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“Because your mom’s super fuckin’ talented, that’s why.”
Halo grinned and then started laughing, and the way that smile made his face transform from serious to stunning made something other than my cock ache.
“What?” I said, as he tried to get a handle on himself.
“I’m just trying to imagine her reaction to what you just said.” That seemed to amuse him all over again. “Actually, I’m trying to imagine her reaction over the fact that a badass like Viper from TBD even knows who she is, period.”
“Why? Do I seem that uncultured?”
Halo’s mouth parted as though he were about to say something, but then he snapped it shut.
I shrugged. “My mom used to take me to Carnegie Hall whenever she was able to save up enough money for a ticket. It was kind of a thing with us.”
Halo’s eyes softened slightly. He was looking at me in a way I couldn’t quite decipher, and wasn’t sure I liked, so I refocused on the words we’d been playing around with earlier.
“Okay, then. Now that I know who you’re related to, you better give me something fucking kickass.”
“No pressure,” Halo said.
“Take it away, Angel.”
Halo’s fingers moved over the strings again as he began to sing the chorus, and when he reached the point where we had stopped, he shut his eyes and finished, “You’ve gotten inside of me. To the darkest parts of my soul…” His eyes flew open and landed on me. “That’s it. ‘With you, I lose my mind. With you, I lose control. You’ve gotten inside of me. To the darkest parts of my soul.’”
And fuck if I didn’t feel like he was talking about me, with the way his eyes were all but glowing with his excitement. I nodded, because really, it was all I could do. Halo was back to humming the chorus again as though testing out the words.
“Do you like that?” he asked when I still hadn’t said jack shit.
“Yeah. It’s good.”
“Good?” Halo scoffed. “It’s awesome. Don’t play.”
That confident attitude was all kinds of hot. “Like I said. It’s good.”
Halo tucked his hair behind his ear. “So glad you’re impressed.”
“Oh, I’m impressed, Angel. Really fucking impressed.”
Halo’s eyes zeroed in on mine and stayed there a little longer than necessary. The song we’d been writing took a quick detour out the window then, and so did any desire I had to continue working on it, as I lowered my gaze to the lips Halo was now worrying with his teeth.
Fuck. I wanted to be the one biting him there, sucking that lip into my mouth, but to do that, I’d need him closer—much, much closer.
Twenty-Nine
Halo
VIPER WAS STARING at my mouth again. I’d caught him several times already since he’d been here, but this time his gaze lingered, and I couldn’t say I wasn’t affected. I still didn’t understand how I could be so attracted to someone the complete opposite of anyone I’d ever been interested in before.
Where all of my past girlfriends had been smooth all over, from their lips to every inch of their skin, Viper was all muscle, every inch of him hard, including, frequently, the appendage between his thighs. I’d felt him against me at his apartment, his dick firm and unyielding, and I hadn’t been able to get the feel of him out of my mind. Never before had I been interested in exploring another man’s body, nor had I imagined them touching me, but with Viper? My curiosity was starting to get the better of me, especially right now, with his gaze still on my lips.
“Angel?” Viper’s eyes didn’t waver, and it suddenly occurred to me how used to the nickname I’d become that I answered to it now. More shocking, I actually kinda liked it. But the way Viper’s voice dropped low told me something was about to go down, something less to do with working on music and more to do with the lust in his eyes.
Yeah, I needed to move, because Viper was about to strike.
I was on my feet before he could say another word, but he didn’t let me get far. He reached for my hand, halting my steps and turning me back to face him.
“Running away again?” he asked. He didn’t let go of my hand, instead tugging me toward him to stand between his spread thighs. “Do I scare you, Angel?”
“Yes.” The truth fell from my lips easily, and a savage smile crossed Viper’s face.
He let go of my fingers and moved his hand to the back of my thigh, squeezing the muscle there, testing me, and when I didn’t move away, he repeated the move on my other leg. His hands were strong as they pulled me closer to where he sat, closer to the prominent bulge behind his jeans.
My cock kicked as Viper craned his head back to look up at me.
