Page 81 of Kings of Desire
My face turned fiery red as he flashed me the tongue piercing again, reminding me of the precise way he used it.
It felt so similar and yet so different from what I had with Brax because when it came to my mobster, he had a certain way to turn from the Antarctic cold to the torching heat of a volcano, firing an unprecedented passion. And still, Cole was not to be left behind since the tormenting twist of his games was dissolving me into a tempestuous beat, appealing to a wild side of me, unexplored before.
‘Cat got your tongue?’ He grinned again, merging our lips and sneaking his tongue inside just to bite on my own. ‘Oh, I guess it did, Mouse,’ he stopped to dart all the shady thoughts sprawling his mind, straight into my eyes.
‘You said your mother was waiting,’ I felt I had to remind him since things were slowly slipping into a direction where I would become his slave again, and bringing him on the road to happiness in the Academy parking lot was not on my goals list.
‘Anxious to meet the parents, I see,’ he laughed, getting back to the real world, probably reminding himself that dear mother was waiting. ‘Wish granted,’ he turned to face the steering wheel, driving off in a rush for his home in the Hills.
At least, I didn’t have time to get chicken feet in the minutes spent between evading his plans and holding on to dear life because of his racing car driving.
In less than ten minutes I was to face the mother.
Lucky me!
Next thing I knew I was retracing my steps from two days ago, only this time I didn’t get to take the stairs, but stopped in the living room, escorted by Cole’s hand that seemed to be stuck on my lower back, testing from time to time the shape of my posterior.
‘Cole!’
‘Don’t be in such a rush. You’ll get to visit my room a little later,’ the devil smirked, knowing all too well that me calling his name wasn’t about some need for some one-on-one time, but because of him testing the limits every single second.
‘Your maid should be the one to visit that,’ I grumbled, remembering the ultimate chaos in his room, but leaving an aspect out of the equation.
‘This isn’t fucking Buckingham Palace,’ Cole moved his hand to find a strong grip on my arm, making me realize that I may have touched a soft spot since his family probably could no longer afford a maid.
I, of all people, messed up. I had become so accustomed to all the personnel I noticed in Jason’s and Ferris’s house that, in my mind, had assumed that it would be the same in Cole’s case.
Mistakes seemed to rule my world lately, as everything I did threaten to anger at least one of mykings.
‘You must be Bea,’ a warm voice cut all replies short, forcing me to turn my gaze towards the opposite corner of the room from where an elegant woman was entering, holding a tray with biscuits and tea.
‘Yeah, girlfriend of the year,’ Cole’s irony could be sensed from miles away, especially since the termgirlfriendwas more of an offense than of pride to him. He was, by far, not doing this from the goodness of his heart, just forced by the circumstances since he did promise to honor his side of the deal.
‘Yes, I am Bea,’ I nodded, slightly bowing my head.
‘I am Ms. Clyborne, but you can call me Debrah. My son is incredibly cranky. I’m starting to think he was born this way, but I guess you already noticed that’, she glimmered a smile, examining me from head to toe.
The dress I was wearing couldn’t betray my origins, but it was only a matter of minutes until she will find out who exactly was she dealing with. After all, this was why she called me here in the first place, to get information.
‘I’m starting to adapt,’ I answered, looking over my shoulder, directly at him.
Placing the tray on a coffee table in front of the couch she took a seat, gesturing us to follow.
‘Don’t you two get too comfy. I’m supposed to do something with Nick in a couple of hours,’ Cole grunted.
‘Something..,’ his mother rolled her eyes in annoyance ‘He never tells me what he does all day. I didn’t even know you existed until two days ago.’ I could sense the disappointment in her tone, as no one seemed to be able to control Cole. ‘Bea is my guest for dinner, so if you havesomethingto do with Nick, you better go now and return in one hour. Leave us alone for some girls’ time.’
As good as getting rid of Cole was, even for a few minutes, girl time with his mother was scaring the shit out of me.
‘Not exactly my plan, but I could work with that.Chattingisn’t my thing,’ he got up to leave even though I was desperately squeezing his hand, begging for some support in front of the new challenge that was undoubtedly waiting for me.
Was he really dumping me there, after less than one minute from meeting his mother!?
‘I’ll be back for dinner. Hopefully, dad will be home by then too so I won’t be in minority.’
‘Are you sure that you have to go?’ I asked the big bad shark, feeling like a fish thrown out of the water.
‘If you can handle my son, I’m sure that you can resist an afternoon with me,’ she chuckled. ‘You’re excused, Cole.’
