Ask For It by Selena Blake Page A

that and make her insides melt?
    “It's nice to meet you. I've been anxious to meet Julia's friends.”
    “Julia?” Cindy parroted and gave JJ a surprised look.
    She was never going to hear the end of this. Cindy's smile said so.
    “I know you two are probably in a hurry, but if you wanted to come up, I just got home from the store. I found a fabulous new wine.”
    JJ shook her head, probably quicker than she should have.
    “That's what I figured, but...hey, Adam's coming to town tomorrow. Do you guys have plans?”
    JJ's gaze swerved to Trevor's. While a part of her desperately wanted to show him off to her friends she didn't need him getting too entrenched in her life if he was only in this for casual sex. Problem was, she felt like a prude bringing up the topic after a nice weekend and two weeks of phone calls.
    She liked how things were going, loved the way he looked at her and was trying desperately not to think of the future. She didn't want to explain to anyone when and why he was no longer a part of her life. If she’d learned anything these past two weeks it was that long distance relationships were hard. Sure, technology made it easy to stay connected, but she missed being in the same room with him. It’d only taken her one weekend to become addicted to holding his hand.
    But with the way he was looking at her right now, she wondered if he'd stick around forever. The very thought made her all melty and tingly and ready to pick out a china pattern at Macy’s.
    “None yet,” Trevor told Cindy, still holding JJ’s gaze. He reached over and squeezed her hand as if understanding the turmoil inside her.
    “Great. Why don’t you come over for dinner?”
    “We'd love to, Cindy. What time?”
    This was all some alternate reality, JJ was sure of it. So…moviesque. The female lead’s friends meet and inspect the male lead. Even the dialog sounded scripted.
    “Let's make it early. Say six thirty?” Her eyebrows wiggled up and down suggestively. No doubt she wanted an early dinner so she could have a longer evening with Adam.
    JJ didn't blame her.
    She was chomping at the bit to get some alone time with Trevor, even if he was a traitor of epic proportions. She'd make him pay for that tomorrow. Although, in the scheme of things, she supposed they shouldn’t have sex twenty four hours a day. She’d hate to give him a heart attack. And dinner with friends wouldn’t kill her.
    Trevor rubbed the side of her hand with his thumb, as if urging her to end the conversation.
    “Cindy, do you have my key?” JJ asked, more than ready for the interlude to be over.
    “Oh, yeah.” She leaned back from the vehicle and dug in her pocket. “Here you go. You kids have fun.”
    After handing JJ the key, she stepped back and waggled her fingers at them.
    “Nice dress, by the way,” she called.
    Wordlessly, Trevor put the SUV into gear, looked in the rear view mirror, checked his blind spot and pulled away from the curb.
    “She seems nice.”
    JJ clutched the key in her hand, praying that it wouldn't take long to get back to her place. Her insides were on high alert, had been ever since Trevor had called to tell her he was in Atlanta. For the first time in her life, she was actually quivering with desire. And if he didn't get her home in record time she was afraid she was going to have to do something totally out of character...like climb across the expanse between them and straddle his lap.
    “She is nice,” she said.
    “But?”
    “But nothing.”
    “Don't but nothing me, Julia. You've been off since you called her.”
    JJ exhaled a sigh.
    “I'm sorry. I'm trying not to be.”
    “Then what is it? Did you not want me to come?”
    “Of course I wanted you to come.” She reached for his hand. He was so big. So warm. Gracious, she could just curl up in his arms and lay there forever. She would if he'd let her. “I'm excited you're here. You didn't have to fly all this way, but I'm glad you did.”
    She smiled over at