Читать книгу Tempting The Beauty Queen - Carolyn Hector - Страница 8

“Why are you doing this?” Kenzie asked.

“What?” He had the nerve to sound innocent. “I’m trying to be chivalrous. Haven’t we moved beyond the hostility between us?”

“There’s nothing between us,” Kenzie lied.

The smirk on his face proved he didn’t believe her. “We need to get some things out of the way before we work together on this post office proposal and Felicia’s wedding. All this tension between us is going to make Auntie Bren wonder.”

“Stop calling her that,” Kenzie started to squawk. Before she knew it, Ramon lowered his head and captured her lips with his.

Any sense of irritation or anger fell to the wayside. Kenzie pressed her hands against Ramon’s broad chest. Her thumbs brushed against the buttons of his oxford shirt, tempting her to rip the material open. The familiar dance of their tongues excited her. Ramon broke the kiss and straightened to his full height. Kenzie wanted to smack him and kiss him at the same time.

“Good,” he breathed. “I needed to get that out of the way.”

Maybe they needed to kiss—get those confusing feelings out of her system. The problem: she wanted more.