didn’t get too far.”
“Oh, get the hell away from me!” I said, raising my eyes to meet his.
I knew I shouldn’t be speaking to him like that, but now that I’d decided I didn’t want to work with him anymore, I didn’t care. I just wanted him to leave me the hell alone. He’d changed too much, and there wasn’t even a shred of my old friend left in the man who stood before me now.
“Jesus, Riley, calm down,” he said. I almost launched myself at him to throttle him. If there was one thing that could provoke a person into committing murder, it was telling them to calm down.
“Don’t talk to me like that,” I replied, narrowing my eyes at him.
He grinned and stepped towards me, moving too far into my personal space yet again. “There’s no need to be like that. I was just kidding in the restaurant. Sorry, I thought you’d get it.”
“Well, I didn’t. You looked and sounded pretty damn serious to me, and it wasn’t funny.”
“Okay, okay, I’m sorry. But do you seriously think I lick my lips like a seventies porn star to get women into bed?”
“Well…I don’t know. This is you we’re talking about, after all.”
He chuckled. “You know, you used to have a better sense of humor, Ri.”
Right. This was somehow my fault for not having a better sense of humor to suit his immature taste in jokes? Nope. That was ridiculous, and it was a bullshit apology.
I turned my head to the side, refusing to look at him anymore as I fumbled with my phone, trying to figure out where the nearest Uber was. As Kaiden neared, I tried to make my feelings towards him clear with my body language, but he continued regardless.
“Not speaking to me now?” he murmured, drawing ever-closer.
Things were dangerously teetering into childish territory, but that still didn’t stop me from refusing to reply. Kaiden was so close now that I could feel his breath on my cheek, and the discomfort within me started to slowly evaporate as heady lust thickened the air between us. It was as if I couldn’t control myself when he was around, which made me even madder, and then his hand lightly touched my hip, testing my boundaries even further. When I didn’t instantly recoil from this, he pressed harder and trailed his fingers up my body and towards my neck.
I was torn. Half of me wanted to tear myself away and slap him, and the other half wanted to remain rooted to the spot and let him touch me.
The lusty side won out, and I didn’t move even an inch, despite the rational side of my mind screaming for me to get away. Kaiden’s hand gently lingered on my side for a second, and I took a deep breath as a hot ball of pleasure started to roll around in my stomach before spreading wanton warmth all throughout my body. When his hand finally reached the top of my neck, I noticed that my head had slowly made its way back around to face him, and as soon as our eyes connected, my heart just melted. Those blue eyes just contrasted so well with his tanned skin, and his mesmerizing gaze made it impossible not to get sucked in.
Sucked in like so many other girls before me...
“I…” I began to speak, but his face moved closer to mine, which instantly silenced me. Was he going to kiss me? Oh god, I wasn’t sure what I planned to do if he did. I had no idea if I’d be able to resist, despite my earlier vow that I’d never fall for his charms like every other woman seemed to.
He kept his distance instead, just enough so that we were almost brushing lips. It wasn’t a real kiss, so no rules were really being broken.
At least that’s what I was going to tell myself for now.
I noticed his other hand making its way towards my thigh and I almost lost it right there and then. As it slid onto my leg, the moment arrived for me to yell and throw him off if I wanted this to stop, and I knew I should, but it didn’t happen. Then he started to swirl his finger round and round, stroking it up and down my leg but never quite reaching the
“Oh, get the hell away from me!” I said, raising my eyes to meet his.
I knew I shouldn’t be speaking to him like that, but now that I’d decided I didn’t want to work with him anymore, I didn’t care. I just wanted him to leave me the hell alone. He’d changed too much, and there wasn’t even a shred of my old friend left in the man who stood before me now.
“Jesus, Riley, calm down,” he said. I almost launched myself at him to throttle him. If there was one thing that could provoke a person into committing murder, it was telling them to calm down.
“Don’t talk to me like that,” I replied, narrowing my eyes at him.
He grinned and stepped towards me, moving too far into my personal space yet again. “There’s no need to be like that. I was just kidding in the restaurant. Sorry, I thought you’d get it.”
“Well, I didn’t. You looked and sounded pretty damn serious to me, and it wasn’t funny.”
“Okay, okay, I’m sorry. But do you seriously think I lick my lips like a seventies porn star to get women into bed?”
“Well…I don’t know. This is you we’re talking about, after all.”
He chuckled. “You know, you used to have a better sense of humor, Ri.”
Right. This was somehow my fault for not having a better sense of humor to suit his immature taste in jokes? Nope. That was ridiculous, and it was a bullshit apology.
I turned my head to the side, refusing to look at him anymore as I fumbled with my phone, trying to figure out where the nearest Uber was. As Kaiden neared, I tried to make my feelings towards him clear with my body language, but he continued regardless.
“Not speaking to me now?” he murmured, drawing ever-closer.
Things were dangerously teetering into childish territory, but that still didn’t stop me from refusing to reply. Kaiden was so close now that I could feel his breath on my cheek, and the discomfort within me started to slowly evaporate as heady lust thickened the air between us. It was as if I couldn’t control myself when he was around, which made me even madder, and then his hand lightly touched my hip, testing my boundaries even further. When I didn’t instantly recoil from this, he pressed harder and trailed his fingers up my body and towards my neck.
I was torn. Half of me wanted to tear myself away and slap him, and the other half wanted to remain rooted to the spot and let him touch me.
The lusty side won out, and I didn’t move even an inch, despite the rational side of my mind screaming for me to get away. Kaiden’s hand gently lingered on my side for a second, and I took a deep breath as a hot ball of pleasure started to roll around in my stomach before spreading wanton warmth all throughout my body. When his hand finally reached the top of my neck, I noticed that my head had slowly made its way back around to face him, and as soon as our eyes connected, my heart just melted. Those blue eyes just contrasted so well with his tanned skin, and his mesmerizing gaze made it impossible not to get sucked in.
Sucked in like so many other girls before me...
“I…” I began to speak, but his face moved closer to mine, which instantly silenced me. Was he going to kiss me? Oh god, I wasn’t sure what I planned to do if he did. I had no idea if I’d be able to resist, despite my earlier vow that I’d never fall for his charms like every other woman seemed to.
He kept his distance instead, just enough so that we were almost brushing lips. It wasn’t a real kiss, so no rules were really being broken.
At least that’s what I was going to tell myself for now.
I noticed his other hand making its way towards my thigh and I almost lost it right there and then. As it slid onto my leg, the moment arrived for me to yell and throw him off if I wanted this to stop, and I knew I should, but it didn’t happen. Then he started to swirl his finger round and round, stroking it up and down my leg but never quite reaching the
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