One Wild Wedding Night_ Runaway - Leslie Kelly [10]
“So why do you carry condoms in your purse if you’re not having sex?”
She snorted. “Who better to carry condoms than someone who isn’t getting it…but really wants it?” Blowing out a harsh breath, she added, “Imagine if I hadn’t had any on me tonight, now wouldn’t I be frustrated?”
“No, you’d be in the parking lot of the nearest twenty-four hour convenience store that sells them.”
Chuckling at his vehemence, she replied, “That would have been an interesting stop to explain to your driver.”
“He’s not paid to think about what I’m doing.” A trace of arrogance appeared in his voice. The man was used to getting what he wanted and was probably a little spoiled. But he was so darned sexy, she just couldn’t bring herself to care.
“My turn to ask a question. Why did you think I was a prostitute?”
“Well, you did just have sex with a complete stranger in the back of a limo.”
Pot meet kettle. She shot back without thinking. “So did you.” She held her breath for a second, wondering how he’d react, then heard him chuckle.
“True.”
Wanting to see the laugh lines beside his eyes, Leah shifted in his arms until she was lying flat on her back. Looking up at him as he continued to recline on his side next to her, she couldn’t help but notice again just how handsome the man was. Shockingly handsome—much too suave and sexy for a small-town runaway, a high-school dropout who’d just taken her GED a year ago and wasn’t likely to finish college until she was thirty at the rate she was going.
But maybe not too out of reach for the siren she played when she danced at Leather and Lace. Men of all classes wanted that woman. And she—Leah’s alter ego—was worthy of a night in the arms of a man like this one.
Damned if Leah wasn’t going to take it.
“I’m very glad we were both so easy,” he murmured.
Aside from giving her a perfect view of his strong jaw and lean cheeks, Leah’s new position tugged Slone’s attention in other directions, too. His gaze shifted down, his lips parting on an audible breath as he studied her full breasts. Her nipples hardened under his stare, practically begging for more of the thorough attention he’d given them a little while ago. Beside her hip she felt his sex stirring again and she arched as warm awareness surged through her again.
The man certainly seemed able to fill a “whole night.”
She could hardly wait to continue it, but was curious enough to continue their conversation. “Okay, so we were both pretty easy. But why did you assume what you did about me even before I woke up?”
“Jaded, I guess. I figured you recognized me and saw the chance to make a buck by stowing away in my car….”
“I got in the wrong limo,” she explained. “I rode down to the bar with a group of women in a rental limo, which looked a lot like this one in the dark.” Shaking her head, she added, “Do you assume every woman you bump into is a hooker?”
He glanced toward her pretty velvet gown, now lying in a rumpled heap on the other seat. “The dress was a little…provocative and not exactly neighborhood-bar appropriate.”
Leah couldn’t help snorting a laugh. “Wait till I tell Izzie somebody mistook her bridesmaid gowns for hooker getups.”
He sighed. “Bridesmaid?”
She nodded.
“Sorry. I just thought the rich-looking gown and the, uh, worn coat didn’t quite fit together.”
“You’re right. They don’t. I need to replace the coat, just haven’t had the bucks.” Before he even asked for an explanation, she added, “I’m working nights to put myself through school to become a nurse.”
She didn’t mention what she did on those nights…admitting she was a stripper might have him rethinking his initial suppositions about her. Some people couldn’t separate exotic dancer from paid whore, as she knew from the occasional nasty client at the club.
Not that this guy was nasty, not in the least. He was sexy and hot and gentlemanly. Especially now when he was looking at her with tenderness and even a hint of sheepishness. “A nursing student. Well, I couldn’t have fouled that up much more, could I?” Lifting a hand to her hair, he tenderly smoothed a