“I still hate that you wouldn’t call the police,” I mutter, frustration evident in my gritty words.
A sigh pushes past her lips. “It’s complicated. He works with my father.”
“It doesn’t give him a free pass. You lied to the doctor to protect that sonofabitch. I seriously doubt your father would be so approving of him now.”
“Why would he drug me anyway?” Her voice is hoarse. “I don’t understand.”
“I don’t understand either.” I kiss the top of her head as I stroke my fingers through her damp hair. “You need to tell your dad, though, you’re done with being set up.”
She tenses. “That’ll go over well.”
“Who the hell cares? He’s not exactly trying to hook you up with choice men here. That man was a predator and had the circumstances been different, he could have had you in his bed as we speak doing fuck knows what to you.”
Her entire body trembles at my words. “I’ll…I’ll tell him what happened.”
“Good girl.”
“Thank you, Zane. And I’m sorry.”
“For?”
“For misjudging you. You didn’t deserve that.”
“I didn’t exactly make it easy for you,” I say with a chuckle. “All these months I’ve just been trying to get you to confess your attraction to me. I’ll admit my methods have been obnoxious.”
She turns her head to peer up at me. “You drove me crazy.”
“And now?”
“Still doing it.”
“But…” I grin at her.
“But it worked. I’m attracted to you.”
“That wasn’t so hard now, was it?”
Her bottom lip gets tugged between her teeth as she frowns. “This…friendship…it’s unethical and goes against my employment contract. And though I won’t go to jail, I could certainly get fired.”
“By Renner?” I snort. “He’d have to take his dick out of Elma long enough to grab a pink slip.”
“Zane!”
I tickle her to remove the scowl from her face, which has the cutest giggle erupting from her. This goes on until I have her pinned beneath me on the couch, both of our chests heaving as we grin at each other.
My smile fades as I study her up close. Cute freckles I never noticed before are scattered over her cheeks and nose. Leaning forward, I kiss her lips. Just a peck. But then her fingers slide into my hair, pulling me closer. A small moan escapes her. I use the opportunity to kiss her deeply, noting how she tastes like mint from her toothpaste and a little like tea. We kiss until we’re both panting and aching for more.
“I should go,” I murmur, unable to keep my eyes off her swollen, pink lips. “If I stay, there’s no telling what’ll happen.”
“Please stay.” Her eyes water, vulnerability glimmering in them. “I’m…after tonight…”
“You don’t want to be alone? He scared you?”
She nods, shame coating her flesh in crimson. “You think I’m weak?”
“No, beautiful, I think you’re perfect. I’m the weak one. How the hell will I ever tell you no about anything? You hold power over me, woman.”
“I don’t want to be alone and I like spending time with you.” She scratches her nails through my scalp. “Maybe you could stay over.”
My dick throbs painfully as I consider her words. “You were drugged and went to the ER, Kerry. The last thing you need is getting fucked raw.”
She laughs and smacks me on my shoulder. “No one said anything about sex.”
“Nah, it’s just a given. It’ll happen and you’ll love every second of it.”
“But not tonight?”
“Tonight I’m just going to hold you.”
“Tomorrow?”
“I can only promise to behave one day at a time,” I tease and pull away from her. “Since you threw up your dinner and mine was interrupted, I’m going to make soup and grilled cheese. That okay with you?”
She grabs my hand. “Don’t spoil me. I might get used to it.”
“That’s the plan, beautiful.”
“This show is so lame,” I say, shaking my head. “Who actually agrees to marry someone they don’t know?”
“It’s called reality TV,” she sasses back. “Be quiet.”
“How about you watch the show and I’ll find other ways to entertain myself?”
She ignores me, so I let my hands roam over her stomach, teasing a sliver of flesh above her waistline of her pants. A laugh escapes her as I bury my head under her hoodie. I inhale her sweet, fruity scent as I trail kisses up her bare stomach to her tits I often fantasize about. She’s not wearing a bra underneath, which pleases me endlessly. While grabbing her right tit, I seek out the nipple of her left with my mouth. She groans, arching up as though she aches for more.
“Pay attention to your show,” I tease and then bite her nipple.
“I can’t,” she breathes. “Oh, God, that feels good.”
I suck on her nipple hard enough she cries out. Then I lick away the pain until she’s squirming with need.
“I want you,” she murmurs. “Please, Zane.”
“As much as I want to give you what you want, beautiful, I don’t think it’s a good idea to fuck after the night you had.” I bite her tit again. “But if you want me to get you off, that can be arranged.”
“Y-Yes. I want that.”
“That makes two of us.”
I kiss my way down her stomach until I reach her belly button. My tongue fucks the shallow hole while I work her yoga pants and panties down her thighs. I sit up on my knees, yanking them the rest of the way off.
“Take off that hoodie,” I command. “I want to see your tits when I worship your pussy.”
She whimpers at my words and then peels it off her body. Kerry Bowden is a fucking vision in all her naked glory. I cannot wait until I can bury my dick deep inside her, claiming her forever. And it’ll be forever. You don’t have such intense feelings for someone like I have for her and it just be a random hookup. No, this is deeper than anything I’ve ever known.
“I want to see you too.” Her tits jiggle when she sucks in a sharp breath. “It’s only fair.”
Chuckling, I rip off my T-shirt and toss it away. Her hungry stare devours the ink on my chest and my newly defined muscles thanks to Coach Long killing my ass after school several days a week.
“Pants too,” she sasses.
“If the pants come off, I’m going to fuck you.”
Her blue eyes flash with heat. “So?”
“We talked about this. Ain’t happenin’.”
“Leave your boxers on then,” she rushes out. “I just want to see you.”
I undo the button on my jeans and shove them down my thighs. Once they’re gone, I grip her knees, crudely spreading her apart for me.
“Time for a lesson in pleasure, Miss B.”
Chapter Five
Kerry