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His gaze shot to mine, and he immediately dropped the cushion he’d been holding, stalking over to me. When he drew close enough, I grabbed a handful of his T-shirt and yanked him into me, slamming my mouth down on his.
Yes. This was what I needed.
Backing me up against the side of the house, his arms came around me, his hands threading into my hair and tugging my head back to expose my neck. Then his mouth moved to my throat, his stubble scratching lightly across my skin. “Hux. We shouldn’t be doing this,” he panted, grinding his erection against my thigh.
“I know.” I closed my eyes as I rocked my hips forwards. “Can’t stop.”
“Cole? Are you here?”
We sprang apart, both of us breathing heavily, panic filling the space between us. That was Cole’s mum’s voice. Shitshitshit. Our parents were back early.
“Quick.” Cole grabbed my hand, tugging me forwards. “Games room. Side door.”
We made it into the games room and Cole got busy flipping the TV on while I grabbed the Switch controllers and booted up Mario Kart. He dived onto the sofa next to me, taking one of the controllers.
My heart was still racing, but my dick had deflated, thanks to the sudden scare we’d had. I glanced over at Cole, who looked a bit dishevelled but otherwise normal. I just had to hope that neither of our parents noticed anything odd about us.
The handle of the games room door turned, and I gritted my teeth, steeling myself. Next to me, I could tell that Cole was holding his breath, his whole body poised on a knife edge.
“There you are.” Cole’s mum appeared in the doorway, closely followed by my dad. Both of them wore wide smiles as they took us in.
“We should go away more often if this is the result.” My dad laughed loudly. Cole and I didn’t join him. “Look at the two of you getting on so well.”
“Two brothers having fun together,” June added, and I saw Cole visibly wince out of the corner of my eye. I didn’t dare to speak.
After giving us a comprehensive rundown of their cruise, they eventually left us alone. Thank fuck.
Cole collapsed back against the sofa with a groan, rubbing his hand across his face. “That was way too close.”
“Way too close,” I agreed. “That can never happen again.”
He nodded. “Yeah, but what do we do about it? Because I keep wanting to kiss you. And more.”
That was true for me, but I wasn’t at a point where I could admit it out loud. I thought for a minute. “Maybe I should move back in. There’s a thing called exposure therapy, isn’t there?” My stomach churned as I made myself say, “This…thing between us, it’s just a temporary attraction. You’re not even my type.”
Biting down on his lip, he lowered his gaze so I couldn’t read his expression. “Yeah. It’ll fade soon enough. It always does.” A tiny smile tugged at his lips, although it seemed forced. “If you’re staying, I’m pretty sure I’ll stop finding you hot after a week or two when I’ve had to look at your face every morning over breakfast.”
“Same.” I nodded, ignoring the sick feeling in my stomach. “It’ll fade away soon enough, especially with our parents reminding us every five fucking seconds that we’re a family.”
Cole finally raised his head to meet my gaze, his expression unreadable. “I’m going to go now. Because I know you’re right, but I also know that I really want to carry on what we started outside. My willpower isn’t that strong, yet.”
He’d made it all the way to the door when I launched myself to my feet. My arm shot out and I grabbed him around the back of his neck, spinning him around to face me. His eyes were wide and full of emotions he was trying to hide. It fucking hurt to look at him, but I couldn’t look away. “One last kiss. And then we’re done.”
“Huxley,” he whispered, and I kissed my name from his lips, soft and slow and so fucking sweet, like I’d never kissed anyone before.
And then he was gone, and I was left alone.
14
COLE
Do you know what doesn’t work? Exposure therapy. Not when it came to me and Huxley. It had been seven torturous days after he’d officially moved back in. Seven days of our parents talking about us being brothers and being a family, and I couldn't stand it. I wanted Huxley more than ever, and it took everything in me to hide it. Hux didn’t seem so affected, but he’d spent a lot of time in his room with his guitar, so I couldn’t help wondering if he was trying to avoid spending time with me. Every time I looked at him, I wanted to kiss him again, so I was doing my best to keep my distance unless our parents were there as a buffer. So although I wasn’t sure if he was still into me or not, if I based it on the way I was feeling, he had to at least be finding it a bit difficult to be around me at the moment.
“Cole.” My mum interrupted my thoughts, peering around my bedroom door. “You’re not working tonight, are you?” I shook my head, and she smiled. “Could you come downstairs? David and I have something we’d like to speak to you about.”
“Uh, yeah. Alright.” Climbing to my feet, I followed her downstairs. David was in the living room, standing in front of the fireplace, but all my attention was taken by Huxley, who was sprawled on one of the sofas. I hadn’t seen him since yesterday, and my eyes drank him in like he was a glass of water in the desert. Fuck, why did I want him so badly?
His gaze met mine, and a flush appeared on his cheeks. He bit down on his lip, quickly looking away. Yeah…I was pretty sure he was still interested in me. Which made it worse in a way, knowing we were both suffering.
