careful, he’d make the same mistake Keegan had. He’d let his dick do the thinking.
Couldn’t say he didn’t understand completely, but one of them had to be the better man tonight.
“Jules.”
“Yes.”
Aw hell. That was definitely not going to make him behave. Not that word, said with that husky tone in her voice.
“Do you like onions?”
It took a few seconds but her lips curved in a smile. “Maybe you should leave them out.”
“Okay. Sure.”
She withdrew and he cursed silently when she was no longer touching him.
“Are you planning to go back to college?”
“Maybe for some business courses. College was never on my radar. I couldn’t stand high school. Why willingly sign up for more torture? I went to the vo-tech for the culinary program. That was really the only reason I graduated.”
He shrugged. “College isn’t for everyone.”
“Some people think you’re stupid if you don’t.”
“And some people are idiots. Some of the stupidest people I know have a college degree. I figure it all evens out.”
Her smile was small but genuine. “I guess it does. So tell me, Erik. Don’t you want to have sex with me again?”
His hand froze in the act of beating the eggs. “More than I want to breathe. Is that why you’re here?”
Her gaze dropped. “I don’t know why I’m here.”
“Bullshit.” He said it with no edge, no snark, no sneer.
After a few seconds, she nodded and her gaze lifted to his again. “Okay, fine. Why am I here?”
She looked at him with such vulnerability and he was struck by how young she looked.
Rationally, he knew she was only twenty-one but she’d never seemed that young. She had a maturity beyond her years.
Until this minute.
And now he felt every one of those nine years separating them.
Christ, what a mess. And it was all his fault.
“Because you know what we shared wasn’t just sex.”
The words were hard for him to get out because he was admitting something aloud he’d barely admitted to himself.
And he should’ve known she wouldn’t let it go at that.
“So what was it to you?”
He paused and, after several seconds, Jules huffed. “Are you really not going to talk to me? Am I the only one who has to spill their guts?”
After a few more moments of silence, she shook her head. “Damn it—”
“When you left, I had every intention of calling you, of setting up a date. A real one. With the three of us. Then…I got some information about the explosion that I had to investigate.”
“What information?”
“Nothing I want to discuss now.” When she looked like she wanted to argue, he held up his hand. “No, I want to talk about you. About us. We can talk about anything else you want later. Right now, I want to talk about us.”
“Is there an us?”
“What would you say if I told you I want there to be?”
Her turn to pause. “I’d have to say I’m so screwed up in the head about all of this that I’m not sure what I want anymore. All I really do know is that I want you.”
His cock tightened painfully and his hands curled into fists as she began to walk around the counter. “Jules, I’m trying to be—”
She put her hands on his face again and pulled him down for a kiss. And he let her.
Chapter Four
Erik locked down every impulse to grab Jules and toss her onto the nearest flat surface.
As her lips moved over his with a desperation he could taste, his lust built until it reached an almost feral force.
He resisted for all of two seconds then gave in to the raging desire to take whatever she wanted to give him.
When her mouth opened and her tongue licked at his lips, he opened to her.
God damn, she tasted fucking amazing. He wanted to kiss her for-fucking-ever.
His arms wrapped around her body, caging her. She wouldn’t be able to move unless he allowed it. And he wasn’t going to. Not for a damn long time.
She’d come to him. She’d given him her permission. He was going to take her at her word. Or actions,
Couldn’t say he didn’t understand completely, but one of them had to be the better man tonight.
“Jules.”
“Yes.”
Aw hell. That was definitely not going to make him behave. Not that word, said with that husky tone in her voice.
“Do you like onions?”
It took a few seconds but her lips curved in a smile. “Maybe you should leave them out.”
“Okay. Sure.”
She withdrew and he cursed silently when she was no longer touching him.
“Are you planning to go back to college?”
“Maybe for some business courses. College was never on my radar. I couldn’t stand high school. Why willingly sign up for more torture? I went to the vo-tech for the culinary program. That was really the only reason I graduated.”
He shrugged. “College isn’t for everyone.”
“Some people think you’re stupid if you don’t.”
“And some people are idiots. Some of the stupidest people I know have a college degree. I figure it all evens out.”
Her smile was small but genuine. “I guess it does. So tell me, Erik. Don’t you want to have sex with me again?”
His hand froze in the act of beating the eggs. “More than I want to breathe. Is that why you’re here?”
Her gaze dropped. “I don’t know why I’m here.”
“Bullshit.” He said it with no edge, no snark, no sneer.
After a few seconds, she nodded and her gaze lifted to his again. “Okay, fine. Why am I here?”
She looked at him with such vulnerability and he was struck by how young she looked.
Rationally, he knew she was only twenty-one but she’d never seemed that young. She had a maturity beyond her years.
Until this minute.
And now he felt every one of those nine years separating them.
Christ, what a mess. And it was all his fault.
“Because you know what we shared wasn’t just sex.”
The words were hard for him to get out because he was admitting something aloud he’d barely admitted to himself.
And he should’ve known she wouldn’t let it go at that.
“So what was it to you?”
He paused and, after several seconds, Jules huffed. “Are you really not going to talk to me? Am I the only one who has to spill their guts?”
After a few more moments of silence, she shook her head. “Damn it—”
“When you left, I had every intention of calling you, of setting up a date. A real one. With the three of us. Then…I got some information about the explosion that I had to investigate.”
“What information?”
“Nothing I want to discuss now.” When she looked like she wanted to argue, he held up his hand. “No, I want to talk about you. About us. We can talk about anything else you want later. Right now, I want to talk about us.”
“Is there an us?”
“What would you say if I told you I want there to be?”
Her turn to pause. “I’d have to say I’m so screwed up in the head about all of this that I’m not sure what I want anymore. All I really do know is that I want you.”
His cock tightened painfully and his hands curled into fists as she began to walk around the counter. “Jules, I’m trying to be—”
She put her hands on his face again and pulled him down for a kiss. And he let her.
Chapter Four
Erik locked down every impulse to grab Jules and toss her onto the nearest flat surface.
As her lips moved over his with a desperation he could taste, his lust built until it reached an almost feral force.
He resisted for all of two seconds then gave in to the raging desire to take whatever she wanted to give him.
When her mouth opened and her tongue licked at his lips, he opened to her.
God damn, she tasted fucking amazing. He wanted to kiss her for-fucking-ever.
His arms wrapped around her body, caging her. She wouldn’t be able to move unless he allowed it. And he wasn’t going to. Not for a damn long time.
She’d come to him. She’d given him her permission. He was going to take her at her word. Or actions,
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