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If I sleep with him, will he stop pursuing me?
My stomach hollows out at the thought, and I realize that maybe I don’t want him to stop.
An image of my mom crying after another one of her boyfriends dumped her and disappeared hits me, and I straighten my shoulders. I will not be like her.
I need to figure out what this is for him.
Is he all talk? Does he just like the chase?
Once I know, I’ll be able to come up with a game plan on how to keep him at arm’s length again.
I slide off the counter, and he glances at me over his shoulder. I give him a sweet smile, and he narrows his eyes at me.
“What do you need, gorgeous?” He asks in that deep voice of his.
My heart flips over every time he calls me that nickname, but I try not to show it. I was always the chubby girl in school. No one has ever called me gorgeous before. Not until Hunter.
“You,” I say, trying to make my voice sound seductive.
Hunter’s eyebrows rise in surprise, and I move closer to him, pressing my body up against his.
“Is there anything that I can give you a hand with?” I purr suggestively.
I’ve never tried to seduce a man before, and I have no idea if I’m doing it right. Not until I run my hands down his body and cup his thick cock through his jeans. I swallow hard at how big he is. He fills my whole palm, and for a second, I wonder what it would be like to try to fit all of that inside of me.
He’s so hard, and I know then that he’s turned on, that he wants me. My fingers flex around him, and he hisses out a breath. My core clenches, and I do it again. I love that I have this effect on him.
I wonder what would happen if…
The next thing I know, I’m in the air, and he’s setting me back down on the kitchen counter.
“Fuck, I love having your hands on me, Grier, but we’re not doing this right now,” he tells me, looking slightly pained as he adjusts himself in his jeans.
My mouth waters at the sight, and I clench my thighs, my tongue coming out to wet my dry lips.
“Why not?” I pant and then blink.
I can’t believe that I just said that. I’m supposed to be testing him, not throwing myself at him for real!
Hunter’s lips claim mine, and my hands land on his hard chest as I lean into him more. He growls, pulling away and taking a few steps back for good measure.
“Scared you’ll come too fast?” I taunt him, and he barks out a laugh.
“I know what you’re doing, little girl. You’ve been testing me since you got here, since we met, and I’m not failing any of them. You’re the most important thing in the world to me, and I’m not going to mess up my chance with you.”
My heart kicks hard against my ribs at his words. I like him calling me little girl, maybe even more than I like him calling me gorgeous.
That’s not what has tears stinging my eyes, though. It’s that he called me important. It’s that he wants to fight for this, for me. No one has ever put in so much effort before. I’ve never been worth it.
I am to Hunter, though. He treats me like I’m precious and rare, and I love it. Can I trust him, though? Can I give into this thing between us without losing myself in the process?
“I don’t know who hurt you, Grier, and if you tell me, I’ll be in jail for murder by morning, but I’m going to show you that you can trust me,” he says, and I wonder if he can read my mind.
I swallow hard, blinking back the tears as I stare at him. He must see that I need a minute because he turns back to the stove and continues making us dinner as I get myself under control.
Silence stretches in the kitchen as I try to think of something to say back to that. No one has ever seen me that way before. No one has ever been so direct and honest with me before, either.
Most guys who hit on me just think I’ll be an easy lay, but not Hunter, and that’s kind of the problem. How am I supposed to navigate any of this?
