head. “Nothing important.”
“Hmm… nothing important, but something tall, dark, and handsome.”
An image of Nico flashed into my mind at Tori’s words, and I squeezed my eyes shut.
“I see.” He nudged his shoulder against mine. “You know you’re here to not think about work, right?”
I nodded, my eyes still closed as I willed the heat running through my body to cool.
“Then I suggest you get yourself back on that dance floor and have a good time. Who knows? Someone else might catch your eye. Or you might catch someone else’s.”
I nodded again, and a new determination filled me. I didn’t need Nico Holton or the memory of him playing his games to keep me from enjoying myself when I wasn’t at the office. I was only an intern, for God’s sake. It wasn’t even a permanent position. And it certainly didn’t give Nico permission to affect my mood on my weekends.
“Let’s get out there.” I slammed back my shot and nodded as the alcohol burned down my throat, igniting my need to party.
Tori grabbed my arm and pulled me to a free space on the edge of the floor before he began to dance and weave his way further toward the center, between the other moving bodies. Soon, his slender form disappeared into the writhing mass, and I laughed as I lost sight of him. I closed my eyes and focused on staying to the beat, letting the music dull my thoughts, and moving on instinct.
The next song started up, slow and sexy, and I slowed my movements, my hips rocking to the steady thump of the bass. Someone moved in close behind me, and I stiffened as I felt his presence, then relaxed. Maybe tonight was a good night to dance with someone. Someone who could take my mind off… I drew a deep breath of familiar woodsmoke-infused cologne and almost laughed. Even on a night where I was determined to forget Nico, memories of him followed me everywhere.
Still, it was a very sexy scent on a man, so the man wearing it clearly had good taste.
I took a small backward step, encouraging him as close as he wanted to be. His hands gripped my hips, and I trembled as a delicious wave of desire rocketed through me. I pressed against him. It had been a while since I’d hooked up. I stopped counting when I had to blend the weeks into months. Something in me craved physical touch. Tori had always laughed at how slutty I could be for anything physical when we trolled together, although I didn’t just want sex. I wanted affection, and I needed to be touched—cuddled and kissed, stroked, my hand held.
As if responding to my thoughts, the hands on my hips moved and arms wrapped around me from behind, until the guy tugged me against his chest, and I relaxed on a slow exhale as prickles of desire raced through me. Fuck, it felt good to be held. I bit my lip against a groan. Warmth infused me as lips trailed up my neck and I stiffened against a shudder of lust. I was getting a hard-on right on the dance floor. It had been too long since someone wanted me.
“I’m so tired of pretending I haven’t wanted to do this all week,” Nico murmured in my ear.
I stiffened slightly but didn’t pull away, and before I could think, he spun me around in his arms and his mouth slammed down on mine.
For a moment, I didn’t react. My thoughts stuttered. Then my brain processed Nico’s lips against mine, his tongue probing for access between them, and—
Shit. I whimpered.
Surely just one kiss wouldn’t hurt?
In fact, maybe it more than wouldn’t hurt. With one kiss, I could get Nico out of my system completely. I gave in to the kiss, allowing myself to respond to Nico’s mouth, to feel his lips trail over mine, and we both groaned as I touched my tongue against his. He grabbed my butt, dragging me against him until our cocks ground against each other through our pants, and I melted against him, gasping as he sucked on my tongue.
My knees threatened to give way, but Nico pressed me tighter to him, holding me up as he kissed me the way I’d wanted him to all week. When we broke apart and he rested his forehead against mine, we heaved in heavy breaths.
I sucked a ragged inhale, trying to shake the dizziness of Nico being so close I could see