I reached around him, twisted the handle, and shoved the door open. Then, I gripped his shoulders with my bandaged hands and forcefully turned him to face his house once more, then pushed him inside. I followed him in, then slammed the door shut behind us.
“What the fuck is this about, Drew?” he demanded, dropping his duffel to the floor and crossing his arms over his chest. His glare was hot enough to burn me, but I was already on fucking fire, so it didn’t faze me a single bit.
“You went behind my fucking back and told my bosses I needed aminimumof a week off and a reevaluation at the end of the week before I can return to work,” I snarled. “You hadno fucking right?—”
“I hadeveryright to do so,” Nicholas snapped, cutting me off. “Your hands arefuckedright now, Drew. They needrest. You’re just making shit worse by not caring for them properly. As your doctor?—”
“Asmy fucking doctor,” I growled, stepping closer to him, “you should know the whole, ‘my body, my choice’ thing, right?”
Our chests brushed with each heaving, angry breath we expelled into the air between us. I wasfurious. I wasreeling, and my week off had barely even started. Hadn’t even been ten fucking minutes yet. He’d taken what Ineededfrom me, and he expectedme to just roll over and deal with it because he thought my fucking hands needed a rest?
“Cut the bullshit, Drew,” he sneered. “What’s done is done, and Alfonzo even emailed me back to agree. You’re fucking useless to Maksim with those hands.”
“I am fuckingnot!” I roared, the word useless crawling beneath my skin and burrowing deep, fucking poisoning me. My hands curled into fists, and my knuckles throbbed. My fingers ached, but I couldn’t force them to relax, even as I felt my knuckles split back open, the scabs not yet strong enough to remain closed.
“You need to chill the fuck out,” Nicholas told me, forcing his voice to sound calm, which just pissed me off further. The last thinganyoneneeded to say to me when I was angry was tochill the fuck out.
Which meant I wasnotresponsible for what happened next.
My hand snapped up, my fingers wrapping around his slender throat. His Adam’s apple bobbed against my palm when I shoved him against the wall next to us, pressing my body to his. And then, like the deranged lunatic I suddenly felt like, Ikissedhim.
6
Nicholas
Of all the things I’d been expecting when Drew wrapped his hand around my throat and shoved me against the wall, it hadnotbeen this. I’d expected him to punch me in the face. Maybe continue yelling. But I’dneverexpected him to fuckingkissme. And goddamn him for being such a good kisser, too. I shouldn’t be caving to him. Butfuck, I was helpless to do anythingbut.
My eyelids fluttered closed, and I moaned low in the back of my throat as I kissed him back. Gripping his hips, I tugged him even closer, both of us groaning when our clothed cocks brushed against each other’s. He was hard and thick behind his zipper, and he pushed against me even more, seeking more friction.
“Doc…” he panted when I gripped his dark hair and forced his head back so I could look at him. I ran my eyes over his face, taking in his kiss-swollen lips and his dark eyes, pupils blown wide. His cheeks were flushed. No longer did he look angry andscared, like he had when he’d shown up at my front door andforced me back inside my own house. Now, he looked needy and wanting, andgoddamn, I was a goner.
I’d fought this for so long.Sofucking long. But I couldn’t fight it anymore. Not when he was looking at me with pure desperation and longing.
“Fuckinghell,” I rasped, lifting my other hand to rub the pad of my thumb over his lower lip. “Look at you. I’ve barely even touched you, and you’re practicallybeggingfor it.”
He swallowed thickly, his Adam’s apple bobbing in his long, slender throat. “I haven’t said a word,” he rasped.
I smirked. “You don’t have to, baby.” His eyes went wide, and his nostrils flared at the term of endearment that’d slipped past my lips. “Your face is saying everything your mouth isn’t.” I scraped my blunt nails along his scalp, and he practicallypurred. I groaned and dropped my hands, then grabbed one of his.
There was no going back from that kiss. And if I was going to cave, then I was getting everything I’d wanted from Drew foryears. I wasn’t holding back anymore, and I was no longer hiding my feelings. I was about to mix business with pleasure, and I was about to make himmine.
No one would ever take him from me, and I was no longer hiding how I felt about him.
“What’s happening right now?” Drew rasped, following me willingly and obediently, his fingers tightening around mine. His hand was swollen, but I’d deal with that later… after I fucked all this stubbornness out of him.
“Right now, I’m skipping my workout, taking you to my bedroom, and then, I’m going to fuck you, Drew.”
His breath audibly hitched, and when I pushed open my bedroom door, his hand trembled in mine. When I glanced at him, expecting him to be nervous, he just looked like he was in disbelief. I tugged him to a stop and cocked my head to the side the slightest bit, like if I looked at him at just the right angle, I could figure out what was going on in his head.
“Nervous?” I finally asked.
He shook his head. “I’ve wanted you for so long,” he rasped. “This feels… unreal.”
I snorted. “Oh, it’s real, baby.” Gripping the back of his neck, I dragged his mouth down to mine. He groaned, sinking into me, letting me control the kiss. All his anger had bled out of him, and he was letting me lead, letting me control the situation. Fuck, who knew Drew would naturally be submissive to me? I certainly hadn’t. A man like him didn’t come across as submissive at all. Around others, he was quiet and stoic. Kept to himself. Took no shit. Ruled the training ring like a fucking pro.
But forme… he was giving me everything I fucking wanted. Letting me take everything I needed from him. The control he handed to me so easily, so effortlessly, left me wanting him even fucking more.
This was what I’d been afraid of. That I wouldn’t be able to stop once I started. That I’d want too much. Take too much from him. But fuck if I could bring myself to stop now.
