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“Leila,” he groans, but his actions don’t match the frustration in his tone. I lay back, and he lets me pull him down on top of me. His fingers delve into my hair, and he tips my head back, his lips teasing mine. “I can’t resist you.”
“I don’t want you to,” I tell him.
“Mmm. I don’t think I will.” He kisses me again, then pulls back to look me in the eyes. “But I also don’t want to go behind your brother’s back.”
I don’t know what we’re supposed to do.
Deacon and Ryker’s friendship complicates this.
Whatever this even is.
“God, you couldn’t have been some random guy, could you? You just had to be my brother’s best friend,” I grumble. “Last night was supposed to help me escape my problems, not add to them.”
With the mood officially dead and buried, I push Deacon’s chest until he moves to lay on his side next to me. He props his head up with one arm and looks down at me.
“The last thing I want to do is make your life more difficult, beauty,” he says, brushing a stray lock of hair from my face and tucking it behind my ear. “I’m so fucking into you. This thing between us… I can’t say for sure what it is, but it feels like it could be something big. I want to explore the possibilities so damn bad.”
Maybe it’s crazy, but I feel the same way.
I came to Blackwood for a fresh start, to get away from the drama and bullshit back in Colorado. I didn’t expect Deacon. Meeting a guy was the furthest thing from my mind, especially after my recent split from my ex-boyfriend.
I should be focusing on myself.
I shouldn’t even be considering starting something new so soon.
But I can’t deny the attraction, the magnetic pull.
And it’s not all physical.
Being with Deacon is… easy, comfortable.
It feels right in a way nothing ever has before.
I want the chance to explore it, too.
“I want the same thing, but exploring anything between us is going to be impossible if Ryker knows we hooked up last night. You said he wouldn’t be okay with this, and I’m inclined to believe you. I don’t want to go behind his back, but maybe we could give ourselves a little time before we tell him. See where this goes first?”
He’s quiet, so I know he’s considering it.
It’s really the only way.
Ryker might have figured out from our short conversation that I spent the night with a guy last night, but if he finds out it was his best friend… he’ll probably lose his shit.
“You’re right,” he finally says, and I breathe a sigh of relief. “Telling him we hooked up is only going to cause trouble, and this is so new that he’d never believe it’s more than that.”
“So, I get more nights with you?”
Deacon smiles.
“Many more nights.”
Thank God.
All we need is a chance.
I need this chance.
Because Deacon is already under my skin.
The End… for now
