Thorn's Challenge - Brenda Jackson [48]
Thorn’s frown deepened as he tried to remember. Moments later he said, “A couple of days before I left town.”
Storm shook his head. “Damn Thorn, that was over two weeks ago. You mean to say that you haven’t called or spoken to her since you left Atlanta?”
“No.”
Storm crossed his arms over his chest. “Then it would serve you right if she didn’t come. Even I know that women don’t like being ignored.”
“I wasn’t ignoring her. I was giving both of us space.”
“Space? Hell, there’s nothing wrong with space if you keep in touch and let them know you’re thinking about them. Women like to know they’re on your mind at least every once in a while. I hate to say it, man, but you may have blown it. What on earth were you thinking about?”
Thorn stood and threw down the cloth in his hand. “How to keep my sanity.” He grabbed his helmet off the seat of his bike and quickly put it on. “I’ll be back later.”
Storm chuckled as he watched his brother take off with the speed of lightning. He shook his head. Damn, Dare had been right. Thorn was in love and didn’t even know it yet.
Tara had taken a shower and changed into comfortable clothing. Dare and Shelly’s room was on the tenth floor and, like her hotel room, it had a beautiful ocean view. Stepping out on the balcony, she decided the sight was breathtaking. Down below, the boardwalk was filled with people having a good time.
She and Shelly had decided to postpone their trip to the mall. It was quite obvious that Dare wanted to spend time with his wife alone for a while, and Tara couldn’t find fault with that. The two were still newlyweds. They wanted to put to good use their week without having to worry about AJ popping up unexpectedly.
Stepping back inside her hotel room, Tara glanced at the clock, wondering why Thorn hadn’t at least called to make sure she had arrived. She knew he was probably busy and all, but still, she would have thought he’d have made time to see her, especially since they hadn’t talked to or seen each other in over two weeks. Evidently, she’d been wrong.
She had to face the fact that as far as he was concerned, her sole purpose in being there took place after the race and not before. The hotel room she’d been given was in his name and he had seen to her every comfort by providing her with a suite, a suite he would eventually share with her. The bedroom was enormous and the bed was king-size. She could just imagine the two of them in that bed making love.
She nervously licked her lips. She needed to talk to Thorn and let him know before things went too far that she was not the experienced woman he thought she was. Chances were when he found out she was a twenty-seven-year-old virgin, he would put a quick halt to his plans and run for cover. She had overheard enough conversations between the single male doctors to know that most men preferred experienced women. No man wanted to waste time teaching a woman how to please him in bed.
Tara sighed. She’d intended to tell Thorn the truth when she saw him, but after hearing what Dare had said about Thorn needing total concentration, she’d decided not to tell him until after the race. That wouldn’t be the best time but there was nothing she could do about it.
She glanced around when she heard a knock at the door. Thinking Shelly had changed her mind about going shopping, she quickly crossed the room to the door and glanced out the peephole.
“Thorn!”
She didn’t waste any time in opening the door, and he didn’t waste any time in stepping inside the room and closing the door behind him. Nor did he waste any time in pulling her into his arms and kissing her.
And she didn’t waste any time in kissing him back.
His tongue was stroking hers with relentless precision and his hands were roaming all over her body as if to make sure she was really there. And when she wrapped her arms around him, he deepened the kiss.
She held on to him tight as he evoked sensations within her that were beyond anything she could have ever imagined from a kiss.
She thought he tasted of desire so hot she could feel it