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Eliott lets out a low moan into my mouth as my hand comes up to fist her hair, my touch equal parts gentle and firm. I’m not sure who takes the first step, but my back suddenly slams against the front door as her hands come up to grip the collar of my shirt.
‘Dane—’ Her voice is halfway between a whimper and a moan as I pull away from her lips and start peppering her neck with soft, hot kisses. ‘Dane.’
‘I could get used to hearing that,’ I murmur against her neck. She nudges her thigh between my legs and I let my hands drift downwards to palm at her ass. ‘Almost forgot how good you felt.’
She laughs as she pulls my face back up to meet her lips again. ‘Should I—’
From her room, Gloria coughs suddenly, the sound echoing throughout the house. Eliott stiffens almost immediately and pulls away. My hands fall back to my side, and already I miss the feel of her beneath me.
‘Friends,’ she murmurs, pulling away. Her hand skims along my arm as she moves, and if I wasn’t looking at her, I’d swear she left a trail of fire in her wake. Her chest is still heaving and her eyes are still firmly on my kiss-bruised lips. ‘Just friends.’
I don’t think I’ve ever been so hard, but I give her a stiff nod and bite back the groan I can feel building in my throat. ‘Just friends.’
Friends.
Really starting to hate that word.
Chapter SeventeenDANE
DANE
you still good for tonight?
ELIOTT
Seven, right?
DANE
yeah, i’ll pick you up
ELIOTT
Cool. See you then.
A shadow looms over my shoulder and I whirl around to find Cash peering at me suspiciously.
‘Are you even listening?’
‘Of course I am,’ I lie.
Cash, understandably, looks unconvinced. ‘What did I just ask you?’
I give him a once-over, taking in the too-tight blazer he’s currently got one arm stuck in and the frilly white shirt he’s half-heartedly tucked into the waistband of his trousers, and make an educated guess. ‘You asked… What I thought about the shirt, and if you should size up with the blazer.’
Cash’s eyes narrow. ‘Lucky guess.’
He turns to disappear back behind the curtain and I huff out a quiet sigh of relief. We’ve been in here for close to two hours now and it’s not like I don’twantto spend time with my best friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law, it’s just—
My phone vibrates again.
ELIOTT
Looking forward to it :)
It’s just that I’ve already got plans for tonight, and this wedding tux fitting session with Cash is starting to encroach on my time with Eliott. It’s been two months since the flooded kitchen and our kiss, and I can’t quite decide if I’m happy or disappointed with the way things have developed between us.
Happy, because Eliott is still very much a part of my life. In the days that followed the kiss, I worried that she’d pull away again and I’d lose an unexpected bright spark in mylife almost as soon as I’d got it. But that didn’t happen, and as strange as it is to admit it, that’s where the disappointment has come in.
