Her mind flooded with heated thoughts as she slid into her car and pulled out of the parking lot. Her phone dinged with a text from Roger, and she impatiently deleted it. There was only one man she hungered for right now.

Tara got to Aubrey and Landon’s house in record time and sprinted up the porch steps, unable to tame her desperation to be with Seth. Before she could knock, the front door swung open, and she was wrapped in a pair of strong arms.

“You’ve stayed away too long,” Seth growled before his lips crushed against hers.

Tara welcomed his hard, hungry kiss, because she was starving, too. She pushed him back against the door and proceeded to show him how much she’d missed him. He moaned against her sensual onslaught, and she growled like a wild thing, rejoicing in her conquest. She actually wanted to laugh triumphantly when she felt the evidence of his desire pushing persistently into her stomach. The validation that he wanted her as much as she wanted him was heady, and she didn’t want the kiss to end.

“Tara, wait.” Seth tried to avert her next kiss by turning his head but she grabbed his hair in her fists and turned him to face her again. “Baby, we really need to stop.”

“Not going to happen,” she said against his lips.

“If you kiss me one more time, I’m going to throw you over my shoulder, take you upstairs to my room, and make love to you until you can’t see straight,” Seth warned in a low, sexy voice. “Aria and Lucien might think it very strange that we’re not coming out of the room to join them for dinner.”

“Shit. I completely forgot that Aria and Lucien are here. I’m a horrible friend.”

“Not a horrible friend but maybe a horny one.”

“Shut up,” she said, punching him lightly on his shoulder. With her breathing slowing down to a semi-pant, she waved her hands in the general direction of his nether region. “Do you have all that under control?”

“Give me a minute.” He walked to one end of the porch and took deep breaths. They sounded unsteady at first, but slowly evened out. After a few more breaths, he returned to her side. “All right. Let’s see how long it takes for Aria to figure out what’s happening between us.”

“No, no. We can’t let her figure anything out. Quite honestly, even I don’t have us figured out. We need to be very careful. Don’t smile at me too much. And do not give me that look.”

“What look?”

“That look you’re giving me right now. Like you want to throw me down on your bed and have your way with me.”

“I can’t help it because that’s exactly what I want to do.”

“Well, stop it for just a few hours. Okay?” Her whole body flushed with desire, but they had to hold it together. “You promised to keep our dating a secret.”