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“You’re not missing anything. Stop trying to corrupt her,” Rhys says, and Lena starts coughing. Archer slaps her on the back a few times. She looks over at me with watery eyes, pointing to her throat.
“Choked. Popcorn.”
After a few minutes, everyone settles down. Ezra starts up the movie, bouncing in his seat with a lot of energy for someone our age. It’s kind of endearing. He’s like an excited child. Everyone is occupied watching the movie or yelling things at the screen—Ruby—so I lean into Rhys’s side. Making sure no one is paying attention, I speak softly in his ear.
“What’s porn?”
Rhys chokes on the popcorn in his mouth. He sits up and coughs a few times before sucking down a big gulp of water from one of the bottles he’d grabbed out of Ezra’s cooler.
“Seems like the popcorn might be dangerous tonight?” Archer looks over his shoulder at Rhys, a knowing grin on his face.
Rhys ignores him and finally gets his wheezing under control. He clears his throat one more time and takes another drink while I lounge on my side, smiling up at him.
Rhys looks at the others, all of them occupied with the movie or each other. No one is paying any attention to us. “I might not be the best person to tell you. Fuck. That makes me feel like a dirty old man.” He chuckles and shakes his head.
“You’re just making me more curious. The build-up only makes it more intriguing.”
Rhys blows out a breath and drags his hand down his face. He looks down at me with a smile tipping up the edge of his sensual mouth. With one more glance at the others, he lays back down, shifting so that he’s on his side as well. His head is propped on his hand as we face each other. We’re not touching, but there’s something very intimate about the position we’re in.
“Porn is…” His face scrunches up, his eyebrows furrowed while he struggles for the right words. “Okay, basically it’s video of people in all kinds of sexual situations.”
“Ruby’s been making me watch all her favorite shows. There’s sexual stuff in them. Is that what you’re talking about?”
“Not exactly. It’s more explicit than that.”
Heat starts to burn under my skin. I’m acutely aware of how close Rhys is, the rise and fall of his broad chest, the masculine beauty of his hands, the shadow on his jaw. Each piece of him is seductive on its own. Combined, he’s a weapon created to target all my weaknesses.
“How so?” My voice is husky. Rhys’s eyes drop to my lips and then back up to look at me. The need in them is potent and has my heartbeat tripping over itself.
“It’s… there’s…” Rhys blows out a breath and I chuckle at him, which earns me a glare. He moves forward and his lips are on my ear, breath ghosting over the skin of my neck. Goosebumps break out over every inch of me.
“It’s close up. You can see everything.” His hand settles on my hip, and he shifts until our bodies are pressed together. I can feel the hard length of him pressing into my stomach. His hips flex and I huff out a shuddered breath. “Every inch of flesh is exposed. It’s not pretty or poetic, it’s raw and most of the time it’s actors and not real people, but sometimes it’s authentic and the people are really enjoying themselves. When it’s real, it can be fucking hot.”
Rhys is still talking without saying everything, but I get the general idea. I can’t tell if he’s being cagey because he’s embarrassed or because he thinks I can’t handle it.
“I already told you I’m not innocent.”
His eyelids lower and then fly open when what I’ve said sinks in. It’s hard to tell with only the light from the movie, but I think Rhys might be blushing. He doesn’t strike me as the kind of man who normally gets shy around women. I’m not usually so bold, but there’s something about Rhys that makes me want to take risks. To lay out my desires and see if he’ll scoop them all up.
“In case that wasn’t clear the other night.”
“I am aware,” Rhys says, his thumb rubbing back and forth over my hip. I can feel the heat from his palm through my clothes, all but branding my skin.
“I think I understand what porn is. The Duke used to have parties at his manor.” I shudder, immediately regretting bringing up anything to do with that horrible Fae.
“Fuck. He would have orgies?”
That’s a word I do know. “Basically. No drudge wanted to be in the ballroom on those nights. There were no holes off limits at those things.”
Rhys starts choking again, even though he isn’t eating anything. “Fuck. I don’t know why you keep surprising me.” He starts to laugh, earning a loud shush from Ruby, even though she’s been talking consistently through the movie.
He lowers his head so that there’s only a sliver of space between our noses. We’re so close I can barely focus on his eyes, but his are locked on mine. Neither of us moves, except to breathe each other’s air.
“I’m going to kiss you,” he whispers and my stomach swoops.
“Okay,” I reply breathlessly.
His hand slides up my hip and over my side until it rests on my back. His fingers gather the material of my shirt as though he’s having a hard time restraining himself and I wish he didn’t have to. I wish we were alone somewhere instead of surrounded by other people.
“Hey, guys. Enjoying the movie?” Ruby flounces down at our feet, literally wiggling her way between us until we’re forced to split apart. Rhys groans and moves back, angling his hips away from Ruby. That would be bad news for all of us.
“Ruby, what are you doing?” I sigh, pressing my thighs together. I’m aching and pretty irritated at the moment.
“Just checking to see if Rhys really did cut a hole in the bottom of his popcorn bucket.”
I flop back, slapping a hand over my eyes.
