Something is happening between us, something real. Maybe it’s time I stop shying away from it. “Truth.”
She bites her lip. “What’s #1 on yoursexual bucket listright now?”
Why? You want to cross it off with me?
I jerk my head towards the wall of windows. “Pressing someone up against those windows while I fuck them from behind, knowing we can easily be seen by anyone looking our way.”
I can’t help but picture it, and Noelle’s eyelids flutter as my cock twitches beneath her core. “Truth.”
“Have you ever had a sex dream about me?” This is it, the question that can ruin our friendship for good. But it’s too late to take it back.
“Yes,” Noelle swallows, her breathing heavier by the second. Am I actually turning her on right now? “As you have about me.”
I nod. “That’s right, Honey. Truth?”
Noelle shifts in my lap again, dragging herself up and down my length while biting her lip.Are you trying to kill me?“What do you want to do to me right now?”
My voice is rough and hoarse. “Everything I probably shouldn’t even think about doing.”
We have passed the point of no return, yet I can’t bring myself to give a fuck. Not when my dream girl is edging herself on my lap, vulnerable and open and wearing that adorable frustrated look on her beautiful face.
Noelle nods, not slowing her movement. “Truth.”
“Does that scare you?” I meet her gaze, my palm gently cupping her cheek. My brave, gorgeous girl. So good for me, such a fucking gift to have in my arms.
Noelle shakes her head. “No…I want you to do it. All of it. But only if it means as much for you as it does for me.”
That’s her hang up? A false belief that I’m only out to get into her pants? I’ve failed, for real this time. If I loved her properly she wouldn’t have these doubts. She would know without a shadow of doubt what she means to me. She would know that I’d burn the world down for her, that I’d quit my job to help her with the café at a moment’s notice. She’d know that she is the most important thing in my life, that sheismy life. And that won’t ever change.
I take her cheeks in my hands, mapping out every detail of her sweet face. I want to remember this moment for the rest of my life.
“What I feel for you is hard to describe—you know I’m terrible with words. But I promise you this isn’t a one-time thing for me. You are so much more than that.”
Chapter eleven
Noelle
Amomentpassesincomplete silence, the only sound of our breathing and hammering heartbeats.
Cole’s eyes meet mine, soft and filled with something I can’t quite place. With a start, I realize he’s waiting for something—my permission.
I told him I wouldn’t do this if it didn’t mean anything to him, but the truth is, I don’t really care. He could easily lie and say it does, and I’d be none the wiser. We’ve long past the point of no return now, and my ache for him is too great to get caught up in rationality.
And so I nod.
His face dips to my neck, nipping at the sensitive skin. His massive body is rock-solid and tense underneath my touch, like it’s taking every scrap of his willpower to keep himself in check. It’s cute and thrilling all at once.
“Are you sure about this?” Cole asks between nips, voice strained. “It’s not too late. We can forget this whole thing, right now. Just say the word.”
There is no drug in this world that could ever make us forget this night, and I think he knows that. There is nothing that could make me want to forget, either.
The feel of his fingertips digging into my skin makes me ache for him in a way that I have never felt before, and his eyes…
The way he looks at me, like I’m the only thing worth looking at, the only thing that matters in this cruel world. That look has always been there. I know that now. I was just too young and dumb to see it before.
“Never.” I slide my hands behind his neck and pull him closer while his lips continue to explore my skin, needing to feel every part of him pressed into my body.I hope tonight never ends.“I want this. All of it.”
A roguish grin spreads on his lips when he lowers me down onto my back, the heat of the flames warm against my cheek. Cole’s eyes travel down my body, drinking in the sight. But I’m done waiting.
