“Juliette,” he says firmly, and I snap my head up. “This is not where I live. But I promise you I’ve never been here with another woman.”
I narrow my eyes. “I’m sure you say that to everyone.”
He raises an unimpressed brow and lowers his voice. “Are you calling me a liar?”
Before I can tell him no, that I’m just freaking out, he has his phone dialing a number on speaker.
“Who are you calling?”
“My brother.”
The phone picks up, and you can hear loud music blasting through from the other end. “Sorry bro, if your old dick can’t get up, I have nothing to help you. I’m like a fucking stallion.”
Harrison groans, pinching his nose, “Nate, shut the fuck up. You’re on speaker phone. Can you please tell Juliette whose place this is?”
“Oh fuck. Sorry, Juliette! It’s my place—have fun, you two.” Then he clicks off.
I smirk at his brother while Harrison takes a step closer into my personal space before I can remember I wasattemptingto leave. “My brother recently bought a new place around the corner, along with all new furniture. He kept everything here because he’s deciding whether to rent or sell it.”
“Okay?”
“I’m an extremely private person, Juliette. I don’t allow anyone but my family and close friends in my house. It’s nothing against you.”
Everything in my body tells me to shut up and not ask anything else, but I can’t…I need to know. “So,” I look down and wring my hands. “If you’ve not brought anyone back here before, where do you normally go?”
“Jules,” He sighs but continues, albeit reluctantly. “Normally a hotel. One of my other brothers runs The Valencia Hotel Group, so I have complete discretion. Is that all?”
“Your brother on the phone wasn’t surprised we were here.”
“Is that a question or statement?” He smirks. “And no, he wasn’t. He’s been teasing me relentlessly about you all week.”
“Me?” I squeak and widen my eyes, surprised.
He takes one more step forward so our chests touch and cups my cheeks with his strong hands. “Yes, you. You’ve been on my mind every day, Juliette. I can’t stop thinking about your big doe-like eyes or these pouty lips.” He traces his thumb along my bottom lip, plucking it from between my teeth. “And I especially couldn’t stop thinking about your long, toned, sexy legs wrapped around me. It’s all I think of every night, alone in bed.”
My breath catches. Oh god.
He tightens his hold on my face and turns my head to kiss me with everything he has. It’s deep, passionate, and completely unhinged. “Do you feel the tension between us?”
I whimper as an answer. Of course I do. The chemistry between us is like nothing I’ve felt before.
He stares at my face with hunger, darting out his tongue to lick his bottom lip, and with every swipe, my arousal builds. I finally snap and decide to go all in.
Fuck all the rest of it.
It’s what I wanted, I remind myself once more…I can be carefree, just for tonight.
“Are you in or are you out, Juliette?” he whispers.
I don’t hesitate. “In.”So in.
He leans down, picks me up, and slams our lips together as he walks down a long hallway, then kicks open a door, and we fumble into the room.
“Oh my god.” I laugh. “Did you just break the door?”
“Who the fuck cares,” he growls and places me down to tug off his shirt, and I almost die on the spot.
His body is what every girl dreams of.
