Page 85 of My Fault
I introduced him to everyone. Nick took a few seconds before shaking his hand, and when he did, I could tell he was squeezing it tightly.
“The club’s right over there. The scene is lit.” Outside, therewere two bouncers and a long line of people. “They’re with me,” Jess told one of the bouncers, and after eyeing us up, he let us through. The dance floor was packed with people moving to the rhythm of the music. The lights were distracting, but otherwise, it was the perfect place for a fun evening.
“We’ve got a booth over there,” he said, pointing to an area just off the dance floor in the nicest part of the club. “Follow me.” I tried not to fall over as we cut between all the people. These shoes were deadly, and my feet were already killing me. There were four guys in the booth. I’d already met them on the beach. Now they shouted my name and said a boisterous hello to the rest. The whole situation was funny. Most of the guys had girls with them, and their warm welcome made me like them even better than before. I didn’t fail to notice Jess jockeying to sit next to me or Nick settling in right beside me.
“So, Noah, how long have you been playing volleyball? You were ten times better than any of these losers!” Jess said, passing me a drink. I was nervous as I brought it to my lips. After what had happened the night I met Nick, I didn’t trust anyone who handed me a glass if I didn’t know what was in it.
“It’s fine. I watched them pour it,” Nick whispered. I wanted to thank him, but when I turned, a super-tall, super-hot chick had already come over and sat beside him. Nick turned around and started talking to her, and immediately, rage began eating away at me.
“You want to dance, Jess?” I asked just as Jenna dragged Lion onto the dance floor.
“Hell yeah,” he said. I didn’t even look back at Nicholas before grabbing Jess’s hand and letting him lead me off toward the frenzied dancers.
I’d always loved dancing, and I wasn’t bad at it. I had to thank my mother and her adolescent soul—she used to do all her choresat home with the music at full blast, so I’d never been ashamed to swing my hips. Dancing was fun. But Jess wasn’t the guy I wanted to do it with just then. When I saw Nick appear with that other girl, my heart sank.
He was so sexy when he danced. I’d never seen him do it, and watching him with that blond made me angry and jealous in a way I’d never felt before. His hands went directly to her ass, and I had to turn around and take a deep breath to keep from running off back to my room. I knew we weren’t anything, but I hated seeing him touch another girl, especially right there in front of me. Jess grabbed me around the waist, and I pressed my back into his chest. Nick could see me, and I could tell he was staring.
I wanted to push Jess away. I didn’t feel comfortable, but Nicholas’s every gesture was daring me not to buckle. His cheek touched the blond’s cheek, and she turned her head and whispered something in his ear while I felt the air grow thin…
Even if I was dying inside, that also made me want to respond in kind, so I let Jess wrap his arms around me, grinding my hips into him, feeling his hard body. I was playing with fire, and I knew it.
Nick scowled at me as he nibbled the girl’s earlobe. Watching it, I knew exactly what she was feeling.
That was enough.
I jerked away from Jess and told him to wait for me in the VIP. I said I’d be right back. He nodded, just asking if everything was all right. I eased his mind and walked over to one of the railings around the dance floor. There were still dancers there, but at least I had a little space to try to compose myself.
That was when Nick showed up in front of me. His eyes looked for mine, and he grabbed my hands and pulled me into him. My heart started pounding when I felt his palm on the bare flesh of my back.
“Why do you make me do things I don’t want to?” he asked.
I didn’t respond. I had nothing to say. I was angry at myself for trying to be something I wasn’t and mad at him for calling me out on it.
“You drive me crazy, Noah,” he confessed, his lips grazing my ear.
I looked up at him. I could see he was suffering—from jealousy, from longing, from lust. He wanted me… I drove him crazy. A smile blossomed on my lips.
“You know how to dance,” I said, reaching my arms up over his neck. I touched his hair and stroked his neck slowly, trying to provoke him.
“Don’t do that,” he said, but I didn’t stop. “You’re going to make me do something I can’t do here,” he warned me, jutting his head to the right. I looked over and saw Jenna and Lion watching us as they danced. I wanted to tell Jenna what was really going on, but then I told myself that was insane. No one would just accept such a relationship.
“I should go back,” I said, disillusioned.
“Screw that,” he said, pulling me into him. He bit my ear, stroked my back, made me close my eyes and try to keep from sighing from pleasure.
“You should stop,” I said, and I heard him curse, and then his lips were on top of mine. I hadn’t expected that kiss. We were being watched, we were giving ourselves away, but even more than that, his kiss was passionate, immediate, and tremendously arousing.
“Nick,” I said, hyperventilating, “Nick, stop.” By now his hands were all over me. If I went on like that, he’d soon have me stripped naked in the middle of the dance floor.
He put his hands on my shoulders and pushed me back, looking me in the eye.
“Let’s go to my room,” he said. I froze. “I can’t take seeing you here in the midst of all these people who want to do exactly the same thing to you that I do. Please, Noah, come with me. I want to be alone with you.”
He seemed upset, or else he was barely holding on to his sanity. I felt bad seeing him suffering like that. And after that kiss, I didn’t really want to be there with all those people, either…plus my shoes were killing me.
“Fine, let’s go,” I said, taking his hand. He smiled and led me over to where Lion and Jenna were gawking at us. She grabbed me and glared at me.
“You lying little bitch!” Then she died laughing. “Are y’all out of your minds?” I guessed Lion was speechless, but the way he looked at Nick seemed to say he didn’t entirely approve.
