RUSH (Montgomery Men #1) - C.A. Harms Page 0,28

that Kiera leave with me.

I knew that shit would get me nowhere though, because Kiera didn’t give in to my demands. That was a huge adjustment I was still trying to deal with. I had never felt so dismissed in my life as Kiera made me feel. She was the biggest fucking challenge I’d faced in years. But something about her made it all worth it. She was definitely testing my theories about what women want.

When I looked up to see Kiera stand from the table and move toward the restrooms, my stomach tightened in anticipation. Here was another chance to get her alone.

“Excuse me,” I said as I removed Nina’s hand from my thigh and stood.

“Do you want me to give you a hand?” she asked before biting her lower lip suggestively.

A month ago I may have given in to that offer, but today it just sounded foolish.

“No,” I simply replied before following Kiera without a glance back.

When I rounded the corner, the long, narrow hallway was empty. At the end, it turned to the left and led to the women’s restroom. The men’s was in the opposite direction.

I leaned back against the wall just outside of the door to the ladies’ bathroom and crossed my arms over my chest as I bounced my foot to relieve some of the tension building inside me. I had never in my life had to fight so hard to remain calm. I was usually laid-back and unaffected by anything. But since the moment Kiera had first given me that attitude of hers, I’d been a fucking mess.

The roar of a hand dryer just beyond the door pulled me from my thoughts. Growing even more anxious, I watched the door, waiting for the gorgeous woman to exit. And when she did, I no longer hesitated.

Her eyes locked on mine with a look of shock as I hooked her waist and spun her around so her back was pressed to the wall. Caging her in, I lowered my face, bringing us even closer together as I pressed my body close to hers.

“Why do you keep fighting this?” I asked. “I know you feel it too. I can see it in the way you look at me. The way your eyes haze over and that sweet mouth of yours opens just slightly, as if you’re lost in some erotic fantasy.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she insisted, but the vibration of insecurity in her voice told me I was right.

“I told you I don’t give up,” I stated. “I don’t let go of something I want.”

“Is that why you’re on a date?” she challenged, her feisty attitude fighting to overpower the desire in her eyes.

“It was only to make you jealous. And from the way you’ve been unable to take your eyes off us, I can see it worked.” I chuckled when she narrowed her eyes and glared back at me without denying my accusation. “I didn’t plan for Nina and me to do anything but go to dinner together. I’ll be leaving here alone—unless you decide to go with me, that is.”

“Don’t hold your breath,” she shot back.

I chuckled at her quick response.

“What would it take for you to give in to those thoughts that I know have been running through your mind? What do I need to do?” I asked as I focused on her lips and the way her tongue licked and moistened them. I grew even more aroused just thinking of what it would feel like licking along my stomach, moving even lower.

“I just—”

I leaned in before she could give me another shit excuse, wrapped my hand around the back of her neck, and covered her mouth with mine. She resisted only for a few seconds before brushing her sweet tongue against mine.

I groaned and she whimpered, both of us forgetting where we were. I had imagined what she would taste like, what her lips would feel like against mine, but the illusion was nothing compared to the reality.

Fuck, she felt so good, and I had never in my life tasted anything sweeter.

I nipped at her lower lip and sucked gently as I ground my hips against her, showing her just what she was doing to me. “Stop fighting me,” I whispered before kissing along her jaw. “I want this, I need this. Please don’t deny that you do too.”

“It’s not that simple.” Her voice was laced with desire, a breathy whisper much different from her defiance only moments ago.