Ben kept singing.
All I want is your mouth, and your lips
And your soft fingertips
The curve of your spine well it’s gotta be mine
The warmth of your kiss when we’re lying like this
The heat of your touch well it’s never too much.
They shared a heated smile, and walked in the direction of the elevators.
“My room is this way,” he pulled her in the opposite direction.
“And my room is this way. Would you like to say goodnight here?”
“No, I wouldn’t like. But, if I walk you to your room, the room you’re sharing with Paige, we won’t be able to be alone. If you come with me, we’ll be alone all night.”
“Which is why I’m going to my room. It’s been a long day. Tomorrow will be, too. Goodnight, Ben.”
“Not yet, Liv.” He brought her hand up to his lips and kissed across her knuckles.
The elevator dinged. “Walk me to my room.”
They were almost to her door when Ben stopped walking. “Liv, please let me stay with you tonight.”
She smiled, but shook her head. “Goodnight, Ben. Sweet dreams.”
Ben put his forehead against the wall as the door clicked behind her. He doubted the sweetness of his dreams, but he didn’t doubt how hot they’d be. He’d never wanted a woman the way he wanted her. How much of it was her resistance to him?
5
Liv hadn’t heard Paige come in last night, or this morning, but she heard her i
n the shower. What time was it? Eleven? She never slept past eight, not ever.
“Good morning,” said Paige, coming out of the bathroom door in a waft of steam, wearing one of the hotel’s big, fluffy robes. “I wondered if you were going to sleep all day.”
“You got in after I did. Why are you so chipper first thing this morning?”
“First thing? It’s almost noon. I’ve been up since before nine. I got coffee, read for a while, and decided if you were still asleep when I finished my shower, I would blast CB Rice songs through the iPod.”
Liv rolled over and buried her head in the pillow. Paige sat down on the bed across from her. “Spill. Tell me all the details. I’m dying of curiosity.”
“He’s so…hot.”
“Yes. That part is obvious. What happened after you left the restaurant last night? Oh, before I forget, I found an envelope containing two tickets to the show slipped under our door this morning.”
“Nothing happened. He walked me to the room. We said goodnight.”
“That’s it?”
“Paige, what did you expect? That I’d invite him in and have hot sex with a stranger?”
Paige looked dumbfounded.
“Paige? Is that what you thought?”