Excerpt of She Likes It Irish by Sophia Ryan

"Darlin', I told you we wouldna be deviating from the schedule. Besides, do you really think I'm the kind of guy who would try to make love to you on our first date?" Sean asked.

Kristin stared into his sinfully hot eyes. "Yes, actually."

He laughed and wrapped his arm around her neck, hugging her to his side and kissing the crown of her head. He dropped his arm around her shoulders, holding her tight, and she held onto his hand where it hung in front of her breast.

It made her smile that he hadn't denied it. "So... You're not interested in charming your way up to my room or into my panties, and you're dropping me off early. Sounds like you have another date."

"I do."

Disappointment and jealousy raged through her body. She let her hand fall from his and stared straight ahead. "Oh."

"Not so much a date as an appointment," he said, his voice full of laughter as if he knew she was jealous as hell and it amused him. "I tutor to help pay my way here. My next appointment is in..." he glanced at his watch "...about twenty minutes."

"Oh." She breathed and took his hand in hers again.

"With a male history student," he added.

She smiled and met his eyes. "You don't have to explain. It's not like you and I are...you know."

He smiled down at her. "You looked like you wanted to knock my head off."

She looked away, embarrassed that he had seen through her so easily.

He stopped and faced her. "It's your eyes," he said, even though she hadn't asked, and brushed a finger down the side of her face, pulling her gaze back to his. "They say everything your mouth doesn't want to."

She stared into his eyes, willing him to see what was written there. To see her desire for him. "What are my eyes saying now?"

He paused as if reading, translating the symbols he saw in the depths. "They're saying I'll miss all my tutoring appointments if I don't get you home fast. Oh, and just to clarify, I never said I wasn't interested in getting into your panties."

She laughed, but there was nothing funny about how the sweet spot between her legs heated up as her mind lolled in the idea of him getting into her panties.