“You deserve that girl, Ares,” Xander said.
Ares nodded, then wiped his hand over his face.“If you can handle these two, I’m going to get some sleep.”
“Yeah, I’m fine.There’s not much either of them can do in this state,” Harper grinned.
Ares’s mood lifted immediately.He leaned down and kissed her cheek.“Come get me if you have to.Night, boys.”
“Nighty night,” Logan said.“I don’t know if I can sleep down here.Why is it so white?Xander, why are you allergic to colour?”
“I know you’ve slept in worst places,” Xander said.
He left them to their banter and dragged himself upstairs.As soon as he stepped into his room, Josie’s scent filled his nostrils.
He shucked off his clothes, then stepped into the shower, the warm water exactly what he needed to keep his thoughts from spinning.He lifted his face to the stream and closed his eyes, seeing Josie’s smile.A picture of her in rope, looking so sexy, so gorgeous, flitted through his mind and his hand palmed his cock.
Remembering the soft, silky feel of her skin under his fingers made his cock rock hard.
All he wanted to do was to eat her pussy forever.If she was his last meal, he’d forever feel sated.
As if his taste buds craved her sweet tang, he salivated, remembering how she tasted, as he stroked his throbbing cock from base to tip.
His balls drew so tight, he leaked with pre-cum and the only thing that was in his head was her beautiful eyes as her tongue licked the underside of his shaft.
The woman had no idea of the power she held over him.There wasn’t a single thing on the planet he wouldn’t do for her.
Fuck.He couldn’t hold back anymore, he jerked himself off with one hard pull, spilling his seed over his palm.
He laid his cool forehead against the tile, panting and completely spent.
No matter what it took, he’d have Josie back in his bed.He was done with interruptions getting in his way of making this woman his.
He scrubbed off, got out of the shower, dried off, and brushed his teeth.He picked up the bottle of gel Josie had left behind.Flipped the lid up and inhaled.Yep, that fruity scent was part of her smell.
He squirted gel between his hands and messed it through his hair.
Catching sight of himself in the mirror, he made a face.“Pathetic.”
But he didn’t care.He needed Josie like he needed air, and wearing her gel chilled his storm of want and lust.
He needed to sweep this woman off her feet to show her how much he wanted her and no matter what was happening with the rest of his weird co-dependent life, he was going to find a way to show Josie how serious he was about her.
16 JOSIE
“Don’tyoulovethisplace?”Carter said in her ear.His breath smelled of beer and Josie tried not to recoil.
She shifted on the high-top stool.This trendy pub was owned by Carter’s friend.The grey textured walls and the black tables gave the place a cave-like feel, but if that’s what they were going for they nailed it.
She stifled a yawn, wishing she was back in her kitchen.Or with her friends.Her face heated as she thought of where she really wanted to be, back in bed with Ares.It’d been a week since she said goodbye to him and part of her wondered if what had happened between them really was too good to be true.
He hadn’t texted or called all week.She spent the week throwing herself into her work as those Christmas orders kept coming in.By the time the day ended, her feet hurt.She felt like crying and hated that her feelings were so all over the place.
She should be stronger than this, dammit, not swooning over some guy.
But it wasn’t just some guy.It was Ares.The man who wanted to be more than friends.Ares, who had always supported her business.
The guy who gave her first experience with rope and left her wanting more.
“You could call him,” Maisy had said yesterday.Her chef friends were just as tired as she was but they had a quick catch up at Cecilia’s place.
