Page 186 of Hide and Keep

Instead, I sit between his arm and hip before leaning down to inspect the skin, feeling for any blemishes. Aside from a sprinkling of dark hair, it’s all smooth.

“They’re probably gonna have to shave some of this,” I tell him, scraping my nails through the short hairs.

He hisses, then grits, “’Kay.”

I glance up at his face, finding his gaze locked on mine. “How’d you get your other tattoos if you can’t even handle my nails?”

“I can handle your nails.”

“But you just—”

“That wasn’t out of pain.”

I try to keep my eyes on his…at first. After that, they make the trip south to Crue’s pants or, more accurately, where his erection is straining to get out of them.

“Ignore that. It’ll go down.”

With a shake of my head, I redirect my focus to his arm again.

Ignore the impressive erection less than a foot away.

Ignore the impressive erection less than a foot away.

Ignore the impressive erection less than a foot away.

It’s harder than it sounds. Literally.

Using my middle finger, I trace an outline of what I’m envisioning, measuring how big I can realistically make a butterfly.

I hear another hiss, followed by a muttered, “Maybe not,” and smile to myself.

Ignore the impressive erection less than a foot away…that isn’t going down anytime soon.

“If it’s too much, I don’t have to do this.”

“It’s not too much and you’re the only one I want to do this.”

My smile tries to double, but I bite my lips between my teeth and sit up. Resting his arm across my lap, I tuck his hand against my side. I’m just uncapping the marker when I feel his fingers playing with the back of my arm.

“You have to keep your arm still.”

The arm in question goes limp on my thighs.

“Sorry.”

A couple minutes after I start the wings, Crue mumbles with a thick voice, “I could fall asleep like this.”

“So go to sleep.”

“You won’t try smothering me?”

“No promises.”

We both chuckle and it feels good.

“Make sure you skip the pillow and just sit on my face.”

I frown and look up at him. His eyes are closed but one of his eyebrows lifts the same time the corner of his lips do.

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