“I’m sure they were going to once you transferred the money to them. But they wanted answers first, and you can’t get answers from a dead man. But all that points to someone either planting the idea to kidnap and steal from you in their heads and giving them enough info about you to come up with the right dosing and timing for everything. Or someone hired them, gavethem the drugs, and gave them all the info they needed to kidnap you so they could steal your gig fee.”
“Which do you think it is?”
“Considering what I learned about them, the second one. None of those assholes had the skill or the experience to pull off such a complicated job on their own.”
He lets his head fall back against the cushion of the couch and blows out a soft breath. “This is all so surreal. And now my next gig is probably another trap, and I’m not even safe on a campus that’s supposed to be one of the safest places on the planet.” He rolls his eyes to meet mine. “I don’t understand why any of this is happening. Why is someone after me? I’m nothing special, and I’m not important. Why would someone want to kill me?”
“I don’t know. But I promise we’ll figure it out and make them pay for all of this.”
He nods and toys with his lip ring some more, and I pull off my hoodie.
The fireplace isn’t especially powerful, but the room is significantly warmer than it was when we got here, and having so many layers on is getting uncomfortable.
I don’t miss the way his eyes move over my chest and down my torso, or the appreciative look in them, as I toss my hoodie aside. And a knot of heat gathers low in my body when he slowly drags his teeth over his bottom lip.
“So what happens now?” he asks, his voice breathy as he lifts his gaze to mine.
I slide a bit closer to him. “We figure out who’s behind all of this, and we end them.”
His breathing hitches. “What if we can’t?”
“We will,” I assure him. “And do you know why?”
He gently shakes his head.
“Because you’re mine,” I tell him. “You’ve been mine since that night at the AV party. And I always protect what’s mine.”
He lurches forward, and the next thing I know, he’s practically in my lap as his lips meet mine in a hard kiss.
I immediately open for him and wrap my arms around his lithe body, pulling him closer as he shifts to straddle me. His kisses are hard and hungry as he ravages my mouth.
A low moan rumbles out from deep in my chest, and I’m hit with an overwhelming sense of rightness as our tongues tangle together and our breathing syncs up.
Nothing about this moment feels like a first kiss, and it’s also not like any kiss I’ve ever had.
Kissing has never really been a thing for me. I don’t dislike it or anything, but it’s not something I really enjoy, either. It’s a means to an end, but with Damon, it’s so much more.
Every swipe of his tongue and press of his lips is lighting me up from the inside, and even though my dick is as hard as a steel pipe and I’m so turned on my balls are aching, I don’t feel the need to press for more and am happy to just keep kissing him.
Damon seems to be of the same mind as he runs his fingers through my hair and tips my head back so he can take full control of our kisses.
I’m not a passive lover, but seeing this side of him is hot as fuck, and I just grip his ass and hold him tight against me as he nips at my lips and teases me with soft, fleeting kisses that are just as hot as the deep, hungry ones that rocked me to my core.
“I’ve wanted to do this for so long,” he murmurs against my lips.
I squeeze his ass and rock him in my lap so his cock drags against mine. “Me too,” I whisper, then flick my tongue against his lip ring. “I like this.”
“Yeah?” He traces the tip of his tongue over my bottom lip.
“Yeah. Does it feel good when I play with it?” I ask, then gently stroke my tongue over the thin loop.
“Yeah,” he says on a gasp.
Grinning, I gently catch the ring between my teeth and give it a little tug.
His breathing hitches, and he wiggles closer to me, rubbing his cock against mine in a deliberate way that sends a jolt of pleasure shooting through me.
My moan mixes with his, and I let go of his ass so I can slip my hands under the hem of his shirt and finally feel his skin.
