Chapter 1021
The two of them, lost in a haze of passion, stiffened simultaneously.
Seth blindly reached for his phone on the center console, accidentally hitting the answer button.
Connected to the car’s Bluetooth, Jude Wilder’s curious voice blared abruptly through the speakers, so clear it sounded like he was sitting in the backseat. “Seth? How’s it going? Did you finally score with Noreen?”
The air in the car seemed to freeze.
Noreen’s face instantly burned red.
Seth took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the intense frustration of being interrupted, his voice dropping to a freezing register. “It seems you have entirely too much free time.”
Jude paused on the other end of the line.
Then he squawked in protest. “Free time? Don’t you have a conscience? I haven’t taken a vacation in a year! I’m literally still at the office working overtime right now!”
His incessant complaining gave Seth an instant headache.
“I even squeezed in this courtesy call to check on you during a coffee break between conference calls!”
“How can you bite the hand that feeds you?”
“I only gave you advice because you’re struggling so hard to woo Noreen! I was worried you were going to sink into a depression!”
“If today’s move didn’t work, I’ve got a backup plan.”
“You know The Half-Light Club, right? You should go there for a little training session. The Pros there have tons of experience with sugar mommies. You could learn a thing or two-“
Seth abruptly ended the call.
A dead silence fell over the car.
Jude’s mood-killing interruption was like a bucket of ice water, completely
extinguishing the wild fire that had just ignited between them.
Noreen sat up in a fluster, her trembling fingers undoing the hair tie she had just put in.
Her silky long hair tumbled down, hiding her flushed ears and burning cheeks.
She took a few deep breaths, trying to steady her wildly racing heart.
Though her voice still carried a lingering, husky tightness, she was clearly much calmer than during their passionate entanglement moments ago.
“I should go inside.”
She kept her gaze lowered, avoiding the eyes of the man beside her.
Seth let out a soft sigh, the turbulent slowly
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“Alright.”
He agreed in a low murmur, his tone laced with heavy restraint.
He sat up straight and pressed the unlock button.
With a soft click, the car doors unlocked.
They stepped out of the vehicle at almost the same time.
The cool evening air outside finally dispersed the heavy, sultry atmosphere from the cabin.
But it did nothing to cool the unspoken, lingering tension between them.
As usual, Seth walked her to her front door.
Noreen hesitated before opening it.
Even though the heat had faded from her cheeks, the fire inside her was still burning.
As if sharing a telepathic connection.
They both spoke at exactly the same time.
“Do you want to come in and see Beau?” Noreen asked.
“Can I come in and see Beau?” Seth asked.
They both fell into a brief silence.
Then, Seth reached past her and pushed the door open.
He offered a firm reply. “Yes.”
Noreen was practically pulled inside
by the
had bce of his grip. Her right foot
had barely crossed the threshold before he lifted her off the ground and spun her
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The next second, her back was pressed flush against the heavy door.
The entryway was pitch black.
Neither of them bothered with the lights before Seth’s body crowded against hers, their lips crashing together in a fervent, inescapable kiss.
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It was like a long-awaited storm, instantly stealing all her breath and rational thought.
The initial kiss was dominating and urgent.
It felt as desperate as a teenage confession, surging with reckless abandon.