Page 14 of SEAL'S Baby Surprise

Austin’s so...

Comfortable.

I thought that maybe, given my history with men lately, I would be kind of freaked out.

I’m not.

It feels good, like having Ark beside my bed. I curl myself up against him.From this close, I can smell his deep, masculine scent. He’s just so big and golden and beautiful and nice. I can’t help it.

“Lee?” Austin says. His voice, that’s normally so confident, wavers a little.

I pull back, but I’m still so close that if I wanted to lean forward, our lips would meet.

I kind of want to.

“Yeah?” I whisper.

“I... I’m sorry,” he says with another one of those half-tilted smiles.

“For what?”

“I need to tell you something because it’s kind of killing me.”

“What is it?” I frown. Is this a problem? Is he going to tell me to back up, to leave him alone?

Oh god. This is too much. He’s not really interested, he...

“You’re beautiful. And I know that this is super inappropriate, and I’m sorry if this is going to upset you, but I... I’m really attracted to you.”

I blink. “Why is that a problem.”

Austin gulps. “Um. It. Well. I... It’s inappropriate.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re not really in a solid mental state and I can’t stop thinking about what it would be like to kiss you!” he blurted.

I study him.

Poor Austin is so flustered. Even though he was a Navy SEAL, he’s looking at me like he has no idea what to do. His eyes are wide and they’re searching my face, waiting to see what my reaction would be.

Poor guy.

I should put him out of his misery.

So, to answer his question, I do it. I lean forward, brushing my lips against his.

It’s a hesitant brush. The smallest, tiniest kiss that I’ve ever given.

“I would like to kiss you too,” I whisper when I pull back.

Austin blinks at me like he can’t believe it. “You... would?”

“Yep,” I smile at him.

His eyes go from shocked to filled with lust in a heartbeat. “That’s the type of kiss you’re going to give?”

His words are deep and they make heat twist through my stomach.