She looks up at me, her face millimetres from mine.
“Positive,” she says breathlessly. “They’re more my kind of people.”
Her gaze drops to her knees.
“He’s an idiot,” I hear myself say.
“He is— He is?” she says, her eyes locked on mine.
“He is. If you were mine, I’d treat you like a princess.”
Kat flinches.
“What?” I ask, knowing I’ve said something wrong.
She shakes her head. “He called me an ice princess.”
I think back to all the conversations we’ve had, how Kat jumped in and rescued Pen from drowning, tearing shreds off us all for not noticing. The way she keeps her younger brothers in check with love and devotion. How she adores her parents and is hoping to follow her father into the hotel business once her degree is complete. Kat Frazer is far from cold.
Before I can stop myself, my lips touch hers. Tentatively at first, Kat lets out a slight moan, and I find myself pulling her close, deepening the kiss. She yields beneath me, her mouth opening, when her tongue meets mine, it’s my turn to groan.
I pull her into my lap, her hands sinking into my hair, pulling me closer. I’m not sure how long we sit there tasting and teasing. My body is alive, my breathing uneven. I pull my lips away, trailing them across her cheek and down her neck, burying my head in her shoulder.
We’re both breathing hard.
I pull back, my eyes scouring her face.
“Shit, Kat, I’m sorry,” I say.
She bites her lip, her gaze not quite meeting mine.
“I’m sorry,” she says, her tone serious.
Her hand goes to her hair, straightening it.
“What?” I ask.
Her eyes clash with mine.
“I’m sorry?”
“But I kissed you,” I say, frowning.
“Oh, I thought I kissed you. I was thinking about it and then?—”
“You were thinking about kissing me?”
Her cheeks darken, and my chest swells.
“Elijah is going to kill me,” I say, running a hand through my hair.
Fuck, what was I thinking!
“My brother can do one,” Kat says, in a very un-Kat-like way, her tone completely serious.
My eyes clash with hers.
Kat moves suddenly, straddling my hips, pushing me back onto her bed. I lie back, her hands resting on my chest, her hips cradling my throbbing cock between her thighs.
