Page 4 of Swipe for a Cosmo
“How about soft?” I ask, going along with his joke by giving the bun a little squeeze.
“Fuck, yeah.” He tosses his head back and laughs for a moment before his mirth disappears and he looks at me with something much…hungrier in his eyes as he leans in a little closer. “And if you’ll stick around, sweetheart, I can show you that you don’t need apps on your phone to get what you want. All you need is a man whoseesyou andknowswhat he wants.”
“And is that man you?” I ask as I take a bite of the burger in my hands, chewing quickly to try to calm the nervous beating of my heart while I await his answer.Did he seriously just say that to me?
A devilish grin takes over most of his face. “If you want me to be,” he says, maintaining perfect eye contact while I do my best not to combust right in front of him.Um…clean up in booth number five. Seems the lady has just made a mess of her panties.
Kellen
The moment I make my intentions clear, Jade’s eyes go wide and she sucks in a breath. Then chokes. Hindsight tells me I should have waited a moment longer to drop that one on her, but I guess I was thinking with the wrong head there. Shit.
“Lean forward,” I instruct, quick to jump out of my seat and slide in next to her. The moment she does as instructed, I plant the heel of my hand in the center of her back and force her to cough up the offending piece of burger patty. It shoots out of her mouth and lands in the center of her plate with a little bounce.
“Thanks,” she gasps.
“Aw, honey. If you wanted to choke on some meat, I could have provided something more hearty for you,” I tease while I rub her back and signal for some water. She looks up at me with tired but amused eyes, and I decide in that moment that she’s the one for me. Not only is she beautiful, but she seems to get my humor without being shocked or blushing. In fact, after her comment about the taste of ass when I first came over here, I have a strong feeling that she and I could share a lot of laughs along with our chemistry. There’s no way I’m letting this one go, so I’ll have to be careful not to make her choke again.
“Nice moves, bro,” Vaughn says, smirking as he arrives with a glass of water. “Tryin’ to kill the poor girl?”
“I think you’ll find I saved her,” I say, taking the water before shooing him away then handing it to Jade. He leaves with a chuckle, and I know he’s gonna tease me mercilessly over this later.
“Sure you trust me to drink this?” Jade asks as she lifts the glass to her lips. “I’m likely to shoot water all over you at the rate I’m going tonight.”
“Oh, I don’t mind a squirter,” I say, grinning from ear to ear as she swivels her wide eyes my way and almost chokes again, a cough sending a stream of water past her lips and onto my shirt.
“My god, I told you! You have to stop with that,” she wheezes, laughing as she grabs a napkin and tries to clean me up.
I place my hand over hers and hold it against my chest. Suddenly, she’s not laughing anymore.
“Why would I stop telling you how much I want you?” I say, trying to keep our eyes connected but failing when she drags hers away with a frown.
“Because I highly doubt you really mean it, and since I’ve almost died twice now, I’d rather we quit the farce and get on with our lives.”
“You think this is a farce?” My brow shoots up as I release her hand from my grip, wondering how she could have a single doubt in her mind when I’m sitting here practically salivating over her.
“At the very least, I think this you feel sorry for me over getting stood up. And while I appreciate how kind you’re being, offering your time to cheer me up like this, I also don’t want to sit here getting my hopes up. Especially since that’s kind of already happening, and I’m starting to feel foolish. So, before I catch myself honestly thinking this is a possibility, I really just want to stop. Because we all know that girls like this”—she gestures to herself—“Don’t get guys like that.” She finishes by gesturing at me.
“And who on God’s green earth made that a thing?” I ask, my eyes drinking in all of her—her perfect pink lips, shining brown eyes, silky hair and curves upon curves upon curves. She’s the picture of beauty, and I want all of her.
“Well,” she starts, and before she can formulate her answer, I lean in and kiss her.
Jade
For a moment, I’m frozen on the spot, unable to move or respond because my brain can’t seem to truly comprehend what’s happening. I’m at a bar in the middle of nowhere, stood up by the very date who asked me here, and now, all of a sudden, the bartender I was drooling from afar over is kissing me. What the actual fuck is this? And whose life am I currently living? Because I can tell you from experience, it ain’t mine.
Kellen rumbles out a low hum as his tongue flirts against the seam of my lips, his hands coming up and resting his manly grip on either side of my head as he sucks and nibbles on my lips. Despite my shocked and frozen state, I seem to be automatically sucking back.This is nice…I close my eyes and let the feeling of his lips against mine wash over me.Really nice….Then, as suddenly as the kiss started, an overwhelming bliss takes over. My hands slide against his chest, gripping his shirt, and from that point I’m all in.
As far as I’m concerned, Kellen can kiss me until I’m dead. I’mnotcoming up for air.
“Oh.” Releasing a butterfly moan, I open my mouth, granting him entry while I allow myself to melt against his chest. He’s so hard and I’m so soft, and I have to force my noisy and confused mind quiet, because it’s trying to tell me this can’t be real. Stuff like this just doesn’t happen to me! But even if thisisn’treal—there’s a high possibility that I’ve fallen and hit my head at some point and this is all an amazing dream—I still don’t want it to stop. In fact, with the way his tongue is dominating my mouth right now, I want it to keep going…and going….and going….
“Mmm. Am I an asshole if I mention how glad I am your date didn’t show up tonight?” Kellen murmurs as we regretfully part.
“No. But if you are, I’m an asshole too.”
“So I guess I could be considered an adequate replacement for…what was his name again?”
I grin as he brushes his lips against mine. “I never gave it. But I thought you said you knew everyone around here.”
