Savage Vandal (82 Street Vandals #1) - Heather Long Page 0,84
the moisture dried up in my mouth.
Holy shit.
I mean, I’d known he was cut. That much had been obvious every time he took his shirt off, but this was something else altogether. Muscles bunched and moved in his legs as he rolled his head around. Tracking my gaze up to where his hand was visible against the white tile, I froze.
The red around his hands and staining along the back of them had me jerking my attention back to the shirt. He pulled his hand away, and a bloody handprint remained.
“Are you hurt?”
Vaughn twisted and stared over his shoulder at me as he raked that bloodied hand through his hair. The streaks on his face had my heart twisting. “What are you doing in here, Dove?”
Shifting my weight from one foot to the other, I forced myself to meet his gaze. “You were bleeding, or someone was.”
I glanced over at his discarded clothes again. The way he’d abruptly ripped off his shirt and turned away from me. He hadn’t expected to find me in his room. The rush to the shower.
When I returned my gaze to him, he’d turned to face me fully, and no matter how hard I tried not to glance down, the semi-hard cock jutting out from between his thighs was unmistakable.
The fact it had a silver studs piercing it riveted me when I damn well knew better than to stare. Fuck. I’d seen naked people before. Nudity and dancing went hand in hand. Staring was rude, but when I looked up, Vaughn just grinned at me. The ruddy flush of color to his cheeks from the heated water just added to the appeal of that smile.
He certainly wasn’t ashamed of his body. Not that he had any reason to be. His deep red hair was plastered to his skull and seemed darker still in the bright light. The pale brown, nearly topaz eyes of his gleamed. “See something you like, Dove?”
I could lie.
But really, what was the point? My nipples were pin points of hardness beneath the oversized shirt I was wearing, and my panties were damp from far more than the humidity in the air. I licked my lips as I locked my gaze on him again.
“You’re a beautiful man.”
Surprise flickered across his features as if he hadn’t expected my answer, but it didn’t diminish his delight in the slightest. Then because he dragged the curtain to the side, allowing me an unimpeded view, I drank in the sight of the tattoos all over him. His thighs were nearly as colorful as his arms. Each time he raised a hand to his hair, the shield on his biceps flexed. More and more, the rivulets of water began to run clear as the ruddy brownish stain from the blood washed away.
“The water’s hot if you want to join me.”
That offer tempted me way more than it should. But instead of backing down, I pushed deeper into the room and then closed the bathroom door and leaned against it. Arms folded, I watched as he filled one palm of his hand with a couple of pumps of shampoo. Then he worked it into his hair.
The bloody handprint on the wall had already begun to rinse away as water splashed off him. Some of it spattered the floor, but he made no move to close the curtain or obstruct my view.
What the hell was I doing?
A part of me tried to tell myself I was searching for injuries, but I really wasn’t a big fan of lying to myself.
To others? Sure.
To me? Not so much.
Only a few hours ago, I’d been making out with one of his friends, and my lips tingled at the memory. I’d been climbing Jasper like a pole, and now I was considering a repeat experience, only with significant less clothing and a new pole.
Though to be fair, Vaughn would probably be the thickest pole I’d ever worked. As if he could read my mind, his dick grew thicker and harder. Fuck me.
I closed my eyes and forced my head to lean back against the door. “I’ll go.”
“You don’t have to leave,” he said. “I don’t mind you watching me, Dove. Just promise to let me do the same sometime.”
I snorted. “You guys watch me all the time.”
“True.”
I really did love the way the smooth, sensuous nature of his voice rolled over me like a caress, wearing away all the brittle, broken edges. A part of me could listen to him all day long.