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Something flashed in her eyes and she gave me a quick smile, and turned back to the TV in front of her. “Myfriendsare laughing at me in the back of the bar right now,” she muttered.
“They’re not your friends.”
“No kidding.”
“You here for the convention?”
“Yeah, we drove up from New Jersey City,” she named the university about two hours away.
Another burst of giggles from the back, and then a lot of shushing interrupted our conversation.
Maria sighed, closed her eyes for a moment, and reached for her purse, digging through her wallet to find some bills. Her jaw was clenched in frustration and embarrassment.
“Maria,” I said, and she looked up at me.
I took a step forward, not really knowing what I was doing until I was there; I reached out and caught her chin in my hand, tilted my head towards her, and brushed a soft kiss across her lips.
She froze under my touch, and when I pulled back, I was met with wide eyes and pink cheeks.
Pretty.
My lips tingled from the kiss. The tension and chemistry was unexpected, and I didn’t want to let it fade yet.
Maria’s eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her tongue darted out and wet her lips a little. It was an innocent gesture that didn’t seem to match the confidence with which she’d spoken and held herself a moment ago. The juxtaposition of the two attributes had me curious. Fiery and innocent. Feisty with a hint of submission under the surface.
“Listen,” I said as quietly as I could. “I’ll back off right now if you want me to. But you’re going to have to be clear about it. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise?” There was a hint of playfulness in her voice that I didn’t expect. She seemed like such an innocent little thing. Maybe because her friends had called her a “goody two-shoes.” But that glimmer in her eye was back, and it made me wonder what would happen if she let it out.
“Well, beautiful… if you let me have my way, you’ll never be the same,” I said, leaning against the bar with one elbow andraising my eyebrows. We were close enough that her knees were almost touching my legs.
“Is that right?” she laughed, and her whole face lit up. She looked like an angel when she laughed.
Well fuck, I’d make a fool of myself to get her to do that again. What did I have to lose?
I sighed dramatically and shrugged. “You’ll never be happy again… I’ll ruin you for other men.”
She tossed her head back and laughed with a big smile that seemed to take up her whole face. It was loud, and energetic, and bubbling, and it made me want to hear more. There was a cheekiness in her expression, like she was daring me to make a move. “Empty promises,” she smiled as she cocked her head.
I kept her gaze and gave her a slow smile, and reached out for her again. I caught a strand of her hair and twisted it around my fingers, feeling the silky texture.
The more I looked at Maria, the prettier she became. Her eyes were brighter, and her freckles were endearing. Her breasts shifted as she moved her arm, and they looked firm and luscious. She crossed one leg over the other, and I saw pink nail polish on her toes peek out from her sandals.
I spoke a little sarcastically as I said, “You better be careful. A man like me might take advantage of you if you keep smiling like that.”It was halfway true.
Her smile grew, and she slid off her stool and onto her feet, standing directly in front of me. Close enough to touch. Close enough to kiss. Close enough that the sounds around me started to fade away as I studied her face and her eyes and that beautiful wide, cheeky smile.
At the same time, we moved towards each other, but she turned her head right before our lips touched, and whispered in my ear instead.
“Ruin me, Drew.”
Well if that wasn’t an invitation, I didn’t know what was. I took her face in both of my hands, and kissed her hard.
She was so soft, and so sweet. She tasted like strawberries and her lips were like velvet against mine. I reveled in her hitching breath, and the taste of her lips, and the way her hands delicately set on my chest to steady herself, slowly fisting the material of my shirt. I moved one of my hands to her waist, gently wrapping my arm around her and pulling her against me so her hips pressed into mine.I couldn’t get enough of her.
“Maria,” I whispered against her mouth as she rocked against me.
“Drew.”
