I lay back, stretching my arms out in amazement. “You’re fucking kidding me.”
“Hey, you’re no slouch.” She grins, crawling over my lap. I feel the slide of her pussy as she straddles my thighs, and my dick thickens underneath her.
Fuck. I can’t let myself get distracted again. It’s not safe.
I slide her hips back, moving her off my cock. But she pops up on her knees and settles herself over me again, and I don’t have the willpower to move her away this time.
“I knew I’d seen those dance moves before,” she whispers, and I groan.
But she laughs. “Uh-uh. There’s no shame in it. I’m a huge 6ixPack fan.”
“Really?” I’m not buying it.
“I mean it!” But then her expression shifts, her eyes suddenly serious. “You’re the sexiest man I’ve ever met, Chase Corbett. I love the way you dance with me, I love the sound of your voice, and I love the way I feel when I’m around you.”
My heart thumps at her words. It doesn’t seem possible that this incredible woman could be feeling these things about me. We’ve only known each other for a couple of days. But I’m looking into her eyes, and I know she means every word.
“I’m falling in love with you,” she whispers.
What?
She’s falling in love with me?
No. It’s the sex that’s got her confused. It’s my fault for taking things too far. Messing with her judgment.
“Baby,” I whisper, but she lies down, nestling her round breasts against my chest, and I can’t deny the fact I feel it too. That warmth between us—a sense of belonging I’ve never known with anyone before. I’m falling in love with her too.
I’ve been falling so hard I couldn’t see straight. Couldn’t even keep her safe.
But nothing between us makes sense. My life is here in Cupid City, and her life is…out there. Onstage and on the radio. She’s in everyone’s hearts. She belongs to her fans, not to me.
Like it or not, that’s the way things are.
I tip my head down to kiss the warm, damp hair on the top of her head. “It could never work between us, Harper. You know that, right?”
Her lips press to my neck and she kisses me. “It could, though.”
“No.” I shake my head. “We have completely different lives.”
She tips her head up, and her eyes meet mine. “You could come with me. Be my bodyguard.” She says it quietly, and I hear the vulnerability in her words.
It’s breaking my heart, because I want to be there for her. I want to be the one keeping her safe. Protecting her from all of it. Shielding her from the ugliness. But I made a promise to myself I would never go back.
I don’t belong in that world. I never did.
I wrap her up tight, holding her close and wishing things were different. Wishing I could keep her here in my arms forever and never let her go. But…
“I can’t.”
She nods slowly, and my body floods with shame and regret because I know I just broke her beautiful heart.
Chapter 13
Harper
I’m numb.
He can’t.
