He looked at her. “I thought he was doing okay.”
“He is, but sometimes he spends all of his allowance and hates asking Wanda for more, so I send him something to tie him over until the next month. I don’t do it all the time.”
“Next time, just ask me and I’ll loan it to you. What you’re doing is fuckin’ dangerous and stupid, and it’s going to wind up getting you seriously hurt or killed. If I hadn’t been there tonight, you’d have found yourself in a real fucked-up situation. Promise me you’ll stop hustling.” He glanced at her, her gaze now on him. “I don’t want anything to happen to you.” Grasping her hand, he squeezed it.
“You know, I didn’t know you cared. It makes me feel weird in a good way that I have someone who cares and is looking out for me. My dad took care of me the best way he knew how, but sometimes I felt like I was crimping his style, holding him back from the kind of life that he really wanted to lead. I don’t know. With you, I feel something. I’m drawn to you, and I think you are to me too.” Her voice was soft like velvet as it covered him with tenderness.
Not thinking, he pulled over to the shoulder of the freeway and tugged her to him. A surprised yelp slipped from her throat before he pressed his lips to hers, devouring their softness. His tongue dove into the sweet depths of her mouth, her enticing scent flooding his senses.
Clasping her hands on either side of his face, she pulled him closer until there was no space left between them. In that moment, as she kissed him back, his brain lit on fire and heat roared through him. He was addicted.
Pulling back, a small smile danced on her wet lips as her silvery orbs glimmered. “We should probably get back on the road.”
Nodding, he merged back onto the freeway. After he tuned the radio to the only station he could find—country—he clasped her hand in his and looked up at the carpet of blinking stars.I’m fuckin’ hooked on her and I haven’t even fucked her. I’ve never felt like this before.Clutching her hand, he glanced at her and smiled when she grinned devilishly. His foot pressed the accelerator to the floor; he couldn’t get back to Alina soon enough.
