I almost laugh in her face, but when I flick my gaze to meet hers, I can tell she’s apprehensive. “Nothing,” I state.
Her eyes widen, and she looks down at the counter before she flicks her gaze to meet mine. “You don’t have to do that. I can’t let you do that.”
My lips twitch into a smirk, and I know my words are going to come out a little rude, but I also know that I need to keep her at arm’s length. “I didn’t,” I say. “Club paid for it. I’m here watching you. It’s club business.”
Cidney’s eyes go wide, and she nods once, then clears her throat. “Well, thanks anyway,” she mutters before she turns and starts to walk away.
Now I actually feel like a dick. Reaching out, I wrap my fingers around her wrist so she can’t get far from me. Tugging her back slightly, I watch as she stumbles backward a few steps before she whips around to face me.
“To be clear,” I begin, “I would pay for whatever I needed to pay for, Cidney, and I would not ever ask you for a dime. Iknow you’re not working, but that wouldn’t mean a fuckin’ thing, either. It is more because you’re a woman, a good woman, and I would never ask anything like that of you.”
She frowns, obviously a bit confused by my words, but then her gaze flicks up to meet mine. Her eyes search my own while her tongue slides across her bottom lip. My gaze slides across that lip, wishing it were my tongue wetting it.
“That sounds sexist,” she rasps.
“It’s not sexist. It’s what’s right. I’m a man, you’re in my company, I pay for your shit. Whatever that looks like.”
She shakes her head once but doesn’t attempt to pull away from me or even take her eyes from mine. Instead, she moves closer, until her torso almost touches mine, her tits so fucking close to pressing against my chest.
I let out a grunt in anticipation of the moment her softness presses against me. But it doesn’t happen, at least not immediately. I don’t pull her closer to me, although I’m at my breaking point, and I haven’t even been here twenty-four hours. I know that my control is on the verge of vanishing completely.
“I don’t even know how to respond to that,” she breathes. “Except for this. You’re not my man, so you’re not obligated to pay for anything. I’ll accept it because you’re right, this is a club thing, and it’s not like I have a choice in it anyway.”
I’m sure her words, her bite, her tone should turn me off. They don’t. I don’t think anything about her could turn me off at this point. She narrows her eyes slightly, which only makes me smile bigger.
Dipping my chin slightly, I look down into her face, our eyes staying connected. “I’m trying really hard here, Cidney.”
She licks her lips again, and I bite back the groan. “What do you mean?” she asks on a breathy whisper.
Fuck. Me.
She’s going to make me say it.
And saying it out loud is going to break the threadbare hold I have on my control. I pull her closer with a jerk, feeling her body press against mine. Dipping my chin, I run my nose along hers, my mouth shifting to her ear. I feel her body tremble, and my cock twitches.
“I’m trying really hard not to fuck the absolute shit out of you.”
CHAPTER FIVE
CIDNEY
Oh my.
Yes,please.
I want that.
Letting out a shaky breath, I try not to act like I’m exactly what I am—horny. It’s so embarrassing how much I want him. Pressing my thighs together, I close my eyes, and thankfully, he puts me out of my misery by shifting forward, and then he places his mouth against mine, and finally…
Finally.
He kisses me.
When his tongue slides inside me, tangling with my own, my entire body sways. He wraps his arms around me, catching me before I fall to the floor, and then I’m hoisted into the air.
My ass lands on the counter, hard. I let out a grunt when I land. I know his control is broken when his teeth nip my bottom lip. He shifts back slightly, his eyes searching mine wildly.
Yes.
