End-of-Week Sneak-Peek

Better late than never? :) Here's a little teaser from Hide and Drink Chapter 32:

“Your idea of humor flabbergasts me,” I told her. She laughed harder.

“Flabbergasts? Really, Edward? Do you even know what century you live in?”

“I still have a lot of knock-knock jokes memorized,” I threatened. “I could tell you a few of those if you are going to find my use of language so amusing.”

“You wouldn’t dare!”

“Knock-knock!”

“Absolutely not!” Bella laughed again. “I will not respond to that and you can’t make me.”

“I bet I can.”

“No way.”

I quickly thought through the next mile of our route until I remember a place that would be perfect. A few seconds later, I whipped the Volvo around and onto a logging road. We bumped along for a minute before we were out of sight of the road, and I stopped, turning off the ignition.

I moved quickly, causing Bella to gasp and bite down on her lower lip. I lowered her seat until it was completely reclined and straddled her. Her winter coat was quickly unzipped so I could reach in closer to her body. I stroked my hands over her breasts and began to kiss her. My tongue ran over her mouth, and she opened to me. It wasn’t long before her breath was coming in pants, and I moved down her neck and over to the spot under her ear she liked so much.

“Knock-knock,” I said softly, blowing cool air across her skin.

“Not going to say it,” Bella responded. Her words were breathy and her previous resolve was waning. My fingers rolled her nipples through her shirt, tugging just a little as my tongue traced over her neck. “You can’t make me…oh, God…Edward…”