“I heard a noise and was checking to make sure it was you.”
“A likely story.” I roll my eyes. “And no, we didn’t have a fight. He gave me a goodnight kiss in the car.” I look away as I lie because I hate deceiving my parents. It’s the one thing I struggle with. It feels wrong to be deluding our families and friends, even if we have valid reasons for doing so.
“Okay, sweetie.” She pulls me into a hug, and I sink into her warmth. “Sorry for watching. You two are just too cute together.”
If Callan doesn’t feel the same as me, Mom is going to be so disappointed when we break up. She’s never been this invested in any of my previous relationships.
I’m lost in thought as I get ready for bed, removing my makeup and taking a quick shower before drying and dressing in my silky pink pajamas. I’m rubbing moisturizer into my face as I walk back into my bedroom just as my phone pings with a new message.
I’m at the window.
I spin around, spotting Callan’s grinning face outside. Padding across the room, I quietly slide the window back to let him come in. “You are legit insane,” I whisper.
“I like living on the wild side.” He winks before swinging his legs into my bedroom, and then he strides across the wooden floor to flip the lock on my door.
“What’s up?” I ask, rubbing the last of the moisturizer into my face.
“I didn’t like how we left things downstairs.”
I frown. “What do you mean?”
He threads his fingers in mine and reels me toward the bed. When he sits down and pulls me onto his lap, my heart starts pounding like crazy as butterflies swoop into my chest.
“We need to discuss something.”
And I have to be in your lap for it?I think it, but don’t say it, wanting to see where he’s going with this. Excitement flutters in my veins, and I try to rein it in, but the way he’s fixated on my mouth makes it impossible. “What?” I ask in a raspy voice.
“When we talked about boundaries at the start, we said we might need to kiss sometimes.”
Air gets trapped in my lungs, and it takes me a few seconds to respond. “I remember,” I whisper.
“Ana is full of shit, but if she’s noticed I only kiss you on the cheek or the forehead, others have too.”
“My mom was spying on us earlier, and she asked why you didn’t kiss me goodnight.”
“Erin asked me why I won’t kiss you in front of her.”
“People are getting suspicious.”
“They are. I think we need to take things to the next level.”
“I agree.” It’s a miracle I can form words at this point with how loud the thrumming in my ears is.
“This doesn’t change anything.” His eyes are heavy with desire, his sultry gaze locked onto my mouth.
“It’s not real,” I whisper as his mouth moves toward mine.
“Still fake,” he whispers over my lips before his arms envelop me in a firm embrace, holding me close to his body. Then hismouth descends, claiming me in a passionate kiss that blows my freaking mind and knocks every other kiss I’ve ever experienced completely out of the water.
22
CALLAN
Astrid’s warm mouth glides eagerly against mine as her fingers toy with the ends of my hair, and I’m about to come out of my skin. Maybe putting her on my lap wasn’t the smartest idea because my dick is hardening the longer we kiss, and there’s no way she’s not feeling it. Kissing her is even better than I imagined, and my arms instinctively hold her tighter as I angle my head and deepen our lip-lock.
My blood is on fire. My body is thrumming with need, but I keep it clean, devouring her mouth and wallowing in the pleasure of simply kissing. I’ve never enjoyed kissing much, but that was before I kissed Astrid Nevan. This is everything I didn’t know I was missing. A low moan filters from her mouth, and I slip my tongue between her lush lips, tangling it with her tongue as I succumb to her spell. I’m enchanted. Intoxicated. High on her mouth and the way she’s making me feel.
When she moves, straddling my hips and grabbing the back of my head, I can’t stop myself. I thrust my hips up and squeeze her ass, dragging my erection against the softest part of her. We fall back on the bed as she gyrates on top of me, grinding against my cock and pressing her chest flush against mine. I almostfucking black out as intense pleasure surges through my veins, and I’m close to throwing all caution to the wind and saying feck it.
