Bad Boy Best Friend - Hope Ford Page 0,17

lose your business? Over what? Over me and some idiot saying something dumb?” She isn’t backing away and the fire in her green eyes tells me she’s not about to back down. The raw emotion there and in her voice adds to the electricity filling the air between us.

Lust and anger make my voice hard. “So I’ll wear a cup. I’m not putting up with Shawn or any other asshole who comes in here and wants to treat you like a piece of ass.”

She narrows her gaze, looking up at me with passionate defiance. “You think I won’t rip that cup out of your pants? I won’t let you throw away—”

I kiss her then, cutting off what she was saying, and when she resists, trying to finish, I fist my hand in her hair and deepen the kiss.

The way her body vibrates against mine, the way her hands fist in the front of my jumpsuit makes my need to feel more of her almost uncontrollable. Her lips are demanding against mine as I grip her ass with my other hand and pull her body flush against mine.

My cock is hard and pressed against her belly. The thoughts I’ve had of this one moment, my mouth on hers, is nothing compared to the real thing. Our lips are together in a raw, needy way, and when she whimpers, cum seeps from my cock at the thought of her in my arms, in my bed, in my life.

Laney

My breasts ache and my nipples tighten as I arch against Austin’s hard chest. There’s so much adrenaline pumping through me that the only thing that seems to register are the feelings of passion and desire. How good his lips feel against mine and how wet I am with Austin’s hand following the seam of my ass toward the apex of my legs.

A whimper finds my ears as Austin’s hot tongue warms the sensitive skin at the curve of my neck. The sound came from me, I realize, and it’s a shock of reality like ice water pouring down my back.

I push against his chest, taking a step back.

He releases me, his blue eyes alert, clearing from the haze of whatever just came over us both.

This was a big mistake.

“I… I’ll make the deposit for you on my way home,” I stutter, totally out of my element. Austin, my best friend in the whole world, the most epic player, just kissed me. I kissed him too.

The look he’s giving me lets me know he’s still coming down from what we just did. He nods his head, but he looks as dazed as I feel, and it makes me wonder if he even heard what I said. He might have been about to say something, but I bolt from the office. I go to the bathroom first to fix my appearance. My lipstick is gone, but then again, I hadn’t reapplied it after lunch. My hair is messed up, and damn, I need to wear a padded bra so my peaked nipples aren’t so obvious.

After a quick finger comb, I go to the front office and get the deposit bag from Rod. I ignore the looks the guys are giving me and almost run out the door.

My heart is pounding triple time in my chest and I know I’m forgetting a thousand things, but all I can worry about right now is getting the hell out of here. I. Kissed. Austin. And I liked it. After just that one make-out session, I know that I’ll never be the same again.

I make the deposit just before the bank closes at five.

I pull into the driveway of my parents’ house and take deep breaths in and out. I pull out my phone and send a quick text to Austin. Sorry for the kick. Use ice. Have a good weekend.

That is a nice way to tell him I don’t want to see him over the weekend, right? I have to figure this out. Where do we go from here?

12

Austin

I’m sitting in the chair Laney had pushed me into in my office with the door still open when Laney’s text comes through. I type, If a kick to my jewels comes with that kind of hot as fuck kiss with you, kick me anytime.

“How ya doin, boss?” Owen asks from the doorway. “She caught you in the potatoes, didn’t she?” He looks like he is about to bust up laughing, but he doesn’t dare. He holds his hands up. “Hey,