Page 91 of Where the Dark Knelt
Leaning my forehead on his shoulder, I inhaled and closed my eyes.My stomach fluttered, and I was shaking slightly with our closeness and his touch. My heart raced, and my mouth was dry. I licked my lips a few times, but thought I might be dehydrated from the alcohol.
We began moving slowly, and after a minute he leaned back to look at me, giving me his incredible smile that made me weak and broke my heart all over again. He brought hisface back closer to my ear, whispering huskily, “Lily, you take my breath away. You’re so beautiful tonight. In fact you look beautiful always.”
Speechless, I wanted to cry at his compliment, struggling with the hurt inside of me. His arms tightened around my body, his hands gliding lower to the base of my back, drawing me closer to him, so that we were connected from our heads to below our hips.
“Your hands feel good.” I cursed myself for saying what I’d been thinking. It was stupid. Damn alcohol loosening my tongue.
He smiled slowly, murmuring, “That’s because they like feeling you.” He leaned back to catch my gaze when he said it,then kissed the top of my head. Previously, his touch had left me paralyzed, but not this time. I was being just as tactile as he was.
My hands ran up his back,one came around to his chest, my fingers running up the length of him and tangling in his hair. He groaned loudly, “God.” His heartbeat quickened at my touch, I heard it when my I laid my head against his chest and felt it under my hand.
Alfiesighed. “I’ve missed you being in my arms,” he whispered. A thrill shot through my body as I tilted my head to look up at him. He smiled, and his little dimple winked at me, breaking my heart for the second time that night. His eyes had the green hue tonight, depicting his lust for me. I wanted him to look at me tonight and see someone who was confident and carefree. Even though I didn’t feel like that inside when I was around him.
Spinning me around, he stood closebehind me, his hands moving down lightly onto my hips. Splaying the fingers of his strong hand wide, he moved closer to me, nuzzled his face into my neck and kissed it lightly.
Circling his hips into mine, I leaned back against his chest. My arms reached up around his neck again, and I basked in the feel of him against me. I could feel how turnedon he was. My control was dissolving, and I wanted him so badly. He bent to kiss my temple, and then moved his lips to my ear. “Remember your safe word.”
My body hummed asdid his, and he was telling me how to tell him to back off, that I could stop this if I wanted to. I didn’t. “I don’t need them tonight,” I murmured, and moaned loudly when he hit a soft spot on my neck.
The way he looked, his scent, touch, and voice hypnotized me. I wanted to taste him as well. That night, I just wanted to feel him inside me again. Maybe to blur the memory of what happened with Will, or maybe just because…
Alfie leaned back, to make eye contact with me again. “I’m not going to use you, Lily. I just want to feel you near me,” he growled. I smiled seductively.
“Pity…” I told him shamelessly. “Wouldn’t you rather have a private party with me, or are you happy to stand here and dry hump me on the dance floor?”
Lusty eyes flashed with pleasure and his eyelids lowered seductively at my words. He grinned wickedly. “You’re hot when you talk dirty,” he murmured humorously kissing my neck. It sent a sensational current running between my neck and my clitoris and a rash of goose bumps cascaded over my skin.
“Restroom then we need to get out of here,” I said, patting his chest and heading for the restrooms. Alfie grabbed my arm roughly.
“Don’t dick with me, Lily.”
I raised my eyebrow.
“I’m not…dicking.” I smirked and turned on my heel.
Will was suddenly beside me, grabbing my arm as I reached the restroom door. He swung me around pulling me slightly closer to him. He walked me back toward the wall.
“What the fuck are you doing, Lily? You were a mess because of him.”
I patted Will’s chest. “Notwhatthe fuck am I doing, Will, butwhom?” I giggled, still a bit tipsy.
Will’s face was angry. “You want to go have sex? Is that all? Can’t you pick another guy in the room?”
I twisted my mouth. “Who… you? Is that jealousy, Will?” I sneered.
He crossed his arms over his chest. “You think I want to fuck you, Lily?”
I jutted my chin at him. “You mean you wouldn’t if I offered?”
He looked exacerbated with me.
“I’m looking out for you.”
I held his cheek. “I’m fine. I picked him this time.”
Will threw his hands up in surrender. “Fine! Go, fuck, have fun, don’t bitch about it on the way to the airport tomorrow is all.” He walked away waving a hand behind him.
Alfie was waiting at the cloakroom when I got there. “I thought you’d changed your mind.”
