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stopped abruptly, and she instinctively turned to face him. Sebastian smirked. Another one of his damn tactics.
    “Look me in the eye and tell me you haven’t thought about our weekend. Not once since it happened.”
    She had in odd moments, inappropriate ones and for no reason whatsoever. Usually, a momentary ache to hear the deep gasp of pleasure whenever he came. A few more months and the pang would pass. It had to, right? For now, Nicole would know way more than she wanted to about her weekend lover. He walked with the same cocky swagger with clothes on. His voice had the ability to make her knees weak. He could see through her bluster.
    Nicole met his gaze and almost backed out of the stupid dare. Answering would paint a target on her back, one he could pull out whenever it suited him. Three more weeks of his hazing, one he obviously didn’t need, and she wasn’t about to complicate this more.
    Nicole told herself he wasn’t the man who knew her intimately, sexually. He wasn’t the man who spurred her need to slow down and enjoy the life she worked hard to attain. He was a man. Handsome as sin, arrogant as fuck, and in need of at least one woman to prove he wasn’t God’s gift to their sex.
    “I had a good time but the moment I left that hotel room you didn’t cross my mind. Seeing this is the second time you’ve brought up the experience, I can assume I had a lasting effect.” She smirked at the uplift of his chin. “Now, do you want that slice of pizza, or do you want to be proven wrong about something else?”
    A moment passed for an eternity. Sebastian threw his head back and laughed. “Oh, Darling Nikki. ”
    Her outraged gasp teased another chuckle from his lips. She’d told him over a naked mid-night snack, one of the rare moments of taking a break from bed, that her long ago high school boyfriend used to serenade her with the song. Years later, when Nicole really listened to the lyrics, she realized it wasn’t an endearing love song. She’d sworn him to secrecy to never speak of it again. Ever. “You promised.”
    He tsked. “Apparently we’re both liars.” A wicked gleam shone in his eyes.
    Clamping her mouth shut, she considered him. She hadn’t been the only one confessing intimate secrets and shames. “You know this means war, right?”
    “Bring it, but first, pizza.”

    *****

    There was no question about it. Sebastian had bitten off more than he could chew. A long line of cheese trailed from Nicole’s mouth to the hot slice in her hand. She twirled a finger around the stray piece and sucked. Her teeth scraped lightly and with expertise over the digit, cleaning off the remnant of food. Was it wrong to be jealous of dairy? Probably, but his gaze refused to move from the seductive action. He couldn’t even pretend not to stare. The mischievous glint in her eyes told him she knew exactly how it looked.
    And it all started because Nicole felt the need to lie about what happened. Why did it matter? It shouldn’t have. In their world a minute was a lifetime. Someone’s reputation could be ruined within seconds. There were more than a million seconds in two months. He should have long since gotten over her effect on him. Yet the seconds ticked by as she ate her pizza. Driving him insane. It should have been patently ridiculous but part of the problem was he knew that mouth, those sucks, licks and scraping of teeth. On his skin.
    Sebastian curled his left hand into a fist to curb the urge to reach across the table, drag her to him and plant his mouth over hers to show Nicole exactly what to do with her tongue. The little minx knew the right buttons to push as she wiped her mouth and hummed, erotically.
    “Thought you were hungry. You haven’t taken more than a few bites.”
    He couldn’t continue to show his weakness for her. At least now he could admit to himself it was one. Sebastian still wanted her as much as he did when they first smiled at each other over shot glasses two months