Page 49 of Lilly
Lilly:Going out with uni mates. Please pick me up from Perry’s when you’refinished.
For fuck’s sake. I don’t need this. What I need is to be inside Lilly, forgetting about my long-arseday.
The town centre is fucking manic with students. Clearly, it wasn’t only Lilly who finished today. It’s like the whole fucking university is outcelebrating.
I eventually find somewhere to park the car before heading towards where she said she wouldbe.
The place is packed and spilling out on to the street when I get there. I can’t see Lilly so I headinside.
It’s got to be a full five minutes before I see her golden hair catching the light with a crowd of people by thebar.
As I start heading towards her, a woman I recognise clocks me before turning to Lilly and whispering in her ear. Lilly instantly looks up and finds me. I can tell from just the look on her face that she’s drunk. It pisses me off. This was not how we were meant to spendtonight.
When the person in front of me moves, I pause for a second to take her in. She looks incredible. Her hair is curled, her eyes are wide and her cheeks are flushed with the alcohol. Her lips are bright red and they call to me. As I run my eyes down her body, I take in her flimsy, barely-there silver top and tight skinny jeans. I suddenly have the urge to take every fucker out who might have so much as looked ather.
A slow but sexy smile appears on Lilly’s face as I make my way to her. I feel some of my irritation wash away the closer I get, but when some guy comes up behind her and puts his hand on her waist, I see red. Thankfully, over the last few years I’ve managed to find a way to control it. So instead of laying the handsy fucker out, I reach for Lilly and pull her so we are chest to chest. She sways a little as she stands there, showing me just how drunk she reallyis.
The girl I recognise is stood looking at us with her chin practically resting on theground.
“It’s the King?” she asks, looking between Lilly and me. Lilly bites down on her bottom lip but she doesn’t take her eyes away from mine as she nods in agreement. “Well, I didn’t see that coming. No wonder you still have your job,” shemutters.
“Let’s go,” I state and begin marching out of the bar with her hand in mine. I don’t stop or even look back. I have no intention of sharing her with all those people. My well-planned night is alreadyruined.
“What the hell was that?” Lilly fumes when we reach thecar.
“What?” I ask. I know what the problem is, although I have no intention of explainingmyself.
“You can’t just turn up out of nowhere and drag me away from myfriends.”
“You told me to come and get you,” I remindher.
“Yes, but that wasn’t exactly what I meant. I would have liked to at least have said goodbye. Plus, a little warning would have been nice. I hadn’t told Imogen about us; she’s my friend, but that won’t stop us being the hot topic of conversation in the hotel bymorning.”
She works for me—that’s why she was so familiar. “I couldn’t give two fucks about what people are talking about, Lilly. Let themtalk.”
“Ha that’s rich,” she says, narrowing her eyes at me. “I didn’t think you liked gossip. Seeing as you spend your life trying to hide who you really are in case anyone learns about whatever it is you’rehiding.”
Her words are like a kick in the balls, because I can’t really deny that they aren’ttrue.
“Get in the fucking car,” I snap, staring at her. With her shoes on, we’re almost the same height. I take a step towards her but she doesn’t back down, instead continues to stare atme.
“For fuck’s sake, Lilly. You drive me crazy.” I move forward the last inch until my lips are on hers. I force my hand into her hair and my fingers hold tight to keep her in place. My tongue opens her lips to find hers. She fights for a good thirty seconds but she’s as desperate for this as I am. I lift her leg up around my waist and grind myself into her. She moans into my kiss and it only makes me harder and more desperate forher.
“Get in,” I repeat when I pull back from her. My voice is deep and gravelly even to my ownears.
This time she does as she’s told and in seconds I’m shutting the door behind her. I walk around the front of the car and rearrange myself as I go. I don’t miss that she watches every second ofit.
I waste no time in having the car on the move. I need to get her somewhere quiet—and soon, before I combust. With lust or anger though, I’m not sure; they’re both simmering away on the surface ready to breakfree.
“I’m hungry,” Lilly complains, distracting me from my thoughts. “Can you stop and get me aburger?”
“What?”
“Oh come on, posh boy. Just swing by McDonald’s; it’s not that far out of ourway.”
I glance over at her to see she’s being serious.Brilliant.
I change lanes and head towards the retail park that has a drivethru.
