Page 76 of What Started In Deception

Ty stopped his lunch preparations as their eyes met. “How’d it go?”

“We should kiss.”

He frowned as he set the knife down. “Huh?”

She nodded as she walked closer, feeling certain that what she said was right. Because it had become painfully obvious that she was going to have serious problems if she didn’t have something that she could tell Mac about her sex life. “We need to kiss.”

He shook his head. “Lyd⁠—”

“Mac asked me if you were good in bed, and obviously, I have no idea. But I want to know what it feels like to kiss you. Kissing is its own level of intimacy, so I think we should.”

“You really want to go there?”

“I do,” she said with a definitive nod. “For the most part, our conversation was pretty smooth, but then she brought up sex. This will feel like less of a lie. People in a relationship kiss.”

He blew out a breath as he scratched at his chin. “So, are you looking for a peck or full tongue?”

She shrugged as she shook her head. “Uh, just a normal kiss.”

He rubbed at the back of his neck now. “Am I touching you? Like groping your ass or anything?”

“What?” she said as she frowned. “No. I don’t know. Just kiss me like we’re on a first date or something.”

He closed the distance between them, nodding. “Okay.”

She swallowed, staring into his amazing eyes as her heart began to race.

He blew out another breath as he took a step back. “I feel kind of on the spot here. I don’t usually think this hard about my moves. It just sort of flows because the moment feels right.”

She huffed out a breath and turned away. “Just forget it.”

“No, wait, Lyd.” He snagged her by the arm, pulling her back around. “You took me by surprise. Give me a second to catch up.”

She nodded. “Okay.”

“Okay,” he said, stroking his knuckles along her jaw before he slid his finger down her neck, stopping on her rapid pulse point.

Her breathing quickened as he licked his lips—as he leaned in, pressing them to hers.

She held his blurry gaze as he pulled slightly away, then let her eyes close as he came back again.

He hummed in his throat, bringing his mouth back to hers for a third time, touching his tongue to hers, then capturing her face in his hands as he pushed her back against the counter, taking them both deeper.

She moaned as she melted, gripping his wrists, meeting his tongue for each sexy stroke.

He made another sound in his throat as his hands journeyed to her shoulders and then to her waist, pulling her closer as she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck.

He dove in again before he eased back to hold her gaze but didn’t let her go. “Is that what you were looking for?”

She nodded, struggling to concentrate on what he was saying. “That should probably do it.”

“You taste good, Lyd.”

She nodded again. “You do, too.”

“I imagine… Do you want some lunch?”

She felt herself nod yet again. Because she couldn’t seem to think. “Uh, yup.”