“Maybe.” I took the lead and tugged him into the hall on the right. Perhaps following him was the issue. If I were in front, I wouldn’t have the chance to watch this curve on his shoulders or the flexing of his jaw.
Leading worked for a while. I screamed a few times, backing myself into his chest when an actor tried to tug me into a side room. David held onto my waist, refusing to let go until the actor relinquished their grip. I kept leaning into him, exaggerating my panic just to feel his warmth. We were almost at the end of the house when I bumped into him a final time and felt how hard he was against my ass. He didn’t say a thing. I’m not even sure he knew I noticed. But by the time we got out of the house, his cheeks burned and gaze wouldn’t hold mine.
“Wasn’t so bad,” he said in a low voice.
“Told you.” I was too breathless and hot to properly tease him.
David ran his fingers through his hair, scanning the crowd. “Hungry yet?”
“Not really.”
“Then what do you want to do now?” Hefinally looked at me, reading the want in my gaze. David shook his head but grabbed my hand. Before I knew what was happening, he led me through the throng of people. It felt like ages before we found a quiet, isolated spot at the back of a hay maze. David’s hands held onto my waist as he backed me against the stacked hay bales.
“How about now?” he asked again with his gaze on my parted lips. “Hungry?”
“Getting there.” I gripped his jacket collar, pulling him into a kiss. David placed one hand over my shoulder and the other around my waist. He pulled me against him so I could feel the extent of his arousal. The buzz of the crowds faded into nothingness, and we continued to cling to one another as if we were the only people in existence.
“Yara,” he groaned against my mouth. The vibration of my name on his lips sent my nerves on fire.
“Yes?” I bit his bottom lip and swiped my tongue across to soothe the assumed sting.
“It’s nearly impossible not to touch you.” His mouth ventured down to my neck, planting kisses against my pounding pulse. “How did it get this impossible?”
“I’m irresistible once you get your head out of your ass,” I joked.
He nipped at my jaw, and I laughed.
“You and that mouth,” he murmured, less scolding and more wonder in his voice.
“What about it?” My smile faded when his thumb lightly traced my bottom lip.
“It’s been all I could think about for the last four years. Its ability to cut me down while simultaneously—” He pressed my waist harder against his. I could feel him against my clit. “—giving me the best hard-ons of my life.”
“Best hard-ons?” I smiled and shook my head. “Sounds frustrating.”
“I like the teasing. Build up without reward.”
“A little torment.”
“A lot,” he confirmed.
“How many times have I caused this?”
“A lot,” he repeated and kissed me with the desperation of a man in the middle of a desert with no water in sight.
“Promise me something?” he asked, breathless.
“Depends.” I smiled against his smile.
“Don’t go easy on me. Ever.”
I shoved my fingers through his hair, tugging on it a bit. “With me, easy was never in the cards for you.”
28
We werein his apartment again, but something had changed since the last time I was here. It was warmer. Softer. There was an orange blanket draped over the back of his couch. A pine-scented candle in the middle of the coffee table. Cushions were on the dining chairs. Another orange throw blanket on the bed. Every recent home good addition was my favorite color. I was all over his space.
David didn’t say a word as he took my jacket. I didn’t have time to get one in before he started kissing me. He led me backwards until the back of my knees hit his bed. I sat on the springy mattress. David instantly kneeled and kissed down my neck.
