I knew I was walking on thin ice, knowingly causing myself distress by touching her as I was. After tonight, after being so near her, laughing with her, all the stolen glances, the small touches…
Fuck everything that was keeping us apart.
“It’s not,” she breathed, her bright eyes meeting mine. I felt her shift, her thighs rubbing together, prompting the right corner of my mouth to rise.
“You’re squirming with the fantasy of me reaching between your thighs during the ride home, aren’t you?”
“No,” she lied.
My gaze roamed over her face, and I increased the pressure from my thumb. “My little liar,” I whispered. Our open mouths brushed, my heart staggering in response. Her grip tightened on my shirt, the gap between us enclosing. All that held me back was that final acute distance and her hesitation.
“Tell me your heart is racing as fast as mine,” she breathed.
“Sprinting out of my chest,” I managed. I squeezed her waist, swallowing the dryness in my mouth. “Chloe—“
The bright ray of a flashlight washed over us, breaking us from our trance. “Let’s get moving,” a guard said. “Move it along.”
I licked my lips as I dared Chloe to do something drastic, to tell either the guard or me to fuck off.
But she grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the exit.
One of my cars was waiting for us out front.
The driver tried to talk to us, and Chloe politely conversed with him. Though, I wondered if it was just to keep her mind occupied after the entire night or to keep from noticing my hand on her thigh.
I yearned to touch her in more places than just her legs. My ears rang, body numb with desire. I wasn’t sure I could walk away from this as I’d done in the past. This night felt final, like my last chance to win her back. My last chance was to tell her I belonged to her in every way, that she had my heart, soul, and everything in between.
As we pulled up to her building, I took her hand and led her inside without asking whether she wanted me there. We were the only ones entering the elevator on the first floor, and before she even made it inside, I hit the ‘door closed’ button to keep it that way.
She nearly tripped when I yanked her into me, the doors shutting behind her. Her chest lined up with mine. I wrapped my hand around her waist upon hearing her breath catch in her throat, a gasp leaving her as her hands moved to my cheeks.
Time stilled with the magnetism between us. Our mouths were so close, opening and closing like we could taste each other. I sensed her begin to tremble at holding back.
“It’s torture being around you like this,” I whispered.
“So why do you keep coming back?” she asked.
“Because staying away would be worse.”
My forehead came to a rest against hers as we staggered there. And with each bell of the next floor, we drowned together. Our eyes closed, holding each other and breathing in the ease of this, the comfort and home of being in the other’s arms.
“Chloe…”
“Shh…” she whispered. “Don’t say anything. I want to savor this.”
If there had been music, I would have danced with her. I would have spun her around and made her laugh. But it was all I could do not to close the inch between our lips.
Even when we reached her floor, we didn’t move. She grappled behind her and hit the lobby button again as if that elevator ride was the last thing we would ever do together.
Fate had different plans.
The chime sounded on a different floor for the elevator to stop. We broke out of our daze and moved into the far back corner. I held onto her waist and turned her around so her back would lean into my front. An older couple and a group of friends entered the elevator with us, squishing us into that corner.
My eyes closed again as I inhaled the scent of her hair, my fingers tightening just enough on her waist to feel her recline against me. Her back on my chest, her ass against the tops of my thighs, arousing my cock. I wanted to curl my arm fully around her, dip my fingers between her legs and hear that moan in my ear as I bit her neck and teased that sweet cunt.
“Gavin…”
I couldn’t tell if it was a plea to stop or go on. I glanced down at her, noting her extended neck, closed eyes, and short breaths. Her ass shifted into me, and my body practically surrendered to the feeling.
