"If I’d known it was you last time, I never would have put you on display likethat."
I lean back, ready to argue, but he places a finger over my lips. "I know. Absurd double standards, but don't shoot me. I am who I am, and I protect the ones I careabout."
I wish we didn't have these masks on. It's club rules, so I don't push but I’m dying to see his face so I can read each expression for what it’s meant to say. My stomach flutters in anticipation when I realize wherever he plans on taking me we won’t have to wearthem.
“Get dressed. I’ll be at the door.” He kisses mycheek.
I put on my outfit and smooth the material, taking a deep breath to calm my nerves. This is different than last time, and I hope I don’t make a fool of myself when we’realone.
He’s waiting at the exit, fully dressed and twirling his keys when I exit the area. With a quick lift to his eyebrows, he opens the door, holding it for me and saying goodbye to thebouncer.
He removes his mask, and I do the same. My heart pounds as I glance down to make sure I don’t trip, because I can barely feel my legs I’m soexcited.
I bring my hands together, worrying them while I try to focus on walking and breathing at the sametime.
“Hey.” Connor stops, cupping my head in his hands. “Don’t be nervous. It’s justme.”
His lips softly touch mine before he takes my hand and walks me to his car. After I sit down, my head drops to the seat as I try to calm my nerves in these brief secondsalone.
The ride is quiet and short. I feel him looking at me a few times, and the laugh he lets out doesn’t help my jumbledthoughts.
“You sure weren’t this nervous on Thursday,” he says, parking the car and placing a hand on myknee.
“You didn’t know who I was.” I kick myself after the words slipout.
He pauses, like he’s thinking to himself. “You’re right. I didn’t know it wasyou.”
The way he looks at me takes me by surprise. He’s not mad, but the smile on his lips makes my heart pound in a different way. I’d die to know what he’s thinking, but he opens the door, exiting before I work up the nerve toask.
We don’t see anyone as we enter his building. When the elevator stops and the door opens, I have to talk myself through the simple action of walking so I don’t lose my shit and fall on myface.
He unlocks his apartment door and steps back, motioning for me to enter first. I mentally pinch myself to make sure this is actuallyhappening.
It’s dark, and to my dismay, he doesn’t turn on the lights. Instead he grips my hand and walks me to his bedroom. The streetlamp lights the room through gaps in the blinds. It’s enough to see him but not enough to bring everything tolife.
“Are you ready?” heasks.
Before I can respond, his lips meet mine, and his hands roam down my arms and around my waist, scrunching up my dress and pulling it off over myhead.
With my arms still raised, he trails his fingers down to my elbows, past my shoulders, and along my sides to my waist, toying with the top of mypanties.
Since I didn't think I'd be going back to the club, I only bought one pair of sexy lingerie. I bite my inner lip, hoping my matching bra and panty set with black lace turns himon.
"I like this," Connor says, slipping his fingers around the thin waistband and sliding the panties down mythighs.
When he's on his knees in front of me, I glance down at him inawe.
"You were sexy last time, but this is more you," he says, taking my hands and wrapping them around hisneck.
My mind goes completely blank as I gaze at the man I've loved for so long, on his knees while I'm naked in front ofhim.
He smiles and his eyes light up, shaking his head slightly like he can’t believe what he’s about to say. "While I was at my parents’ house, before I knew you were there, I had a moment where I licked my lips, searching for any lingering taste ofyou."
I stopbreathing.
The sexy as sin grin he gives me before leaning in, wrapping my leg around his shoulder, completely does me in. His hands wrap around my waist, making sure I'm steady before his warm, slick tongue slowly makes its way up my pussy, spreading me using only hismouth.
I can’t tell if it's this position, the way his tongue dances around my clit, or knowing that Connor,theConnor Hayden, is licking me, but instantly the hunger for more makes my worries fade away. Excitement rushes through me and no matter how much I fight it, it's fighting right back. Making my world brighter and lighter until it'sthere.
