“I don’t understand,” is the best I can come up with. Eden chuckles, wraps her arm around my waist and pulls me close.
“I had to see you, babe. I know I was supposed to be painting, but I couldn’t concentrate.”
“But you hate parties.”
She nods. “Yeah, but I love…seeing you more.”
There was a definite pause in that sentence. I’ll try not to read too much into it. We’ve only been together a month. Far too early forthatword, right?
I lose all resistance and throw my entire body into her. She holds me so close, as I feel all my anxiety fade away.
Nuzzling into her neck, I inhale her scent. “Did you drive?”
Eden pulls back and laughs. “What? I didn’t get a word of that.”
My smile can’t be hidden. “I asked if you drove here.”
“Oh, no. Pia brought me. She and Todd are around here somewhere. Bella too, although I doubt we’ll see her or Becca for the rest of the night.”
Lucky them. I’m so done with this party. I just want to steal Eden away somewhere quiet and drape myself all over her.
“Do you want to get out of here?” I ask. Eden searches my eyes, and I see the same need swimming through her eyes. The distance between us over the past two weeks has really amped up the tension. I don’t care if we have sex, now or in a year’s time. I do care that I have my hands on some part of her body. I just need to feel that connection.
“Yeah. I do.”
Pulling her along, I wind us through the crowd. Becca and Bella are wedged up against a wall, ten seconds from causing a scene. Clearing my throat, I wait for them to break apart.
It takes Eden flicking Bella in the ear for them to finally register our presence.
“We’re leaving,” I say to Becca, who looks dazed. I’m not sure if it’s from booze or Bella.
“But…what?”
Chuckling, I pull Becs in for a quick hug. “See you tomorrow.”
There isn’t a soul in this house that could get me to stay a second longer.
After a brief battle with Bryce to escape, we spill out into the front yard, laughing. It feels so fucking good to laugh with her. Also to have her super-glued to my side.
We pull apart to get in my car but quickly snap back together. Eden’s tongue traces across my lips before pushing into my mouth. My hands go straight to her hair. The moan that escapes her is almost obscene. Suddenly I’m not so tired. The fatigue I’ve felt in my bones vanishes and is replaced by pure lust.
“Do you want to come home with me?” Eden’s voice is so soft, I’m not sure I heard her right.
“You mean stay over?” I ask in between kisses.
“Yeah.”
“What about your parents?”
“They’re cool with it. We’ve had ‘the talk.’” She laughs.
Unable to fully comprehend the conversation while Eden is doing things with her lips that are sinful, I pull back. “What?”
She shrugs. “They know we’re together and at some point will likely have sex. They’d rather it be somewhere safe, like my own bed than sneaking around.”
Shaking my head, I laugh. “Your parents are so cool.”
She grins. “Yeah, they’re not bad.”
