Excerpt from Causing Havoc
Excerpt Three
Would she be able to control herself? Doubtful. Harmony did not have men like him. Her experience was limited. She'd never encountered -
Hot, damp heat touched her lower lip and her thoughts shattered. Lightly, he traced the tip of his tongue to the corner of her mouth and back again, and sure enough, her lips parted.
He didn't overpower her with the kiss. In fact, the contact of his mouth on hers was so light that he somehow lured her into leaning into him, trying to get more.
His head tilted the tiniest bit, his tongue pressed in, touched the edge of her teeth, slicked beyond to meet her tongue... And he retreated.
Breathing hard, Eve finally realized that he'd released her. Her eyes fluttered open to find him watching her with so much force, she felt snared.
"Wow."
Something flared in his light brown eyes, an inferno exploding, and she knew she'd just sealed her fate - at least for that night. "So." She tried to gather her thoughts. "How about -"
Someone grabbed her arm from behind. Taken off guard, she stumbled back and almost fell.
The hunk reacted with incredible reflexes. Within a single second, she was free, upright, and somehow behind him.
She heard Roger sneer, "I guess I'm interrupting?"
Oh shit. Double shit. How could she have forgotten about Roger-the-repulsive?
She ducked to the side of her hunk to meet Roger's seething condemnation. A glance at the hunk showed no expression at all. He didn't look angry. Or concerned. He didn't look like a man who'd reacted instinctively to a situation with lightning speed.
"Sorry about that."
"Save your excuses," Roger bit off.
"I wasn't talking to you." She stepped between the men, putting Roger at her back. "I can't imagine how," she said with a smile, "but I forgot that I'm meeting Roger tonight to discuss business."
"Business, huh?"
"He owns this joint. I'm an events coordinator." She lifted her shoulders to share her predicament. "The town doesn't boast a lot of options, so I'm forced here on a regular occasion."
"Forced?" Roger snarled. "Without me, you wouldn't have a business."
Now that was too over the top. Eve prepared to blast him, but he beat her to the punch.
"Find your manners and introduce me."
"Right." She really shouldn't go out of her way to provoke Roger. He was right that without him and his establishments, her business wouldn't be nearly so lucrative. "Roger Sims, proprietor." She gestured toward the hunk. "And you are?"
He smiled.