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GABRIEL
After successfully slippingout of Lake Ridge, Lily and I made the short walk from the bar to her apartment. She texted her friends that we were leaving, and once she was done, she slid her phone into her purse. “Okay, it’s just you and me for the rest of the night.” She grinned and pulled her jacket tighter.
“I like the sound of that.” I looked down at her, relishing the way her eyes sparkled at my words.
“Me, too.”
Lily pulled her key out of her bag and quickly opened the door to the building, offering us a reprieve from the blistering cold. We still had a flight of stairs to go up before we were at her apartment, but I didn’t care. I couldn’t wait any longer.
I wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her toward me and crashing my lips against hers.
“Gabe,” she breathed against my mouth, her voice soft and needy. The keys jangled as she nearly dropped them, and I took them from her hand.
I’d spent way too long without Lily’s lips—and I sure as hell wasn’t going to stop now.
We stumbled up the stairs, too wrapped up with each other to care that what should’ve taken less than a minute took us double, if not triple. To me, it meant more time kissing her.
Once we reached her floor, Lily pulled her mouth away from mine, instead peppering kisses along my jaw and gently nipping at the skin.
I tipped my head back with a low groan that vibrated throughout my whole body. “Fuck, Lily.”
“I like the way you say my name,” she panted, unzipping my coat and starting to push it off my shoulders. We walked into her apartment, and the door slammed behind us. I felt around the wall for the light switch.
It was then I realized how flushed from arousal Lily was, the color spreading from her cheeks down to her neck.
“How do I say your name?” I asked.
“Like I’m yours.” She pushed my coat all the way down and started to work on the buttons of my dress shirt, her fingers moving quickly.
“That’s because”—I dipped my head down, resting my forehead against hers—“youaremine.”
“I’m yours,” Lily repeated, her words sounding more like a moan.
While she worked on getting my shirt off, I peeled off her black long-sleeved top to reveal that she hadn’t been wearing a bra.Fuck. “You’re stunning,” I rasped at the sight of her. “So perfect.”
“You’re not too bad yourself,” she teased, pushing my shirt off and leading us to her bedroom. “I got a taste of being yours…but what would it be like”—Lily’s eyes trailed along my body, up my legs, abdomen, chest, all the way up to my eyes—“to be fucked by you?” Her voice had a slight rasp to it. She sat on the edge of the bed and leaned back on her palms.
My eyes trailed along her body, taking in every curve and dip of her body. This was a sight I wanted engraved in my brain forever.
I’d always kept my emotions and actions under control, but Lily had the power to unravel me. She was the only one who could make me lose control, and I didn’t want to fight it. I wanted to give in, to give her everything,especiallywhen she looked at me with those hooded eyes and bit down on her plump bottom lip.
“Well, baby,” I said as I undid my belt, pulling it through the loops and letting it drop to the floor, “you’re about to find out. Do I need?—”
“No,” she breathed. “Well, unless you want to. I have condoms.”
My jaw clenched immediately. I was glad she was being safe, but…fuck, I didn’t want to think about her with someone else.
She must have sensed the tension on my face, because she smiled before adding, “I got themrecentlyjust in case…but I don’t want to use them tonight. I’m on the pill, and I don’t want anything between us.”
I nearly came right then and there. I swallowed, nodding slowly. “I’d love nothing more, Lily. It’s been at least a year for me, and I got tested after my last partner.”
“Same here,” she breathed, leaning back on the bed and propping herself up with her elbows.
“And you’re feeling okay? Didn’t have too much to drink?”
She shook her head to my second question. “I had two drinks early in the night and then switched to water. I feel great. Impatient, but great.”
