Hope frowned. She’d done exactly what she hadn’t wanted to, hadn’t she? Moving in, she kissed Angelica’s cheek quickly. “We take this slowly, then, all right? Just you and me and no one else.”
Angelica nodded and moved in to kiss Hope again, this time deepening it. She parted her lips and slid her tongue across Hope’s. Surprised, Hope pressed her hand to the small of Angelica’s back and pulled her in closer so they could kiss even more.
“Angel?”
“Hmm?” Angelica nipped at Hope’s lower lip and smiled at her.
“Do I have to put my suitcase in my room before we continue this?” Hope kissed her again, already sliding her hands under Angelica’s blouse and finding hot skin. “Or can it wait?”
Angelica gasped as Hope covered her breast and pinched her nipple. Hope stepped forward and pushed Angelica back into the wall. She had to believe that they could do this. That they could figure this out between the two of them and find a way to be together. They could do it. Hope kissed a line along Angelica’s jaw and down her neck. She nipped the soft skin just above Angelica’s collar bone.
“Just as long as you…” Angelica breathed heavily, pulling at Hope’s tight t-shirt “…understand…” Angelica gasped as Hope pinched her nipple again.
“I think I understand the assignment.” Hope nipped at Angelica’s earlobe and swirled her tongue around it and the small metal hoop earring there.
Angelica pulled Hope’s t-shirt off and dropped it to the floor before immediately pushing Hope backward a step. She wasted no time pulling at the belt sitting across Hope’s hips and undoing the button and zipper on her tight jeans.
“I have a meeting in thirty minutes,” Angelica mumbled, moving swiftly. “So I don’t have all day.”
“I also understand that assignment.” Hope chuckled. She put her hands against her pants and shimmied them over her hips while walking backward toward the bed.
“Just you this time.”
Hope’s heart hammered. She’d wanted this, sure, but she always forgot just how sexy Angelica was when she put that note of command in her voice. Hope sat on the edge of the bed to toe off her shoes and pull her pants off. She bit her lip, raking her gaze up and down Angelica’s body. She wanted them both pressed together, naked, but that wouldn’t happen this time. Perhaps later.
“Turn over on your belly.”
Hope raised an eyebrow at Angelica and took another second before doing as she was told. Not seeing Angelica made every other sense in her body explode as it waited for information. From the soft touch of Angelica’s fingers against the curve of her ass, to the sudden change when it was no longer the pads of her fingers but the slight scrape of nails.
Moaning, Hope shifted her elbows under her so she could sit up slightly and look over her shoulder. Angelica was watching her, those blue eyes not wavering from Hope’s face, and it sent another thrill through Hope’s body.
“Close your eyes,” Angelica said, her voice calm and deep, seductive.
She knew exactly what game she was playing, and Hope was only going to be along for the ride.
“Lift up your hips.”
Hope did as she was told, and Angelica slid a pillow underneath her hips. Her pussy clenched at the thought of what was going to happen next, over the fact that Angelica was going to touch her and have free rein over her entire body.
The mattress dipped as Angelica moved. Heat from her body seeped through her clothes and into Hope’s skin as Angelica pressed her knee against Hope’s upper thigh. It was so damn hard for Hope to keep herself still, to keep her eyes closed like Angelica had told her to. She wiggled on the bed, waiting for Angelica to do whatever she wanted.
Angelica’s hair against the nape of her neck surprised her and then it tickled. Hope licked her lips, breathing heavily with anticipation as she waited for whatever was next. Lips cascaded against the back of her neck and along her shoulder, ending with a small nip before another line of kisses started down Hope’s spine.
Her heart raced. Hope lifted her hips up, trying to find whatever contact she possibly could with Angelica, but she couldn’t find anything. Angelica’s body was nowhere and everywhere at once. Hope shifted her arms around to press under her chest, fisting her hands. God, she just wanted Angelica to touch her already.
They’d started so hot and heavy, and she wasn’t ready for this slowdown, this tantalizing tease that Angelica was taking her on. The scrape of teeth against her ass was unexpected, and Hope whimpered, clenching her eyes shut tight. Tingles rushed through her pussy, once again clenching at just the thought of Angelica touching her there. She’d longed for this for close to a year now, ever since she’d gotten that first taste of what it could be like.
“Angel…” Hope murmured.
But Angelica didn’t answer. Instead, she shifted one of Hope’s legs up and bent her knee, spreading her legs wide. Coldair brushed along her newly shaved nether lips and the twist of fate had never hit her harder. Angelica wouldn’t care about that, but Hope had wanted to prepare and make herself look and feel good for what she knew would happen this week.
And now she was on full display.
Angelica’s palm against her ass, spreading her cheeks as she massaged before she squeezed and then scraped those dull nails across her skin again was enough to elicit another moan.
“Angel… this is a new definition of torture.”
Angelica’s responding chuckle was low and full of satisfaction. She was enjoying this way too much, and Hope had never seen this side of her before.
