would be even worse.
Fuck, I wanted him.
“We can do anything you want,” Gus said, getting even closer and dropping his voice low. “You can have me however you want. Wherever you want. Whenever you want.” He backed me up against the counter and pressed his body to mine. His lips were next to my ear. “Just say the word and I’m all yours. You can even punish me for tempting you like this.”
I opened my mouth to say something—anything—but all that came out was a whimper. He laughed, low and wicked. His breath was hot on my neck.
His hand slid down to my stomach, then lower, and it was obvious he’d noticed my erection as he palmed me through my jeans. My whimper turned into a moan.
“Please.”
I wasn’t even sure what I was begging for. For this to end? For Gus to keep going? For him to take the decision out of my hands?
“Please what?” Gus whispered, his lips grazing my skin.
“Please—please—fuck,” I groaned as he squeezed my cock.
“Not good enough,” he said, and in the blink of an eye, he’d pulled back, leaving me half-melted with desire. “Like I said, you can have me however you want. But you have to ask for it.” His gaze flickered down to my groin. “With your words.”
“But I—”
“See you in the morning, Holden,” Gus said, and just like that, he was gone.
15
Ari
“You ready?”
Holden’s voice came in from the hall, followed by Holden himself, pushing open the door to my bedroom.
“I’m all set, if you’re ready to—”
He stopped short, and I smiled to myself. He couldn’t see it, of course, because I was facing away from the door, which I’d carefully left ajar, to make it look like I was done changing.
I wasn’t. I was naked.
I had, in fact, been nearly ready for half an hour. I’d taken a shower ages ago, but put off getting dressed until right before we’d agreed we’d leave for the festival. Hell, I’d even listened at Holden’s door until I was sure he was ready, before scampering back to my room and dropping my towel just before he’d entered.
I’d timed things rather well, I thought.
Not responding, I bent over, well aware of the fact that my ass was waving in the air in front of Holden’s face, and grabbed my towel. I stood up slowly and tossed it on the bed, then turned to look at him. He swallowed, and looked like he was trying to decide if he wanted to lick me or run away in terror.
For the record, I would have preferred the first option.
“Hey,” I said, giving him an innocent smile as I grabbed my briefs off the bed, where I’d conveniently left them lying. “Just give me two seconds.”
I pulled them on slowly, inching them over my cock—hard, because I’d also been toying with myself for the past few minutes, wanting to make sure Holden knew what he was missing. I let my own eyes drift down to Holden’s waist and deliberately licked my lips.
Holden swallowed again. “I’ll just—that is, I can come back if you’re—”
“No need,” I said sunnily, pulling my jeans on. “Just wait here and we can head down together. I don’t even know if I could find the garage without you.”
That much was true. I’d had no reason to find it yet. I didn’t even know what kind of car Holden drove. Probably some insane, Batmobile-esque vehicle, based on the rest of his life and house.
“I, uh, okay.”
Holden stepped into the room gingerly and walked to the desk. He tried to shoo Frog off the chair, but Frog wasn’t having any of it, so he had to pick him up, sit down, and then set Frog on his lap. I crowed internally at the look of hunger on Holden’s face.
I mean, I got it. He’d said no more sex. He had his reasons, and I respected consent and boundaries. I did.
It was just that his reasons were so stupid. And it wasn’t like I’d physically barricaded him into the room to watch me change. Hell, with the size difference between us, I couldn’t physically force Holden to do anything. But the point was that he had the choice of whether to stay or to go right now and if he was choosing to stay, I was going to make the most of it.
I took forever to pull my socks on, milking the amount of time I could stand around shirtless, before pulling on a T-shirt and a sweater. By