“It means,” I poke him again, raising my voice, “That I had no ulterior motive. I was embarrassed, Harrison. That’s why I didn’t say anything.”
He looks at me, and I look down, annoyed at myself for admitting that.
I don’t know how long we stand there, but eventually, he lifts my chin so I look directly at him. “Why would you ever be embarrassed?”
I shake my head and take a deep breath to calm my nerves. “It’s dumb now, looking back, but the second I walked into that party, I noticed you, Harrison. Even with your mask on, in a crowded room, I knew it was you.” I take a breath. “So you canimagine my excitement when the hot guy from the restaurant comes over to the bar thinking he recognized me back until I said hello, and you introduced yourself. I felt embarrassed you didn’t remember me.” I shrug.
“Jules.”
“You don’t have to say anything, Harrison. We were wearing masks. Of course, you wouldn’t. I felt too stupid to mention it at the time. Then you left me so…” I shrug.
“I see. But to be clear, I didn’t want to leave.”
“It’s fine?—”
“Don’t interrupt me,” he snaps. “Because it isnotfine, Juliette. It was a shitty thing to do. I had an emergency I needed to attend to, and I panicked. Looking back, I should have handled it differently. For that, I’m sorry.”
He takes a dangerous step closer, trapping my body against the wall.
“The fact you thought I didn’t want to stay is ludicrous.” I shrug, mortified by my insecurities. I’m sure strong, successful older men like Harrison are completely turned off by women like me, who have no control over their emotions. “Does this feel like I don’t want you?” He grinds his groin into my stomach, and his hand darts out to catch me as my knees buckle.
“Harrison,” I whisper.
My arousal sweeps in and the air swirls around us. Feeling him against me instantaneously instills confidence in me; the connection between us is palpable, literally.
“Before I knew it was you tonight, my body reacted to watching you and only you on the dance floor.” He lifts me by my hips, and my legs quickly wrap around him, squeezing him tightly. “Make no mistake, I wanted you before I saw your face tonight, and now that I know it’s you,mon petit papillon, I don’t want you. Ineedyou.”
The tone of Harrison’s voice should frighten me, yet instead, it electrifies me deep in my core.
He cups my cheeks and darts his tongue out to swipe around my parted lips. A small part of me is saying this is too much, and I should run, but my body says no fucking chance. This man is waking up every good feeling in my body, and before I can think about it for a second longer, my mouth parts, and a heartbeat later, our tongues collide.
This man can kiss like nothing I’ve ever felt before. Starting slow and sensual, quickly turning wild and frantic, like we can’t get enough of one another.
Desperately, I push myself flat against his muscled chest, feeling his hard erection that has my head spinning in circles. He moans loudly at our connection, dragging his lips away to ravage my neck with hot, open-mouth kisses and bunching up my dress to palm my behind, pulling me aggressively into him.
My fingers are threaded through his hair, tugging on the ends as my sex sparks with excitement every time his thick cock rubs against my soaked panties.
My god.
He releases one hand to run up the side of my body, cupping my breast and running a thumb over my nipples.
I whimper, and he tugs tightly, making me clench hard below.
Oh shit, this can’t happen against a wall…again.
I pull back, panting loudly. “Harrison. We’re in the club.”
“No one can see us,” he murmurs against my neck, then bites down, and I almost combust.
Some inner strength I didn’t know I had helps me unhook my legs and drag them back to the floor.
He’s breathing just as heavily as I am, his eyes completely blown wide and wild. “I need you. Give me tonight.”
“Just tonight?” I ask without thinking. Why would he only want tonight?
A look, maybe regret, passes over his face. “It’s all I can give, Juliette. I’m not someone who can give more than that.” He doesn’t explain. Instead, he leans down and kisses me hard with suction. “But I can promise you it will be the best fucking night of your life.”
Say yes!
