“Will.”
“Yeah?”
“What are you doing?”
“Does it bother you?” he whispered, grazing my nose with the tip of his. Did it bother me? No, but maybe I didn’t feel like it.
“We’re not together anymore,” I remarked, coming closer to his face while the music seemed to be vibrating even more in my ears.
He nodded. The music was deafening, but I could hear him.
“I know, June.”
“I just want us to stay friends,” I repeated slowly.
“Me too.”
He does too? Will wants us to just be friends? So then why does he keep staring at me like that?
“Is this what friends do?” I provoked him with a playful smile that disappeared when Will shot James a serious look behind me.
“Well . . .”
A warm little puff on my jaw forced me to crane my neck.
“It’s just that I don’t know if I can—”
And then James’s warm breath near my face. My stomach tensed up. I felt him lick his lips, grazing against my sensitive earlobe with the tip of his tongue.
My head was spinning.
“Right now, you can do whatever you want, Snow White.”
James’s whisper was so intense that I started to think I was dreaming. In one of those dreams where all of my senses were overtaken by extremely pleasurable sensations, where there was only the good part of him, no teasing me around his friends, no venomous shots at me. He moved my hair to find the most sensitive part of my neck with his lips. He wasn’t kissing me, he was just teasing me, maybe promising something, softly rubbing the tip of his soft lips on my throbbing skin. I gave in to the heavenly feeling for a moment, but when I opened my eyes again, I was brought back to reality.
Will was still in front of me and kept staring at me. I couldn’t let loose.
The low lights violently shattered in my eyes. No. They’re two tempting devils. I wouldn’t give in to temptation.
I had to remove myself from the situation as soon as possible.
I told James I wasn’t drunk, that I’d only had a couple of sips, and that was the truth. So why was I feeling so confused?
I blinked a few times, but the gesture didn’t help me find clarity.
When I opened my eyes again, everything was still there. My body squeezed against theirs, the thundering music. My inability to think.
I felt the warmth of the blood boiling in my veins, and without even realizing it, I was moving between their bodies. It was a weird sensation that took me by surprise when I brought a hand behind me to freshen up my hair, but I ended up finding James’s cheek, then his hair. I sank my fingers into his soft locks, barely yanking them, and he moaned in pleasure from the bottom of his throat.
No, June.
I looked in front of me again, where Will got closer and closer.I’ve got to get out of here. I’ll count to three and then leave. Now.
One.
James rubbed the tip of his perfect nose against my throat then rounded his mouth into a satisfied smile, sending a wave of chills down to my lower stomach.
Two.
