Page 25 of The Right Guy
What should have been music to my ears, sending me into a flurry of fantasy, felt more like a cacophony ofreality.I didn’t give a rat’s ass about Fia and her outfits of the day. It was Theo who belonged in my heart, patiently hanging around for the moment I would wake up and accept him as my happily ever after.
My long-time obsession trailed kisses along my jaw, stimulating my senses with his wicked torture. He was here with me, doing this, and my Theo was with Nancy, doing much worse.
The dull pain eased with Ro’s hasty deep kiss, melting away my hesitation, filling me with danger. He locked onto my lips, biting and nibbling. Our bodies thrust together. A hand grabbed my thigh, tugging my knee over his hip.
In that very second, I had everything I’d thought I wanted. As my concentration wavered, I pretended it was Theo kissing me with the same impatience.He had my heart from the fateful day he offered me a job, not the elusive guy in my bed. It had been Theo all along. I adored him, lusted after him, craved him. I was head-over-heels in love with him.
“Stop!” I panted. “I’m not into it anymore. Everything has changed. Sorry, Ro. You should leave. I’ll stay up with Kim.” I wanted him out of my dreams, and out of bed.
His eyes snapped open, and his nails pressed into my flesh behind my thigh. “It’s just a little fun, Ada.” The crack in his voice highlighted his arousal had become insanity.
A loud thump on the door made us both jolt.
“Ada?” A familiar voice sounded from the corridor.
My heart dropped from the elevation of my newfound revelation to the fearful awareness that Theo was outside my door, and Ro Huxley had a throbbing hard-on next to my leg.
“Is that him, the guy from the bar?” he questioned. Ro pushed up off the bed. “Your friend.” He stood in the middle of the room with disheveled hair and those super sexy lips hitched lazily.
“Yes. It’s Theo. Quick, get into bed with Kim.” I scurried off the bed, turned around, and smoothed the sheets, trying to hide that fact we’d justbeen caught. I could salvage the situation, Theo would understand. My eyes squeezed shut, and I drew in a slow, steadying breath.
Ro chuckled. “I’m not getting into bed with my sister, kid.”
And there it was, the slap across the face I needed to bring me out of the heat haze. Kid. I raked my fingers through the ruffled mess and considered my options.
“ADA?” Theo called again.
Ro swaggered closer and traced my jawline with his fingertips. “Don’t say a word to him. I won’t tell anyone. Not yet. I’m still trying to figure things out.”
“What do you mean?” My lungs paused when he placed a gentle kiss on my cheek. “I like you, Ada.”
I stood there in stunned silence, feeling nothing for him in return.
He drew back and sat on the edge of Kim’s bed. “Our secret, Ada. Okay?”
“Ada, are you there?” Theo exclaimed, only more aggressively than before.
I rushed to the door with my heartbeat racing faster than I ever thought possible. My internal organs were riding the rollercoaster of craziness, and tiny black blobs danced in my vision. I unlocked the door and peered around the thin gap.
“Theo.” I smiled without thought.
He stood in the hallway with his arms crossed over his broad chest, his thick black wavy hair scraped back from his face, and dreamy eyes laser-focused on my shaky heart.
I didn’t want Ro. I wanted this guy. He’s my world. He owns my heart.
“Where’s your necklace?” If the wrinkle in his brow came from anger or hurt, I couldn’t tell.
I briskly patted the bare skin at my breastbone only to find it bare. “It must have fallen off. Oh, shit.” I gasped. “It will be in my room somewhere. I was wearing it earlier,”I confirmed. Truthfully, I wasn’t sure where it was, and utterly devastatedwhena shadow ofdisappointmentflickered behind his eyes. “What’s up?” I asked swiftly, changing the subject.
“I don’t like how thingswere leftbetween us, princess. Can we chat about the other night, at my place—when you were drunk? Can I come in?”
No. No. No.
“Now isn’t a good time, Theo. I’ll call you in the morning.”
“Ada, can we talk? I need to talk to you. Right now.” He inched closer. The vibrations powering from his body captured my breath.
Clip clopping heels shattered the palpable silence.
