recognize his voice, but who is he? Why
do I recognize the voice? Dark and husky.
Wrapping an arm around my shoulders, I
catch his cologne, which reminds me of chocolate for some reason.
“Let me help you.”
With him distracting me, I start to become
aware that I’m about to go off with a total stranger. Someone I can’t remember.
I try and pull out of his arms and end up clunking my head against the wall.
“Callie, it’s Ruben. I own the club. We met
earlier when you were with your friend, Thalia.” He stays standing in front of
me as though he’s waiting for me to fall over.
Wrapping my arms around my waist, I meet his
eyes. I do remember him. A gorgeous guy, although a bit too old for me.
“I…I get a bit claustrophobic.” I’m
embarrassed now I’ve admitted that to him. It’s my one weakness…well it was my
one weakness until I met Reece.
“C’mon, let me lead you away from here.”
Ruben takes hold of my elbow and starts to pull me away from the wall and back
the way I’ve just come.
“Take your hands off her.” Reece . He ends up standing in front of
us with his fists clenched by his side.
He doesn’t once look at me, but he’s glaring
at Ruben.
“Stop being an ass and put it away... Your
girls sick,” Ruben tells him and I wish he’d kept his mouth shut.
Reece moves his head to look at me.
“Callie?”
I shake my head, which isn’t such a good
idea considering I want to puke.
Reece reaches out to steady me. “I’ll take
you back to the hotel,” he says before glaring at Ruben.
Ruben throws his hands up in the air and
snickers. “Here,” he tosses some keys to Reece, “use my car. It’s parked out
back. You can return it in the morning before you leave.” With that he walks
away, leaving me with the object of my heartbreak.
Tightening his grip on my arm, he moves in
closer and all I want to do is lay my head against his chest to breathe him in,
instead I look up and meet his eyes, all my anger draining from me.
“Are you sick?” he whispers, rubbing his
hand up and down my arm as though he has to continue touching me.
“Not really…but I could do with some fresh
air.”
He nods, letting go of me as he indicates
for me to go in front of him back down the corridor toward the back entrance
with his arm. I start to move past him, but my legs feel like jelly and I’m not
too sure I’m going to make it as I cling to the wall.
Before I try and take another step, I’m
swept off my feet and into Reece’s arms, tight against his hard chest. My heart
rate picks up as I think ‘what the heck.’ I’m exactly where I want to be so I
slip my arms around his neck, snuggling in tight. I close my eyes to shut out
the darkness and closed space, but other things start to take over, like the
scent of his cologne, which is so Reece. Dark and sensuous. I remember his hard
chiseled body with his arousal jutting forward, waiting for my mouth. He’s long
with a wide girth, which made me struggle to fit all of him into my mouth. It
didn’t seem to bother him though because he’d come down my throat within
minutes of my tongue and mouth working him over.
Feeling the fresh air against my skin, I
open my eyes and realize while I’ve been distracted with my naughty thoughts
about the man holding me in his arms, he’s managed to get me safely outside.
Thank God for the fresh air though. The
last thing I need is for him to realize he still affects me, although after the
hot session in the band’s room he probably has a good idea not to mention the
fact I can’t stop squirming in his arms.
Chancing a look up into his face, I see the
smirk he’s not trying to hide. Fuck! He knows what he’s doing to me.
“What’s so good that has you blushing…and
squirming?” he whispers into my ear. I whimper.
Chuckling, he holds me tighter. “Baby, I’m
not sure what’s going on with you, but I’m not letting you out of my sight
tonight.”
I open my mouth to protest, shutting
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