“Josie, we have to get ready or we’re going to be late. You don’t want to make my grandmother wait, do you? I can guarantee she will question and weasel out of you why we’re late.”
Josie jumped up, frantically searching for clothes and her shoes. She slowly became aware of Xander standing in the doorway staring at her in stupefaction. “What are you doing? Don’t just stand there, get ready. There is no way in hell I’m telling that woman anything about what transpired over the last couple of hours. I’m already going to hell for lying to her and I’m not compounding my sins.”
Xander chuckled and walked closer. “Sweetheart, it’s okay. You have plenty of time. The restaurant is only fifteen minutes away and we have forty-five minutes before we have to leave. Take a deep breath and go take a shower. I’ll have something for you when you get out.”
Josie glared at him. “I was going to see if you wanted to join me in the guest bathroom shower for a round of Twister, too. Now, I don’t think we have time.”
“Oh, hell, yes we do. I’ll explain it to her,” Xander growled as he started to pick Josie up to carry her for a game of Twister sex.
“Save it for dessert, big boy. I need to look pretty for tonight, and that isn’t going to happen if we spend the next thirty minutes rocking my world.”
Xander lowered her to her feet and pouted. “Okay, but only because you said I rocked your world.”
Josie smiled. “You rocked my world the minute I looked into your gorgeous eyes from the ground of that dirty alley.”
“I need to tell you something, sweetheart. It’s—” Xander was interrupted by the ringing of the doorbell. “Fuck, I’ll be right back.”
Josie smiled and moved to the master bathroom to take her shower. If she waited for him, they would never make it to dinner. He made her legs weak with a glance, let alone in the shower with water streaming over his hard body.
The hot water felt amazing as it hit her sore, overworked muscles. Not that she was complaining. If you were going to be sore, there weren’t many better reasons for it.
“Let’s go, slowpoke. Get out here and get dressed. Twenty minutes till we have to walk out the door,” Xander hollered from the doorway.
Damn, she’d let the time get away from her again. She quickly washed up and climbed out of the shower into one of the softest towels she had ever held against her naked body. This might be what a cloud feels like, she thought.
“Sweetheart, come on. I have a surprise for you,” Xander called out, impatience clear in his voice.
Josie rolled her eyes and took her time coming out of the bathroom to see her gorgeous fake mate standing next to the bed in the most gorgeous outfit she had ever seen him wear. Her mouth drooled and she whimpered in delight.
“You keep looking like that and we will not be making it to dinner,” Xander ground out in a harsh voice filled with suppressed need.
Her mind was having trouble coming up with more than one word at a time: suit, tie, molded, tight, sexy, mouthwatering, mine is all she could think.
“On the bed is a dress. Put it on and meet me in the living room. I can’t stay in here. I need you too much,” Xander growled as he fled the room, taking deep breaths to get himself under control.
Josie slowly shook herself out of her daze and moved to the bed. She gasped in shock at the most gorgeous dress she had ever seen. She picked it up and sighed at the texture, soft and filmy, almost like silk. She stepped into it and pulled it up over her curvy hips and round stomach. Under the dress on the bed, she noticed the silky undergarments and smiled. The underwear was going in her purse for a special surprise later.
She finished getting dressed and turned to view herself in the mirror. She felt like a Queen of the Damned in this sexy outfit. The long black material fitted her body like a second skin until it flared slightly at the knees. A slit on one side showed off a good portion of her leg and upper thigh. The top was black strips crisscrossing strategically over her large breasts and wrapped around her neck. Her back was open and bare for the world to see. She slipped into the heels that were provided and smiled. Xander was going to die tonight. She was going to fuck him into oblivion after this meal was done.
“Sweetheart, you ready? The car is out front,” Xander called out as he stopped in the doorway and gaped in amazement.
Josie turned and smiled. “Well, how do I look?”
Xander swallowed and stalked closer, his eyes glowing a feral heat that made her squeeze her legs together.
“Don’t touch me, Xander. I mean it. If you rumple me, I will shank your ass and then tell Julia what you did.”
He burst into laughter at her threat. “You’d tell on me. Damn, woman, that’s harsh.”
“That was a look that said this dress was getting ripped off, and I’m sorry, but as much as I want your face between my thighs, I’m not ruining this decadent piece of clothing.”
“Get in the car before I show you how easily that dress would accommodate my face.” Xander panted as his eyes smoldered in need and desire.
Josie didn’t have to be told twice. She bolted out of the room, a soft chuckle floating back to the barely controlled man she left behind. She waited at the door as he came up to her. “You forgot your purse.” A hot breath of air puffed over her ear as Xander pressed close and whispered.
She could feel his erection pressing against her and she whimpered and faltered for a moment. “It’s going to be a long night, isn’t it?” she whispered.
“It’s only the start, baby. By the time we get home, you’re going to be begging for my touch.”
Josie smiled and threw a glance over her shoulder to Xander. “Look in the purse for me, and then say it again.” He slowly opened the purse and looked inside, half admitting he was afraid of what she might have concealed in there. To his surprise, he found a tube of lipstick, her ID, and some cash, and his thoughts shut down as he discovered what he was supposed to see. Black lacy panties that should be on under the dress right this moment.
He conceded defeat. He already wanted to drop to her feet and beg for mercy. How in the hell was he supposed to sit through dinner knowing what was right beside him? And with Keir knowing exactly what the two of them were feeling?
Xander raced toward the car to catch up with Josie. He slid into the driver’s seat, giving her a sly smile. He pulled onto the street and stopped at the first light. Traffic was sparse at the moment, everyone just returning home from work and getting ready to go out. He took the momentary reprieve to move his hand under the slit in the dress and caress Josie’s firm thigh.
Xander smothered a chuckle and moved his hand farther up Josie’s thigh. He had to know if she was playing with him or if she really was bare under the dress. Another inch and he could feel the heat radiating from her. He wanted to see her luscious skin.
From the corner of his eyes, he saw the light change from red to green. He released the brake and rolled into the intersection. The last thing he saw was Josie’s eyes widen and heard her scream.