wrapping in the soft strands of her hair, my bicep flexing as I pulled her body toward me until our mouths brushed.
I spoke against her, the alcohol flooding me to remove the last fucks I had to give. This moment had been a long time coming.
My voice was a quiet warning wrapped in a question. “Can you honestly say I don’t affect you?” My thumb pressed the pulse point in her neck, my fingers still trapping her hair. “That your heart doesn’t beat faster when I’m near?”
Eyes narrowing on mine, Lisbeth answered, “That’s only because I know you’ll hurt me.”
I grinned, my lips parting so that my teeth scraped her bottom lip.
“Is it now? Then why do your legs spread wider when I come near? Why does your skin flush when I’m watching? Why is your breath coming out on small spurts you want me to steal?”
I licked my lips, tasting her mouth in the process. I didn’t miss the way she trembled.
“Have you ever fucked a man who couldn’t stand you? Have you ever been challenged by someone you hate?”
My free hand gripped down on her thigh, fingers chasing the hem of her skirt higher. Lisbeth’s breath was a fan of heat on my face, her body becoming soft and supple, preparing itself for every hard part of mine that wanted to dominate her.
The room around us ceased to exist, the moment stretching out until there was only now, only this, only two people locked in a battle that could only allow one to win.
And I had never lost a battle yet.
My hand skated higher on her thigh, her skirt tight across her hips. She was practically vibrating with need, with heat, with desperation so damn thick that her breath caught in her lungs as her eyes held mine.
“Tell me no,” I crooned, my voice dangerously deep. “Tell me you haven’t thought of this, that you’re not wet and desperate to fuck the man you hate so much.”
Her mouth parted, and I took the opportunity to bite down on her bottom lip, to feel the deep shiver it caused. Flicking my tongue out to taste the sting, I tempted her while holding myself back.
Barely.
My body was hard, my cock full and throbbing. Every instinct I’d had, every battle I’d fought to keep my distance was lost as her breasts pushed tighter against my chest and her eyes dropped to my mouth.
Higher again, my fingers almost brushing her panties, the heat between her legs driving my pulse to a beat that matched hers.
“If we start this, I won’t stop. Tell me to stop.”
She shook her head, her mouth hovering near mine, a silent plea that I stop talking and just do what I wanted.
“Tell me to fucking stop, Lisbeth.”
The tips of my fingers ran the scalloped edge of her panties, edging closer to the center. If I didn’t pull back now, there was nothing that could prevent me from taking all of her.
Her eyes closed before slowly opening again, two blue flames trapping my gaze, her lips parting on words that would destroy us both.
“I can’t.”
“Why?” I whispered against her mouth.
Her pulse thudded harder beneath my thumb, her legs spreading wider as if daring my fingers to shove her panties aside and explore the wet heat inside her.
“Because I don’t want you to stop.”
A growl shook deep inside my chest, frustration giving way to the loss of control.
“I won’t be gentle,” I warned, my finger pressing down to find her panties were soaked.
She shook again, her mouth seeking the violence of my kiss.
We were balanced on a precipice with the threat of falling over, our eyes locked, our lips brushing, our bodies ready to give and take despite the hate we felt.
When she didn’t answer, the last cord of self-control I had snapped.
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
I flicked her panties aside at the same moment my mouth took control of hers, and while my tongue swept in to taste her for the first time, my finger dove deep inside her body.
Victory was the flavor of her first sensual moan.
Lisbeth
This was a dangerous game, but I played it anyway. My heart a trapped bird fluttering to break free, my body a traitor that wanted him, my thoughts screaming that I should push him away.
I couldn’t.
When he asked me to stop him, I’d parted my lips to do just that, but the words were wrong. The truth tumbled out instead of the refusal any intelligent woman would give, my curiosity already