Page 49 of The Edge of Falling

"What about him?" she asked, rolling her eyes. "I barely spoke to the guy for ten minutes."

"Okay. So you don't want to bang him tonight?"

"No, I don't want to bang him tonight."

"You want to bang me tonight?" I laughed.

"No, Oliver," she said. But her eyes dart to my lips. Taking a step forward, I grabbed her hands and pulled her against me.

"I want you as well, Rosalie. But you're right. We shouldn't go any further than we already have. It would be a mistake. I'm sorry for kissing you yesterday. I'm sorry for leading you on. I'm sorry if I ever gave you—”

"Oliver," she said, "did I say I wanted to sleep with you?"

"No, but the way your heart is racing right now and the way you're breathing heavily, the way your eyes keep darting to my lips." I smiled at her. "I'm a man. I can tell when a woman's into me."

"Yeah?" she said.

I felt her press her body up against mine, and she smiled.

"And I can tell when a man is into me as well."

Her hand reached down and rubbed the front of my pants. And I stared at her in shock. I knew she could feel my hard-on. She gave me a small little smile.

"Oh, and by the way..."

"Yes?" I said, not sure if she was going to blow my mind yet again.

"I have something to tell you."

"Yes?" I said, licking my lips, grabbing her hand as she squeezed me. "You can't do that here, Rosalie."

"Why not?" She giggled.

"Because we're in a room full of my contemporaries, and I do not need them to see a hot young thing grabbing my cock."

"Okay. Well..."

"Yes?" I said.

"I just wanted to tell you one thing."

"Tell me, Rosalie. What is it?"

"Well," she said coquettishly. " I think that tonight we can have a lot of fun."

"Oh yeah?"

"Because..."

"Because why?"

"It won't just be the two of us soon," she said, giggling.

"Yeah, that's true. Your brother will be back. I mean, I don't mind doing some things." I looked into her eyes, and I could see that she was laughing at me. "I mean, we can fool around if you really want to, but no sex. I don't want to complicate anything."

"Okay." She pulled away from me slightly.

"But there's one other thing I want to say to you, Oliver."

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