Page 75 of Love or Leave

His lips moved gently at first, then deeper and with more urgency until her entire body was alight. His hands gently pulled her hips toward him.

Was she really going to do this again?

Yes.

She wanted to scream. Wanted to cry. Wanted to rip all her clothes off and rub herself on him like a cat in heat. Clearly, once with him hadn't been nearly enough. Would twice do the trick?

No.

She briefly wondered where this was all going. What did he mean by “be with you”?Be with her one more time? Forever?

They probably should've stopped and talked about it, but right when Cara was going to suggest that, his tongue slid across hers in the most decadent way and she thought,fuck it.

She broke off the kiss and shoved her key in the door handle as she pushed against it.

"Come inside," she said, taking his hands and backing into the house.

He smiled and followed her.

twenty

Heat radiated through Antonio's chest as the fluttering in his stomach came to a stop. He hadn't known which way this was going to go, given that Cara had been keeping her distance from him since their night together—and went on a date with Jalen.

But when she sunk against his chest, almost relieved at being in his arms, a sense of calm washed over him. Everything was going to be alright. They were exactly where they were supposed to be.

Cara pulled him into the house and pressed herself against his body, causing a euphoric ache to flood through him. His hands were desperate to touch her. He reached around her, pushing up the back of her jacket to feel her skin as she leaned in and pressed her lips against his.

His brain screamed at him to stop and talk to her before it went too far, but when she licked his tongue and playfully sucked his lower lip, his body took over. His heart pounded as shudders of pleasure raced along every nerve ending.

They could talk after.

He held her against his chest and took a few steps forward, pressing her up against the wall. She reached her fingers under his belt and pulled his hips closer, moaning when she felt how aroused he was.

"Upstairs," she said between kisses.

He kept her pressed against the wall as he reached behind, put a hand on the front door, and slammed it shut with a loud bang.

He deepened their kiss, reluctant to pull apart to climb the stairs. He could lift her and carry her up so he wouldn't have to leave the heat radiating from between her legs—

"What!?"

A loud voice broke through the lust, followed by a blaring metallic clank.

Antonio broke from Cara with a jump and spun around.

Adam was standing there with a wrench on the floor in front of him, his eyes bulging out of his skull.

Seconds of silence ticked by, but they felt like hours. No one moved. No one even blinked.

"Were you two… Are you guys…?"

Adam stumbled back, glancing over his shoulder as if wishing he could rewind to a time when he hadn't seen Antonio dry humping Cara against the wall in the foyer.

Suddenly, Ethan appeared from around the corner. His gaze darted between the three of them. "What's going on?"

Antonio squeezed his eyes shut, praying they were the only ones there, and that Max wasn't about to come from the hall and break all his bones.

In a way, it would be nice if Max knew. They could get this over with and he and Cara could move on. But at the same time, he needed his bones.

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