It's one word, but it caresses me like velvet, my insides purring at his approval.
He smirks. "You think I'm beautiful?"
His tone is playful, and it ignites that same foreign fire from the first night we met, when I wondered what it would feel like to be a different type of Wendy.
My eyebrow quirks. "What, you think a man can't have beauty?"
"A man can have many things, darling." He steps in closer. "But the only beauty I hope to have tonight is yours."
My stomach flips, butterflies bursting like from a cannon. "Your mouth should be illegal," I mutter. "So where are you taking me?"
Angie laughs. "Who cares where he's taking you, girl? Just go." She makes a shooing motion with her hands.
James glances her way before resting his palm on my lower back. "She's right, you know. You should relax." He leans in, his lips skimming the top of my ear. "And if you're a good girl, maybe I'll show you the real reason why my mouth should be illegal."