he had all the time in the world. He dipped inside of her mouth and deepened the kiss. He clutched her tighter to keep her from falling when her knees buckled. The kiss became so intense, so filled with reckless passion her heart began to beat against his chest.
    All of a sudden he pushed her away, surprised at his own reaction. He meant to kiss her, to tease and show her just what he thought an afternoon delight was to him.
    She touched her fingers to her mouth, looking a bit dazed. “I should’ve put that on my itinerary.”
    He backed away from her, his chest heaving in and out. He turned and fled, the only time ever in his whole life Joshua Eden turned his back on someone when he left a room.
     

Chapter 4
     
    Sara leaned against the counter in a state of confusion. Finger tips touched swollen lips. Her ex-husband never kissed her like an afternoon delight.
    Josh took her in his arms and made her knees buckle. Right before he backed away as if she were some kind of disease he needed to get away from. What made him run from her like she did something wrong?
    He didn’t know her issues when it came to men. For too many years, the ex-husband treated her bad and degraded everything she tried to do. Cory would say how much he loved her, but she should dress better. Or he would say she’s great in bed, but if she acted like a certain model then she would be more to his liking. There always had to be a ‘but’ after each compliment until it became quite maddening.
    Sara realized after eight long years she would never make him happy or please him.
    A vulnerable streak ran through her. Did Josh think the same way? He seemed so different from any other man. When he kissed her like he wanted to devour her right on the kitchen floor, she began to thaw, to think maybe she could be loved again by someone else.
    Now, she couldn’t be sure of anything, but the new person inside would find out! She marched to the bedroom, determined to seek the truth. Josh was hot and sexy and seemed to care, but if he were going to treat her like the ex did, she needed to find out now. The only way to a man’s heart was to make herself so hot he would not be able to resist. If he could, then she’d know he was not the man for her. At least that’s what she told herself.
    Flinging off the robe, Sara changed into a soft, leather mini skirt and tank top that clung to every single curve of her body. She slid on a pair of four inch nude heels that made her legs look long and sexy. Moving back and forth in front of the floor length mirror, she realized it may not be the best outfit to host a bed and breakfast meet and greet. She shrugged, she felt irresistible and that was the intention of the sleek outfit.
    Digging through her make-up bag, she pulled out a bottle of designer perfume, placing some behind the ears and in the pulse of her neck. Josh liked her, she felt it, but why leave in the middle of a kiss that intense? She just couldn’t stand the feeling