Page 86 of My Wedding Night Massacre

His hand comes up to my neck, holds me there, and his mouth opens against mine. The kiss is devastating. Not soft, not tentative, but raw and hungry like he's been starving and I'm the first meal he's seen in years.

I moan into his mouth, and he swallows the sound.

When we break apart, we're both breathing hard. His forehead rests against mine.

"Fuck," he mutters.

"Is that a yes or a no?"

"That's a terrible idea."

"I specialize in terrible ideas." I pull back enough to see his face. His pupils are blown wide, and there's color high on his cheeks.

“And I, bad decisions.”

His thumb strokes the inside of my wrist, and I swear I feel it everywhere. My breasts, my stomach, between my legs where I'm already getting wet again. How does he do this? How does barely touching me make me feel like I'm coming apart?

"What kind of bad decisions?" I ask.

"The kind you'll still remember when you're away from me."

"I don't even know you."

"You know enough." He leans in, his mouth so close to my ear I can feel his breath. "You know you want me. You know I want you. Isn’t that enough?"

Oh God, it is.

"That's..." I search for the word. "That's very direct."

"I spent seven years in prison, Aurora. I don't have time for games."

Prison.

The way he looks pointedly at me, tells me he said it to scare him off. He expects me to run in the opposite direction, screaming bloody murder.

I almost laugh.

At the situation and at myself.

If only he knew the world I was born into.

"What were you in for?" I ask.

"Does it matter?"

I stare at him, trying to find words to tell him, I don’t really care about anything right now, except wanting him.

Needing him.

And yes, I’d like to find out what this hunger that I feel for him is.

"The Grandview Hotel," I say quickly, before I lose my nerve. "Room 412."

I did not just say that. No no no no!

It must be the alcohol. I really need to stay away from alcohol.

This shit is ruining my life. I just invited a complete stranger to my hotel room because he makes me so hot and bothered. I am dripping wet for him right now.