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“I didn’t know there was such a thing.”
“Oh, there definitely is.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.” But it wasn’t going to change the way the night was ending.
We both straightened away from each other and I noticed a pink stain across her high cheekbones as she tipped her cup to her lips. If it was up to me, I’d sit here and kiss her for the rest of the night, studying the shape of her lips with my own, but we were still in public and I had a feeling Chase wasn’t going to call it quits on the skating early.
Once our cocoas were empty and marshmallows eaten we headed back onto the ice. I lasted all of one lap before I bowed out, took off the death skates and settled at the side of the rink to watch Chase. With each lap she gained more confidence, her turns became sharper and flowed seamlessly into skating backwards. I could have watched her all fucking night, even with soggy jeans and numb toes. It was like seeing a secret side of her, one that had been hiding just below the surface all these years. It made me wonder what else was under there, waiting to be discovered.
She skated over and kicked up some ice as she stopped with the edges of her skates.
“Show off.”
“I nearly took out a kid,” she said with a laugh.
“They probably deserved it.”
“Probably.” She grinned, winding her hair up into a knot. A few flyaways were stuck to her temples.
“I told you you’d work up a sweat.”
“That you did.”
I reached for her and she slid into the circle of my arms without hesitation, tipping her head just enough for our lips to meet. Every time was like the first and I found myself torn between wanting to savor and devour.
“We’re scandalizing children,” she whispered.
“It’s their own fault for not being at home already,” I mumbled against her mouth and she laughed.
“Come on, a sweat wasn’t the only thing I worked up, I’m starving.”
Regrettably, I let her go and, with the usual Chase efficiency, she was out of her skates and back in her shoes within minutes.
“Where to?” she asked, fitting herself under my arm like a piece of myself I hadn’t known I’d been missing.
At some point,between my teens and twenties, kissing had become a means to an end, rather than an end in and of itself. As I pressed Chase against her front door, my hands in her hair and our lips fused together, I couldn’t help but think that was a damn shame. But, then, I couldn’t remember the last person who I’d wanted to kiss quite as much as I wanted to kiss Chase. She panted against my mouth, her arms hooking over my shoulders to bring herself higher as one leg wrapped around my waist.
We were dry humping against her door like a pair of teenagers and it was the hottest thing I’d done in maybe a decade.
Her fingers tunneled up into my hair as my hands drifted down over her ass and squeezed. She said something that was more moan than actual words, and then—
“Inside,” she growled.
“Not tonight.” I shifted and pinned her tighter to the door with one leg between her thighs. Nimble fingers found their way under the edge of my shirt and I groaned as they explored. But it didn’t matter how good all of this felt, it wasn’t going any further tonight.
Her eyes fluttered open, pupils blown out with lust. It made me weak. “Wait—you—you’re not coming inside?”
“Not on the first date,” I said with as much strength as I could manage.
She blinked twice. I could practically hear her wheels turning. “But—but there was only supposed to be one date?”
I ducked my head into the crook of her neck and dragged my lips over the skin behind her ear. It smelled just as good as I always thought it would. Her head dropped to the side allowing me better access. Would it be out of line to give her a hickey? Did people still give hickeys? “Mmm … so you said.” I whispered, tasting her. “Are you still sticking to that, then?”
“It’s probably a good idea.” Her voice shook as her fingers bit into my shoulders. “Not to—ah—complicate things.”
I met her eyes, cupped her face in my hands. “This isn’t complicated, Chase. It’s just you and me.”
She leaned into my touch, kissed my palm. “So, if I agree to another date, you’ll come inside?” God, if she had any idea the amount of restraint it was taking to not walk her through that door right now.
