Page 15 of Burdens
I shook my head in an attempt to clear the haze that clouded my judgment, even though I knew it was useless. I wouldn’t be forgetting her anytime soon.
I grabbed my keys from my pocket and unlocked my car. I was about to step inside when a voice broke into the quiet night.
“Wait.”
I stilled because I knew without looking who it was. I finally glanced over my shoulder to find her standing in the middle of the dimly lit parking lot. Her hair blew in the wind as she rubbed her palms against her bare arms to fight the biting cold.
She walked in my direction. “You didn’t answer my question from earlier.”
As she got closer, I noticed the goose bumps peppering her skin and her pebbled nipples straining against her thin top. I groaned and took off my jacket, then draped it over her shoulders before I took a step back to put a healthy distance between us.
“What question?” I asked, trying to stall.
She wasn’t making it easy because she closed the distance until the tip of her boots met mine. Her fingertips snaked up my front until she hooked her forefinger under the gold chain I was wearing and tugged me down to her so close I could almost taste her.
My hands at my sides flexed and a pained groan rumbled through my chest as I waited for her next move.
Then, in the quietest, most sultry voice, she said, “Are you going to keep staring all night, or will you do something about it?”
I could smell the hint of whiskey on her lips and all I could think about was how ridiculously jealous—again—I’d felt when she’d licked that droplet off her lips. How much I wanted to be that droplet to know what it would be like to have her mouth on me.
Fuck, I wanted her. I shouldn’t, but I did.Badly.
I should make the right decision, but for the first time in my life, I felt inclined not to. I kept my gaze locked with hers. “How aboutyoufind out?” I said in a low tone, our lips so close that on my confession, they brushed.
The hair at my nape rose as I watched for any hesitation.
When she didn’t move, I wrapped my hand around her lower back and roughly grabbed the back of her head with the other. Whirling her around, I pressed her back against the back door on the driver’s side and flattened my body against hers. Our fronts molded against one another, our lips a mere whisper away.
She sucked in a startled breath and I knew she could feel how turned on I was. My gaze bounced back and forth between her lust-filled eyes and said, “One night.”
But the moment the words left my lips, I knew they were a lie.
“One night,” she reciprocated.
The last tether of my control snapped and the second our lips connected, all the reasons why I shouldn’t do this evaporated into thin air. The only thought my brain could conjure right now was how fucking good she tasted.
I knew it.
I slid my tongue against hers and she wrapped her arms around my neck to pull herself tighter to me. Having her kiss me with the same ferocity sent me into overdrive. Heat flooded my veins as my pulse kicked up a notch.
I maneuvered her away from the back door and threw it open. Pulling my lips away from her, I growled, “Inside. Now.”
Once she did, I climbed into the back seat, joining her. Then I immediately pulled her onto my lap, kissing her again.
God, she was fucking addicting.
How the fuck is this supposed to be one night?
With her hands on my shoulders, she grinded against my growing erection and my hands fell to her hips to urge her closer. I moved my lips from her mouth to pepper kisses along her jaw and down her neck while simultaneously bringing one hand up to pop the single button that was holding her top together.
Then I pushed the fabric aside and snaked my tongue down, wrapping my mouth around her peaked nipple. I licked over her nipple once before biting down, eliciting a low moan from her.
Her hands snaked up the back of my neck to grip the hair at my nape as she held me firmly to her chest, which sent even more desire coursing through my veins, knowing she wanted more.
So I swirled my tongue around to soothe the sting before moving to her other breast and doing the same, hoping to elicit the same reaction.
And I got exactly what I wanted.
