“Shakespeare.” Chay tilted his champagne flute to his lips and drank the last few drops. “Actually, it’s the title of one of his comedies, but I never thought it was very amusing.”
Bianca stared at him. “You didn’t?”
“I’m more into the Greek comedies. By Aristophanes. Theophilus. Those guys, you know?” He looked at Bianca, at the lovely eyes wide with disbelief, at the soft-looking pink mouth half-open with surprise. Amazing that he’d been able to drag those names from his subconscious because he sure had buried them deep after suffering through World Lit 101 his first semester at college.
He looked at her again.
What the hell, he thought, and he did what he’d wanted to do since the first day she’d shown up at Camp Condor with her I-Am-In-Charge-And-Who-In-Hell-Are-You attitude. He wrapped one arm around her waist, dragged her against him and captured her mouth with his.
He’d meant it as a kind of joke, but one taste, one touch of her lips and he felt his entire body harden.
And when, just for an instant, she seemed to melt into the kiss…
She slapped her hands against his shoulders.
He drew back.
“Do not,” she said, “do not ever do that again.”
Chay grinned. “Not until you ask.”
He trotted up the steps and into the house.
Bianca waited. She had to wait, because her heart was racing so hard she was afraid people would hear it.
What was the name for men like Chayton Olivieri? Alpha males. That was it. She’d come across the term in her Sexual Psych class.
Alpha males.
She was surrounded by them, and now her very own sister had added a new one to the family.
“Not me,” Bianca said into the silence. “Never me.”
Head high, she gathered up the skirt of her long lavender gown and headed back to the party.
A Note from Sandra
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