The sight of her pulling her bottom lip into her mouth and sinking her teeth into it almost turned me feral. A small growldidrumble out of my chest and because I couldn’t help myself, I reached up to pluck it from her teeth, pulling her lip down with the pad of my thumb.
‘Fuck.You’re making me lose my mind.’ The words were barely above a whisper. But the truth behind them hung in the air between us. A bout of vulnerability flashed behind Fallon’s eyes.
‘Is it always like this for you?’ she asked softly. I saw the moment she regretted asking—regretted how revealing that simple question was.
I cinched my eyes shut, unable to look at her because of the wave of emotion that crashed over me, drowning everything else out.
No.I wanted to scream. Nothing in my entire life had ever been like this and it scared the fucking shit out of me.
That’s what she did to me. She was the chaos, the life, thecolour.She’d brought laughter back into this house—a house I had begun to loathe, that after one day of her being in it, now didn’t seem that bleak.
‘There’s never been anything like you.’ I admitted, blinking my eyes open to see the effect of those words.
Fallon’s shoulders slumped, the last whirl of worry seeping out of her posture, letting her fall fully into my embrace.
‘Likewise,’ she mumbled, a small smile tugging at her lips.
I raised my eyebrows in disbelief. ‘Likewise?That’s all you’re giving me?’
She smirked. ‘You want a full review?’
‘I’d take something more descriptive thanlikewise.’
She considered me for a moment. The humour slipped from her expression. ‘I don’t know when it happened… but somehow you became the happiest part of my life.’
I’d been tackled countless times on the pitch. Got elbows knocked into my chin, been shoved by a disgruntled opposition. Yet none of those falls had ever winded me like her words had just done. I sucked in a sharp breath, needing more air than I was getting.
Without another thought, I slid both hands down to her thighs and hoisted her up my body, so suddenly she let out a gasp. Her hands flew to my shoulders. Once we were at eye-level, I pressed a firm kiss to her parted lips.
‘You floor me every goddamn day. Please God put me out of my misery and say you’ll stay,’ I asked against her lips.
She clearly found my desperation amusing because a soft laugh worked its way past her lips.
‘Yes… I’ll stay.’ My moment of elation was cut short when Fallon’s lips downturned. ‘Just to sleep though, right?’
I froze. ‘Pooh, if you think my self restraint can handle you being in my bed one more night and not fucking devouring you… you are sorely mistaken. If you tell me you’re staying, know that the last thing we’ll be fucking doing is sleeping.’ I ground my hips into her to emphasise my point.
There was a pause. My dick stomped its proverbial foot in protest.
Her forehead smoothed out, the laughter sparking back to life in her eyes. Then, in a tone so casual she could have been discussing the weather, she said, ‘Okay then. But you should probably take me to bed right now, because my pussy is about to soak through your t-shirt.’
I didn’t need any more encouragement before I took off down the hall to my room.
42
FALLON
Oliver took a seat on the end of the bed and I slid down, my knees hitting the carpet softly. I cupped him through his jeans, massaged his thick length, and he moaned through his teeth.
‘Fallon.’
Hearing him groan out my name sent a rush of wetness straight to my core. I’d severely miscalculated the attraction between us. The dangerous pull that drew the two of us together that refused to be denied. I ran one hand up his thigh as the other squeezed his massive erection, I wanted to laugh at how hard we’d both tried to shut it down.
‘Are you laughing whilst my dick is in your hand?’ Oliver propped himself up on his elbows and eyed me, his breathing coming out in short pants.
A sultry smile curled at my lips. ‘I think it’s funny how hard we tried to pretend this wasn’t going to happen.’
If I thought he would find the humour in my statement, I was wrong. Oliver rose to sitting and threaded his fingers into my hair, yanking my lips to his in a bruising kiss.
