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“Shh. You have to be still,” he reminded me. “Can you do that? You want me to make you come?” I nodded and pulled his mouth to mine as he thumbed my clit in delicious torture while I tried my best not to circle my hips against his hand. Our tongues slid together as he muffled my cries, just as I felt my orgasm reaching its peak, and then I was clenching and convulsing around his fingers. He gradually slowed his hands as he helped me wring out every sensation, until I collapsed, resting the back of my head against his neck. When I opened my eyes, he was staring at me with fascination.
“You are so hot,” he said as he slowly slid his fingers out of my panties. He held my gaze as I watched him put those same fingers into his mouth. No, that was hot.
Suddenly the music from the concert felt too loud and penetrated our lusty bubble like a bucket of cold water, and I really wanted to leave.
“Want to get out of here?” Aidan asked as if reading my mind.
“Yes.” I stood up while smoothing down the skirt of my dress. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into the aisle and down the staircase.
“I’m going to go to the ladies’ room real quick, but I’ll meet you at the front, okay?”
“Okay,” he replied and pressed a kiss to my lips before letting my hand go.
I took my time as I tried to gather my thoughts while I fanned myself in the mirror. I took a few deep calming breaths as I thought about what I was doing and what it would mean to sleep with Aidan tonight. Was I capable of keeping this casual? He didn’t seem like a one-night kind of guy, and I wasn’t sure if I was capable of promising him anything more. Judging by the fact that I’d just had the hottest experience of my life, I knew either way that it would be hard to forget Aidan Ross.
As I exited the ladies’ room and turned down the narrow hall, I was shocked to see Derek leaving the men’s room. My breath caught, and I stopped walking immediately. He was wearing a pair of worn jeans that I’d washed many times and the blue and red gingham pattern button-down I’d just given him for his birthday in March.
Before I knew it, my feet were moving, and I was following him down to the first-floor dance area. He stopped when he reached a group of people, none of whom I’d seen before. My stomach twisted as he wrapped an arm around a girl’s waist in a way that seemed very familiar. The thing that stood out to me the most was her short hair. He’d always told me how he liked my hair long, and her hair was cut into a bob. I couldn’t pull my eyes away. Why her? She wasn’t even that pretty, and she had some sort of pink fruity-looking drink with an umbrella in her hand. Where was the Jack?
I’d spent six years trying hard to be everything he wanted, the cool girl who wore her hair how he liked, drank what he liked, fucked the way he liked, and kept my mouth shut the way he liked. What I got in turn was the privilege of standing there watching him grind and kiss on a girl who appeared to be the exact opposite of me, who I thought he wanted.
That was the moment I realized that Derek was never really going to be mine.
At least not in the way I wanted him to be.
All the feelings of inadequacy, hurt, and jealousy became too overwhelming. My chest felt tight, and I knew I was in danger of bursting into ugly tears right here in the middle of a crowded concert. I turned around and my eyes immediately locked on a pair of green eyes that, for some reason, made some of the ache in my chest go away.
I walked directly to Aidan and didn’t spare a glance over my shoulder as I let him lead me away as what was left of my heart shattered into a million pieces. It only confirmed that I needed to get as far away as I could from Kentucky.
Chapter Seven
“So, was that him?” Aidan asked as we were pulling away from the Fish Tank Freddie’s parking lot.
“Yeah.”
“Are you alright?” His voice lowered an octave, and I knew he asked that question out of obligation.
“I want to say yes. I really do.” I kept my gaze to the right as I looked out of the window. Seeing Derek tonight helped me to remember all the reasons I wanted to leave Kentucky, and while Aidan was a great distraction, he was a little too good at it. I didn’t want to risk sticking around and accidentally bump into Derek again. My heart couldn’t take it, and I didn’t think I was strong enough to see him anymore knowing that he wasn’t mine.
We were pulling into the driveway of my place when I spoke again.
“Aidan, I’m going to accept the offer that was made on my condo this morning.” He put the car in park and wrapped both of his hands tightly around the steering wheel.
“So what are you saying?”
“I’m saying that in about thirty days I’ll be on a plane to San Diego, but in order to make that happen I have a lot to do—”
“And I’ll just be in the way,” he interrupted but didn’t look in my direction.
“Yes,” I answered quietly, feeling like the biggest asshole. “I think you’re great, but I think I’m going to have to finish the article research on my own.” In my mind, it really was the only thing to do. To cut all ties with everything here and start over someplace else.
“Research?” Aidan ran a frustrated hand through his hair. “Not even twenty minutes ago, you were moaning in my mouth and coming on my hand. Was that research, too?”
“Aidan!” I gasped, to which he responded by opening his door and getting out of the truck. I watched him storm a few feet away where he paced back and forth a couple of times. When I walked up to him, he stopped.
“Josette, I’m sorry for saying that.”
“It’s okay.”
