eyes. Memorizing my face in case she never saw it again.
I grasped onto her hands at my cheeks and held them there, loving the feel of her warm touch. Needing her touch more than I ever needed anything in my life. “I’m gonna make some changes.”
Sadness flashed in her eyes. “I’ll help you.”
I scoffed. “If it were only that easy.”
“I’ll do whatever it takes, Hayden. I’m serious. You’re worth it. You know that, right? You’re worth it.”
I closed my eyes, feeling tears welling behind my lids. Fucking tears. What was it about this girl that stripped me bare? And how the hell could she make me feel her words? Make me believe they were actually true?
Without another word, she leaned in and pressed her lips to mine sending a warm tremor coursing through my cold body. As difficult as it was to do, I dropped my hands to her hips, letting her set the pace.
Her lips glided over mine, sucking and teasing me like we’d done this hundreds of times before. Her tongue licked across the seam of my lips, seeking access. I resisted, wondering how long I could hold off. How long I could be a gentleman.
Within seconds, my lips parted and her tongue slipped inside. The back and forth sweep sent chills up my spine. She had this innocent way of taunting me without realizing she was even doing it. I was done for.
Alex moved closer, her body curving flush against mine. I felt a shiver roll through her as her warm skin pressed to my chilled body. It didn’t stop her, though. Her arms wrapped around my neck. She needed to be closer. Undeterred by the condition she put me in down south, she slipped one of her legs between mine.
I couldn’t take anymore. I rolled her onto her back, loving the feel of her small body squished beneath mine. Staying partially on my side, I hovered over her, running my hand down her side and under her tank. I waited for her to stop me from going any further, but she didn’t. She kept teasing me with her tongue, hungry and greedy, plunging deeper and deeper. It was almost too much. Almost.
I pulled back, enough to catch my breath. But it was no use. Both of us panted like dogs. My lips dropped to the soft skin on her neck and that tender spot below her ear. The one that sent her moaning. I licked and nipped and kissed her skin until she let loose a series of adorable little whimpers. Working my way down the front of her neck to the top of her tank top, I continued my assault on her sweet body.
Her delicate fingers grazed lazy figure eights up and down my spine. From the dip above my ass to the tips of my shoulders, warmth radiated in their absence. Moving higher still, they played with the hair at the back of my neck.
I was more than primed to make my descent to the last bit of exposed skin below her neck when she pushed me back.
With ragged breaths and a heaving chest, I rolled onto my side. Had her mind caught up with her body? Had she finally realized I was more trouble than I was worth?
She sat up and stared down at me with heavy-lidded eyes. It wasn’t the look of someone having regrets. It was the look of someone as into what was transpiring as I was.
Alex pulled the hem of her top up over her head, exposing a lacy black bra. My jaw dropped and my body twitched. I all but came undone right there.
She tossed her shirt to the floor, then pulled me by the shoulders back on top of her. My bare chest met her practically bare chest. I couldn’t hold back any longer. I leaned down and crashed my lips to hers, savoring the sweet minty taste for a long intoxicating moment. Plunging. Circling. Consuming.
I pulled back from her lips and moved down to her neck, inhaling her vanilla scent as she twisted and coiled beneath me. I kissed and sucked the soft skin around her neck before moving my way down. I swirled my tongue and devoured the smooth swells of her breasts. Running my nose between them, I lowered myself to her flat stomach, seriously unable to get enough of her.
When my lips reached the top of her shorts, I contemplated my next move. I knew what I wanted to do. And growing a