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Not just knocks, but some serious pounding.
There could only be one person trying to leave dents in my door, and I’d told Daire not to bother. No doubt he wanted to make sure I wasn’t trying to jump out of a window, but I didn’t want to deal with anyone right now.
When the banging started up again, I set my glass on the counter and made my way to the door, cursing under my breath.
“Daire, for fuck’s sake, I’m fine. You didn’t need to leave the?—”
I swung the door wide to see the last person I expected standing there, and my words got caught in my throat.
With his hands on the frame and his bow tie undone and loose around his neck like he’d pulled it free in frustration, Archer lifted his eyes to mine.
My heart stopped.
Stunned didn’t even begin to cover it.
“What…what are you doing here?” I sputtered. “What about the?—”
I didn’t get a chance to finish that sentence, because Archer reached for me, grabbing either side of my face. A second later, his mouth was on mine, stealing all my breath.
For a moment, I thought I was dreaming. But as my fingers curled into the strands of his hair that were still wet from melted snow, my brain finally kicked in. He was really here.
Which meant Archer had left his own event to show up on my doorstep.
Holy…shit.
I wanted to ask him why, how, but Archer was insistent, kissing and sucking on my lips like he’d never gotten a chance to before.
He walked me backward into the condo and kicked the door shut behind him. Then he dropped his forehead to mine, breathing heavily. “I couldn’t stay. Not without you.”
My heart lurched, and if he hadn’t had a firm hold on me, I was sure my knees would’ve given out. His words were everything I’d wanted to hear, and I had to swallow back the emotion threatening to overwhelm me.
“Take me to your room, Preston.”
I entwined our fingers, walking us further inside, leading him to the one place I’d always imagined him—my bedroom.
We slipped inside like thieves in the night, and the second the door shut, it was as if the entire world faded away.
Archer was here.
Here at my place.
Here in my room.
Herewith me.
He’d left the biggest event of the season to come to me, and deep in my heart, I knew that had to mean something.
“Archer,” I whispered, drawing him in close enough that our toes touched. “What about?—”
“Shh.” He put a finger to my lips. “There’s nothing right now but you and me.”
My heartbeat was so loud I was surprised he couldn’t hear it in the silence of my room. How many times had I imagined him saying something like that to me? Too many times to count. It was like a dream, one I never wanted to wake up from.
Archer drew our hands up, studying our fingers where they were joined, then brought them to his mouth and pressed a kiss there.
“Will you do something for me tonight?”
Anything.That was what I wanted to say. But I couldn’t seem to find the word, not when he was looking at me like I was everything he’d ever wanted.
