Love a Little Sideways (Kowalski Family, #7)

“I guess that remains to be seen.” He arched an eyebrow and nodded in the direction of the back.

Liz was thankful he already wanted her badly enough to set up this little shenanigan because climbing between the two front bucket seats with their massive center console wasn’t one of her more graceful moments. She finally squeezed through and landed on the sleeping bag with a thud. A hard thud, since the flat deck of the dropped seats wasn’t exactly soft.

She watched him make his way through, biting her lip to keep from laughing. “We probably should have gotten out and come in through the back hatch.”

“With all the mosquitoes?” Drew grunted and freed himself with a final push. “Consider this a test. See how much I want you?”

Once he was back there with her, it seemed a lot nicer. Maybe because he immediately yanked his T-shirt over his head and tossed it aside. With her hands on his skin, running over the muscles in his shoulders and arms, she didn’t care where they were.

Drew plunged his hand into her hair at the base of her neck and hauled her in for a kiss. It was hard and hot and she slid her tongue over his bottom lip, making him shiver. Then he nipped at hers with his teeth and it was her turn.

“I’ve been waiting for this,” he whispered against her mouth, “since I saw you again, sitting in that car in the rain with the fenders crumpled in.”

“That wasn’t my most sexy moment ever.”

“Honey, there’s nothing about you that’s not sexy to me.” He went back to kissing after that.

When his free hand slid up under her T-shirt and found naked skin, a thrill shot through her body. She pulled back from his kiss to toss her shirt in a pile with his, and he unhooked her bra. Sliding it slowly down her arms, he watched as the lace fell away to reveal her taut nipples. The lace went in the pile as he pushed her gently backward until she was lying on the sleeping bag with her head on the pillow. Then she kicked off her flip-flops so he could pull her shorts and panties down in one smooth motion. He threw them in the corner and the vehicle rocked as he removed his pants, as well.

“Here we are,” he said, the corners of his mouth lifting as he settled himself over her. “Naked at last.”

She laughed and ran her hands from his ass all the way to his shoulders. She loved the feel of his naked skin. “I’ve been imagining us naked for a while now. Reality’s even better.”

Bending his head, he sucked one nipple into his mouth while he caressed the other with his hands. His tongue and fingers teased and played, until she was squirming under him.

Then he blew softly over the damn nipple, which felt so exquisite she sighed and closed her eyes. “So tell me something.”

His conversational tone made her eyes fly open again. “Now? You want to talk now?”

“No.” He chuckled, the sound seeming to vibrate through his body. “I want to make you answer a question right now, while I have you at my mercy.”

“Any statements made during sex cannot and will not be used against me. I’m sure they covered duress at your police academy.”

“I want to know what word got you middle-named during dirty Scrabble.”

Again? The poor guy. Whatever no-doubt-X-rated guess he’d built up to in his mind was a lot more exciting than the truth. “Never.”

“Oh, that’s too bad.” He slid his hand down her stomach, stopping just short of going lower.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

He made fake puppy dog eyes at her. “It makes me sad that you won’t tell me. And when I’m sad I can’t give beautiful women orgasms. It’s a curse.”

“I can’t believe you’re doing this.” She laughed and punched him in the shoulder, which made him wince. “If there’s no orgasm for me, there’s no orgasm for you.”

“Honey, I’m coming tonight or my balls will explode and there’s nothing on this Earth that can stop that. The question is whether or not it’ll happen while I’m inside you, watching your face while you beg me to take you faster and harder.” The entire time he was talking, his hand was dipping to almost between her legs before retreating. “Which I’d be more than happy to do, of course...if I wasn’t sad.”

She hadn’t come out here into the middle of nowhere to get a flippin’ belly rub from him. “Fine! It wasn’t the word that got me middle-named. I spelled Viagra.”

He drew back, disbelief plain on his face. “I think you’re lying because I’m pretty sure you can say that out loud.”

“Yeah, you can. But what got me middle-named was asking Rose if I’d spelled it right.”

It took him a second, and then he groaned. “That’s cold.”

“It was funny.”

“It would be funnier if she wasn’t sleeping with my dad.” He frowned, and then shook his head. “No, I don’t want to know.”

“Next time, focus on what you’re supposed to be doing instead of asking me questions about board games. Hello, naked here.”