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Not in ways to make her feel better.
I wanted to touch her in ways that made her feel good.
Good enough she would come back for more.
And more.
I backed her up, using my body to crowd her toward the wall.
To pin her in place.
Collette ran the tip of her tongue across her bottom lip before tucking it between her teeth. “Does that mean you want to see them?”
I shook my head. “No.”
I didn’t want anything from her.
Not in the sense she thought I did.
Collette scoffed. “You know what, if you don’t want me like that then just say it.”
Her tone snapped at my skin. Reminded me of all the ways I fell short.
All the ways I would never be enough. “Is that what you think? That I don’t want you?”
If she couldn’t see it then I was happy to lay it out for her, the way I wished she would lay it out for me. “I have wanted you for years, Collette.” I released the shirt and ran my hand up the center of her chest, dragging my fingers along the line of her neck. “I’ve wanted you since the first time I saw you.”
She swallowed, the muscles of her neck working under the press of my fingers. “I couldn’t tell.”
“Because I’m a grown-ass man and I can be around a woman I like without trying to fuck her every second of the day.” It was one of the hardest parts of navigating the mess of relationships.
Men had fucked up long enough that women assumed if we weren’t trying to hump them then we weren’t interested.
And it was a goddamned shame.
“Oh.” The word came out on a sigh that shot straight to my straining cock. “I feel bad now.”
I tipped my head to one side. “Why would you feel bad?”
Her lips barely twitched. “Because I’ve been trying to fuck you every second of the day for years.”
Chapter Seventeen
Collette
MAYBE THAT WASN’T the right thing to say.
Based on the look on Andrew’s face it was the absolute worst thing to say, and I might have pushed my luck a little too far.
His eyes were dark and focused right on me.
One of them was even twitching.
I pressed my lips together, trying to figure out how to get out of whatever situation I’d accidentally gotten myself into.
I managed a smile, hoping it might break the tension hanging in the air between us.
But Andrew stayed silent.
