Page 96 of Chasing Xander
“I’m a blast at parties, remember? I’ll woo them with my witty banter and stellar personality. By the time it’s over, they’ll love me more than they love you.”
“I have no doubts about that.” He ran his thumb over her lip, lowering his face to hers. She held her breath. “I want to introduce you as my girlfriend, Ky.”
All the air rushed out of her lungs, and her heart stopped. “Are you serious?”
“Yes.”
Xander Collins just asked her to be his girlfriend? This had to be a dream. Or a mistake. She blinked several times, but he was still there, staring down at her, waiting. “So, when you say you want to introduce me as your girlfriend…?”
“I mean I want you to be my girlfriend. I want to be your boyfriend. And I want us to go to the party as a couple.”
“Right… Can I think about it?”
He groaned and flopped onto his back. “You can never make anything easy, can you?”
Even in the dark, she could see the smile on his face, the outline of his dimples, the twinkle in his eyes. She folded her arms on his chest and rested her chin on them. “Oh, come on. We both know being easy is boring.”
“You definitely keep me guessing.” He tucked his hands behind his head.
Scooting up so her lips were poised above his, she whispered, “Of course I’ll be your girlfriend, Xander.”
Chapter Thirty-One
“It’s about damn time.” Laughing, he hauled her over on top of him, and she brought her knees up to rest by his waist, straddling him. “I figured you’d make me wait days or weeks for an answer.”
“I thought about it.” She pressed her mouth to his, sinking down onto his hard, warm body. She was officially his girlfriend! Happiness pumped through her veins, making her dizzy with joy. She’d have to call Celeste and tell her.
“Probably would’ve served me right to have to wait.” He nipped at her bottom lip and smoothed his hands down her back, gripping her ass. “Thanks for taking mercy on me.”
“You’re just lucky I like you.”
“I’m the luckiest fucking guy alive.” He wrapped his arms around her and rolled over so she was beneath him. He parted her lips with his tongue, dipping into her mouth for a heated kiss as he spread her legs with his knees and settled between her thighs.
She gasped at the feel of him, hard and thick, pressing against her sex. “Xander?” She ran her fingers through his hair, sighing at how the dark locks stood on end in a sexy, messed-up, just-rolled-out-of-bed way.
“Hmm?” He moved his mouth down to her throat, lightly scraping his teeth over her neck, inducing a full body shudder. “I love how your heart races every time I kiss you.” He pushed his hips forward, rolling them just enough to make her gasp again. Desire pooled in her belly, seeping lower until her panties became damp with her arousal. “I want to touch you again,” he whispered, sensually biting her earlobe.
“Right now?”
“Yes, now.” He slid his hand up her shirt, his fingers whispering over her ribs, creeping toward her breasts.
She put her hands on his chest and shook her head. “No way.”
He froze, then slowly rose up onto his arms and peered down at her. “No?”
“Yeah. No. We’re in your parents’ house,” she whispered harshly. “We can’t do…that kind of stuff here. What if they hear us?”
He laughed, his eyes dancing in the darkness. “They’re sound asleep on the third floor. They won’t hear us.” He settled next to her, hands tucked behind his head. “Besides, do you really think Tanner isn’t in Jules’s room right now, doing a hell of a lot more than cuddling?”
She stared at him.
“And have you heard anything?”
“No…”
He turned his head to look at her, brow raised. “Still sticking with no?”
She took a deep breath. Her body tingled and throbbed with the need for his touch. Her ribs were covered in goose bumps from where his hand had been. Every nerve in her was screaming yes, but she remembered the noises she’d made last time, how intense it was when she came, how loud she’d been when she cried his name. Could she really disrespect his parents and their home like that, especially when they were sleeping a floor above them?
