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She stirs and opens her eyes, her face going red when she notices me watching her and I give her a small smile.
“Come on, Angel, we’re here,” I tell her as I open my door and grab the bags out of the truck. I make my way to the door that leads into the house and look back to make sure she’s following, unlocking the door and entering the kitchen. “The house has four rooms upstairs, let's go up and I’ll show you where you’ll be staying.”
She looks around as we make our way through the house and head upstairs. It’s not anything special, but it’s not the shithole that I grew up in. That place held nothing but pain and bad fucking memories, so Xave helped me get rid of it and buy something where I could start again.
“This is Xave’s room and the office,” I say as I point to the two doors on our left. “This is my room,” I tell her, pointing to the first door on our right and making my way to the next door and opening it. “And your room is here.”
“Xave lives here too?” She asks me quietly, stepping into the room and looking down at her feet.
“No, but he has a room here just in case he ends up staying. It's more comfortable than him crashing on a sofa he doesn’t fit on.”
“Oh,” she lifts her head and takes a look around.
“That door leads to a closet and the one next to it leads to your bathroom,” she looks at me before quickly looking back down at the floor, that adorable blush on her cheeks, and I want to grab her and see if the rest of her pale skin looks just as pretty in that shade.
“Uh, thank you,” she says quietly, still looking at the floor. She has been way too quiet today, and I need to find out what is bothering her before Xave gets here this evening.
“No need to thank me, Angel,” I tell her, and I smile as she finally looks up at me as her breath hitches. “Get freshened up and then meet me downstairs. Xave will be here soon and we’ve got a few things to discuss before he gets here.”
I walk out of the room and throw my bag in my own room before making my way back downstairs and into the kitchen. It’s not long before Poppy is joining me and taking a seat at the island and I place a cup of tea in front of her before taking a seat next to her and turning to face her.
“So, last night,” I start.
“K-Kenzi, I’m s-so s-sorry. I-”
“Stop, Angel,” I cut her off sternly before she can start to panic, and she listens, quickly closing her mouth, while her face reddens even more and her breaths start to become heavy with need. I lift her chin so I can look at her. “Good girl. There will be no apologies about what happened last night. That kiss was hot and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, or all the other things I want to do to you, since it happened.”
Her eyes widen, and her tongue darts out to wet her lower lip before she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, absently rubbing at her wrist.
“Uhm,thank you?” She grimaces, and I chuckle at the pure innocence of the woman sitting in front of me.
“There’s no need to thank me, Angel. Trust me, I was right there with you. But,” I lift my hand to cup her cheek and she moves into my hand, like she has been starved of touch and just can’t get enough now that she has had a taste. “I have rules I set after Clay and, last night, I threw them all away when I kissed you back. So, I need to know what is going through your head right now because Idostill have a job to do whilst we are here this weekend and I want to make sure we are on the same page so I’m not distracted by worrying about you.”
Her eyes pop open and she lifts her head away from my hand, stiffening on the stool and dropping her head to the floor once more.
“I completely understand if I was out of line and you don’t want to be friends anymore. I know it’s not normal and I should never have done it,” she rubs her hands over her face and holds them there. “Fuck, I really am sorry Kenzi. It’s just that you’ve been so nice to me since you got to WinterHill, and you are so pretty and fierce, and you kept on saying I was yours, and then before I knew what I was doing I was kissing you.” She drops her hands into her lap and lifts her face to look at me and I see the tears that she’s trying so hard to not let fall. “Please tell me this won’t change things and we can still be friends. I promise I’ll never do anything like that again, I swear.”
My demons rage at the thoughts that just tumble from this sweet girl’s mouth, and I grab her by her hair, angling her head and slamming my lips to hers, biting on her bottom lip to gain entrance and tangling my tongue with hers. I grab her waist with my other hand so I can pull her off the stool and in between my legs.
When I’m finally done exploring the taste that is so uniquely her, I pull back and smile when I look up and take in the way her chest heaves with her breathing, then up to her swollen lips. My gaze keeps rising and I realise the tears she was trying to hold back have finally fallen. I growl and then lean in, licking my way up her cheek and tasting the salt of her tears on my tongue. I keep going until I get to her ear and then bite it before soothing the sting with my tongue.
“Don’t cry, Angel. There is a lot to fucking unpack with what you just said. But first, who the fuck made you feel like you are not normal for being attracted to women?” She flinches at my words and her eyes go to the floor once more. “Look at me,” I growl out, and her eyes widen as she looks at me. I fucking love the way she reacts to me.
“Uh, well…” She brings her hands in front of her and starts rubbing her wrist before taking a deep breath and continuing. “WinterHill isn’t like London. It’s a small town and not very inclusive of anyone that doesn’t conform to their standards of normal. I was born there and, up until today, that is where I have spent every single day of my life,” She closes her eyes and lets out a small sigh. “I always knew I was different when I was growing up, but then I got old enough to finally understand the open hate that everyone spat at anything and anyone that was different from them. It wasn’t ‘normal’ or ‘right’ to like girls as well as boys, so I hid myself away from everyone.”
“Good girl. Thank you for telling me,” I loosen my hold in her hair and rub my fingers across her scalp, and she sighs at the praise and the soothing movements of my fingers. “Now open your eyes and look at me, Angel. I want your full attention when I tell you this,” she listens and her gaze clashes with mine as she opens her eyes.
“You may have noticed that I am not exactly normal myself. I mean, I’m as far from normal as you could fucking get,” I say with a small laugh. “But, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being attracted to both men and women, and no one should ever make you feel less because you do. I happen to like having your lips on mine.” She gives me a small nod, so I pull her closer to me and twist us so she is trapped between me and the island before I continue.
“We already know that I was drawn to you from the moment I first met you, and made you mine from that very first day. You are the first friend I have had in a long time and have become very fucking important to me very quickly. You know everything about me, including my deepest secret, and still decided you wanted to kiss me,” I squeeze her hip and lean in so my breath ghosts her lips. “If I wanted to stop this, I wouldn’t have kissed you back, and now that I have tasted those sweet lips of yours, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to let you go, Angel.”
I close the small distance between us and give in to the urge to taste her again. She opens up to me straight away and grabs hold of my hips with her hands as her tongue tangles with mine.Fuck, she’s perfect. I move my hand under the hem of her jumper and rub my thumb along the skin at the top of her waistband, which makes her moan into my mouth in pleasure. I bring my hand up and grip her bare waist, bringing her as close to me as I can as I devour her mouth with mine.
I faintly hear the door slam shut but I can’t bring myself to care. I’m completely lost in the taste of my Angel, gripping her to me hard enough I know she’ll be wearing my marks on her skin. I growl at that thought and angle her head to deepen the kiss.
“What the fuck is going on, Kenzi?”
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
