Eight Seconds to Ride (Copper Lake, #1)

by Ashley James

He hesitates only for a moment before he flips his baseball cap backward and crashes his mouth into mine.

“Well, what are you waiting for, baby?” His gaze jumps, meeting mine as I smirk. “It’s not gonna suck itself.”

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“What is this? A western romance novel? Put a fucking shirt on.” I can’t help the laugh that bubbles out of me. “Maybe he’s hot. He definitely looks hot.”

“But it’s cute how you play coy. This innocent cowboy rouse works for me, you know.”

“Look me in the eye and tell me you don’t think about the night we met constantly. Look me in the eye and tell me that night doesn’t affect you. Because if you’re going to lie to me, you’re sure as hell going to look me in the eye when you do it.”

“So, let me hear it, baby. Let me hear you be bad for me, like I know you can.”

With his dumb curly brown hair that never seems to sit right that I definitely don’t ever fantasize about threading my fingers through. His annoyingly gorgeous honey-colored eyes. His dimples that definitely don’t make my stomach flutter when he smiles with how deep they are. The idiotic way he always has a handkerchief in his pocket, like he’s a seventy-year-old man. It’s not endearing or cute or sweet. It’s obnoxious.

“Fuck it,” I mumble seconds before my mouth seals against his, knowing full and damn well come morning, I’ll hate myself.

He has this infuriating way of getting under my skin, making my blood pressure raise with anger, only to turn around and speed up my pulse with that flirty little grin of his, and the way he devours me with his eyes.

So, let me hear it, dirty boy. Let’s hear what you want me to do to you.”

“Well, in that case…” Taking a step forward, forcing him closer to the wall, I wrap a hand around the back of his neck, the other still gripping his hip. “Shut the fuck up, Addams, and take this dick like a good boy.”

“Because you deserve more than a dingy shower stall for your first fucking time, Sterling. That’s why it fucking matters.”

“Teach me something, then.”

“Keep an eye on my boyfriend, and keep those fucking buckle bunnies away from him.”

“You’re my lucky cowboy hat, my early morning sunrise, my even thinking, and my deep breaths when my mind can’t settle down. You’ve become such a huge part of my everyday life in such a short time, and I honestly cannot picture being here, making it to where I am, without you.”

“I love you, Sterling. And to be honest, I didn’t know if I’d ever say that to someone in my lifetime. I never saw this for me, never thought I was capable of it, but with you, everything is different. And I mean it; I am in love with you.”