Warmth moved through her. "You can be devastatingly romantic when you want to be, you know that?"
He nuzzled his nose against hers. "Don"t let the word get out."
"Stop making out and get your a.s.ses over here. There are toasts to be made," Oriana called out. "Drinks to be had. Drunken mistakes to commit."
Marin and Donovan laughed, and he let her go so they could take their seats at the table.
Once they were settled, Ori raised her mug high and the rest of the people at the table followed suit. "To Dr. Rush, the newest official member of our crazy-a.s.s team. May she facilitate many happy relations.h.i.+ps and many successful o.r.g.a.s.ms during her ill.u.s.trious career."
"Ori!" Marin shot her a disbelieving look.
"Well, she is excellent at facilitating them," Donovan offered from the spot next to her, an unrepentant grin on his face. "Exceptional, really."
"Oh my G.o.d. Shut up." She smacked Donovan"s arm, making his drink slosh.
And her little brother, who apparently everyone had forgotten had been invited to this soiree, put his face in his hands and groaned. "Dear G.o.d, please let a lightning bolt hit me. Please erase this memory from my head."
Everybody laughed and Kai put a hand on Nate"s knee as he grinned. "Your family"s parties are the best, dude."
Nate glanced up, a long-suffering look on his face, but when his eyes met Marin"s, she saw the glimmer there, the quirk of a smile. Family. Yeah, that was nice.
They"d always had each other. They always would. But looking at the faces around the table-Lane and Ori and Ysabel. Donovan. She could feel her heart swell big in her chest. She hadn"t just found a job. Or her pa.s.sion. Or love.
She"d found their place.
Nate lifted his c.o.ke, his cheeks red. "To o.r.g.a.s.ms then!"
Everyone clinked their mugs, and the resounding chorus rang out in the restaurant. "To o.r.g.a.s.ms!"
Then they drank and laughed and ate. They made fun of each other and walked each other home. They did what friends and family do. And when she fell into bed next to Donovan later that night and felt his arms go around her, his naked body pressing against hers, all she could do was smile.
He rolled her beneath him and stared down at her with one of his wicked looks. "What"s on that mind of yours, Rush?"
She let her hands slide down his back, loving the heat of him, the hard muscle, the way he felt against her. "Really, really dirty things. Scandalous, even."
"I was hoping you"d say that." He grabbed her hands and pinned them above her head, his grip hard as he aligned himself along her body "Tell me all about it, Dr. Rush."
She did.
In illicit detail.
And she never once blushed.
Roni Loren wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven"t improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has. Though she"ll forever be a New Orleans girl at heart, she now lives in Dallas with her husband and son. If she"s not working on her latest s.e.xy story, you can find her reading, watching reality television, or indulging in her unhealthy addiction to rock stars, er, rock concerts. Yeah, that"s it. Visit her website, roniloren.com.
Don"t miss the next novel in Roni Loren"s Loving on the Edge series.
LOVING YOU EASY.
Cora has an amazing s.e.x life. She"s beautiful, daring, and the most popular submissive in Hayven. Too bad none of it"s real . . .
IT specialist Cora Benning has figured out the key to her formerly disastrous love life: make it virtual. In the online world of Hayven, she"s free of her geek girl image and can indulge her most private fantasies with a s.e.xy, mysterious master without anyone in her life discovering her secrets. That is until her information is hacked and she finds herself working to fix the breach under two very powerful men-one who seems all too familiar . . .
Best friends and business partners Ren Muroya and Hayes Fox were once revered dominants. Then Hayes was wrongfully sent to prison and everything changed. Ren wants to get back to who they were. Hayes can"t risk it. But when they discover the new IT specialist is their online fascination, and that she"s never felt a dominant"s touch, the temptation to turn virtual into reality becomes all too great . . .
Coming soon from Berkley Books.
t.i.tLES BY RONI LOREN.
Crash Into You.
Melt Into You.
Fall Into You Not Until You.
Caught Up in You Need You Tonight.
Nothing Between Us Call on Me.
Off the Clock NOVELLAS.
Still Into You Forever Starts Tonight.
Nice Girls Don"t Ride Yours All Along.
Break Me Down.