She spun around, her eyes flashing with an unexpected heat. Her warm gaze moved from my feet, pausing around my chest and landing on my mouth. My lips tingled from her staring, my stomach tightening with lust. Lorelei wet her bottom lip, and the little gesture was a lightning bolt straight to my groin.
“When you say things like that, all I want to do is kiss you.” She swallowed, hard as her cheeks flushed red.
Tell her the idea. Tell her. Do it.
Her chest heaved, and the softness of her mouth, the half a second I’d felt it in the car, drove me wild.
“Remind me why we can’t… give in. Just a little bit. Reward ourselves. I need an escape, nothing more.” She inched closer to me, her voice throaty and raspy. Her damn tongue licked the side of her mouth as her feet were an inch from mine. She gently touched my chest. Each tap on my shirt felt like a hammer. “Luca, you can’t get emotionally invested for good, solid reasons, and I refuse to fall for anyone right now, let alone my brother’s teammate. But this… thing between us, it doesn’t have to be complicated. We can use each other. I saw the way you watched me yesterday. The way your cock pressed against your sweats. The way your hands tensed and the heat in your eyes grew. You want me too.”
I swallowed the ball of emotion in my throat. My skin grew two sizes too small, and my lungs forgot their entire purpose for existing—breathing. I gasped for air as my pulse punched through my body. Was she… suggesting… what I wanted? Her fingers brushed over my pecs, dancing up toward my chin where she traced my jawline. To give in to this chemistry and get lost in her, but only one time. Then she’d be out of my system, and I could breathe again.
I forgot we were in the hallway, where any of my teammates could see us.
I forgot my rules.
I forgot everything except the fact she wanted me to be her escape. “Lorelei,” I growled, gripping her fingers in my hand. If she kept touching me, I’d need her.
She laughed, softly, her minty breath hitting my face.
“I promise I won’t catch feelings or doanythingto ruin your plans. I just want to get rid of this energy and feeling, and you make me so… “ She trailed off, her eyes heating up as she zeroed in on my mouth. “Tell me. Have you thought about how it would be between us?”
“Yes.” My voice came out all gravelly, rough.A million and a half different times in the most secret fantasies in the back of my mind.
Victory flashed in her eyes. “Amazing, right?”
I nodded, my restraint seconds away from snapping. I squeezed her fingers in my fist, my last terrible attempt at stopping this. Once it began… my body vibrated. I wouldn’t be the same. “You deserve more than what I can offer, Lorelei.”
Anger flashed in her eyes, her lips curving into a wicked smile. “Are you making a decision for me? I’m sick of men doing that. Letmechoose my own path, and I’m telling you—I wantyou.Right now.”
My cock swelled, and my gut tightened. Every muscle went rigid, ready to pounce on her. She wanted to use me, and I wanted to get lost in her. I moved closer so our chests touched, and I stared down at her. I gripped the base of her neck, dipping my thumb into the apex of her throat. Her pulse skyrocketed.Yes, that’s my girl.I’m not the only one combusting inside.
“One time,” I said, digging my nail into her skin in warning and a promise. “We do thisone time.”
“Once,” she repeated, breathless.
“No feelings.”
“None,” she whispered.
“Doesn’t mean anything.” I tightened my hold on her, lowering my mouth so our lips were an inch apart. “This changes nothing.”
“Nothing.” She gripped my shirt hard, her hands trembling. Her eyes turned to molten liquid and heat. The air intensified, each breath a sharp crash in the silence. I licked my lips, overcome with joy that this was happening. Every cell in my body was on edge. My toes dug into my shoes, and my jaw twitched as I fought the aggressive urge to claim her.
I wasn’t an animal. I was attentive in bed, but with her, I wanted to lick every part of her body until she couldn’t move. I wanted to erase every memory she had of Eric with my tongue alone. I wanted to bite her skin and mark her. In all the thoughts of what I wanted to do, dreamt about doing, trying to say these things completely immobilized me.
My desire for Lorelei Romano overtook rational thought.
“Make the move, Luca. I need you to make the first move.” She pulled me hard against her so there was nothing between our bodies. I towered over her, my hand still at her throat and her face tilted up toward mine.
“Shh,” I said, the control essentially disappearing. I shoved her against the wall and bent low, dragging my nose along her jaw and breathing her in. Peaches and vanilla and soap. The best combination in the world.
I licked the spot behind her ear, pulling on the lobe with my teeth. Her head fell forward, resting on my shoulder as I said, “Don’t rush me, Lorelei. It’s not every day I get to live out my fantasy of fucking you. I’m going slow, and you’re going to let me.”
“Luca,” she moaned, the sound a shot of adrenaline. I wanted that sound on repeat, her pleasure and surprise mixing with my name. I’d heard women shout my name at games, but those calls hadnothingon her throaty voice.
I nipped her neck, letting my other hand move from her throat over her chest. Her chest heaved, and the large curve of her breasts was perfect.God.I felt like a kid in a candy store, where I wanted everything all together at once.
Focus. Make it good for her.
