“What did you do?” I braved to ask. I wasn’t sure I really wanted to know the answer to that or not. “Never mind. Don’t answer.”
Pulling myself back against the headboard, I took the same stance as before.
I’d happily let everything just be ignored. My feelings. The thickness that was in the room between me and Enzo. What I saw out there on the porch.
I jerked as a soft touch cupped my chin. Enzo’s thumb brushed my lips, parting them just enough that my tongue had a mind of its own and peeked out, touching the tip of his finger.
“Baby.” A single word that made me open my eyes. Such a simple word said with so much emotion. “You’re jealous.”
I shook my head.
“You saw us.”
I lifted a shoulder, pinning my eyes to the side of Enzo’s face.
Still naked, Enzo moved to whisper in my ear. His warm breath tickled my skin. “It was the hottest thing ever. If I knew you were watching…” he paused, nibbling on my lobe. A groan escaped without my consent as another part of my body jumped at the attention.
This man was the only one who could make me feel such things.
“I think you get the idea.” He backed away then, letting me take in a lungful of air. He didn’t go far. “But I should have talked to you first.”
“Why?” I squinted as he fully pulled away.
“How are you still so sweet?” The question was not one I was meant to answer. “Ryker’s attractive, and I’ve been fighting that. Today, it went too far. I hadn’t meant to do anything. Just…I pushed and he pushed back. And it was hot. I didn’t stop to think about what you’d feel about it all.”
Obviously, I wasn’t putting something together.
“What do you think of Ryker?”
“He’s nice. I already told you that.” I cocked my head to the side.
Enzo rolled his eyes. “Do you think he’s attractive?”
“Well, yeah. But—"
“You kissed him. You cuddle with him all the time. Of course, you like him. But do you want more from him?”
“You…you…I did kiss him. But he didn’t want anything from me. He didn’t….” God. Could I make even more of a fool of myself?
“That’s why you were upset.” Enzo’s hand cupped my cheek again. His look was soft, loving. As if I were his entire world.
I shrugged.
Ryker wouldn’t kiss me, yet he was perfectly able to kiss Enzo.
“Emery.” Enzo pressed his lips to mine gently, as if I were about to break. Maybe I was. “It’s okay to take what you want.”
I shook my head, because I knew it wasn’t. I never took what I wanted. It never ended well. Now was no different.
A knock on the door caused us both to jerk away from one another.
Emery
“I
think the three of us need to talk.” Seeing Emery’s face fall at my words, I backtracked. “I’m not kicking you out. We just need some new ground rules.” I ran a hand through my hair, hoping he’d believe me.
He nodded, then looked over his shoulder at where Enzo was slipping on a new shirt. His back was to us, giving me the short view of the mark from less than twenty minutes ago.
