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“What time is it?”I nudged Evan’s shoulder with my nose, and his arm tightened around me.
“Past ten.”
“I should go.” I started to wriggle free, but he caught me, pulling me down onto him.
“Not yet.” His tongue traced the seam of my mouth, and I parted my lips, granting him access. Like I had a choice in the matter. My body seemed to do whatever the hell it wanted where Evan was concerned. The kiss was slow, different from the ones earlier. It felt more intimate somehow.
“Mom will be wondering where I am.”
“You’re eighteen, Becca.” He laughed huskily, and I pressed my hands to his chest, pushing him away.
“She worries.”
Amused eyes sparkled back at me, but I didn’t say anything else. That was a slippery slope to things I had no intention of sharing anytime soon.If ever.
“I’d drive you home, but Eli—”
“It’s fine. I can call a cab.” I had my tips from the diner.
Yanking on my pants, I blushed, feeling Evan’s gaze on my bare legs. Our eyes connected and heat pooled low in my stomach again, but I had to get home. Evan climbed off the bed and pulled on his jeans, leaving his t-shirt in a puddle on the floor. My eyes traced the dips and planes of his tanned stomach, and my mouth dried, the memories of how it had felt feeling him lose control flooding my mind.
“Well, I guess I should go.”
Why was this so awkward?
Evan let out a quiet laugh. “I’m not going to make you wait on the street. Come on, I’ll get you a soda while we wait.” He walked past me, taking my hand in his. I followed, my stomach flip-flopping with a toxic mix of excitement at tonight and nerves at things to come. Would he go back to ignoring me tomorrow? What would I do if he did?
I hopped up onto the stool while he called a cab. When he hung up, Evan got two cans of soda from the refrigerator. “Here.”
“So what happens now?” My eyes remained on the can.
“Becca.” He was close. I could feel him. “Look at me.”
My head lifted, and Evan was right in front of me, his eyes clouded with something I didn’t want to see. “Tonight was…” He dragged a hand over his face. “I think Eli has his first crush.” Amusement creased his eyes.
“You said that already,” I replied, my heart thumping against my chest.
“I did, huh?” A smile played on his lips, but it did little to ease the doubt trickling through me, and I nodded stiffly. “I want to see you again…” Evan’s voice trailed off, and a hollow feeling carved through my stomach.
“But?”
“But I don’t really like people knowing my business.”
“You don’t want people to know about us?” I flinched, hating that I’d even suggested there was an ‘us’ because from what he had just said, it sounded like there wasn’t.
“It’s not that. Shit, this is coming out all wrong.”
I stood up and forced a smile. “Don’t worry about it, I get it.”You don’t want people to know that something happened between us.
He pulled me to him and sighed, dropping a kiss on my head. “Good. It’s just easier this way.”
It was? So why did it hurt so much?
Car headlights bounced off the wall. “There’s my cab. I guess I’d better go.”
“Good night, Becca.”
