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“Thank you.” She graciously accepted the compliment. “But it was mostly the fact that I studied up on them as much as I did. They didn’t stand a chance.”
“And you were right…” I allowed her to move away from the shameless flirting, happy that I wasn’t met with a glass of wine in my face. “They were legal, after all.”
“Oh, I could see it a mile away.” Her eyes shone from the effects of the alcohol, spreading to flush her face and neck too. “You should just trust me next time.”
“I’ve learned my lesson, I swear.” I raised my three fingers in a boy scout salute. “If I ever doubt you again, I give you permission to kick me in the shin.”
She spluttered through a sip of wine, wiping at the corners of her mouth with the padded tip of her thumb. I couldn’t tear my eyes from the simple yet sensuous gesture and licked my lips slowly. What I wouldn’t have given to taste those lips right then and there.
Scarlett caught me staring and self-consciously tucked her hair behind her ear, keeping her eyes anywhere but my face.
“I’m sorry,” I said and reached out to rest my hand on her bare knee. “I didn’t mean to overstep.”
She didn’t so much as flinch under my touch and looked up at me, the picture of flushed composure. “It’s late. I’m going to head up to my room.”
“I’ll walk you,” I said without hesitation, standing up and slinging my jacket and tie over my arm.
Scarlett shook her head. “That’s really not ne—”
“Nonsense. I’m walking you to your room,” I said, locking eyes with her. She knew I wasn’t going to change my mind about it.
“Fine,” Scarlett sighed, a small smile on her lips.
She tripped on the edge of the table when she stood up, and without thinking, I reached out, wrapping my arms around her slender waist. Scarlett clung to me, her breath coming in rapid pants as her eyes found mine again.
“Careful.” The word was barely a breath, all of my senses consumed by the slight parting of her lips and the way her chest rose and fell.
Scarlett turned a dark shade of pink and dropped her gaze from mine as she pulled away to stand on her own. “I guess it’s not a bad idea to have a chaperone.” She chuckled.
We moved up to her room in complete silence. In the elevator… silence. Down the hallway… the only sound was our muffled footsteps on the carpet. For me, it was because all my concentration went toward quieting the desire she’d awakened. I couldn’t tell what was going on in her mind or body, only what her body was doing to me.
“You’re an asshole but also a gentleman. Thank you,” she said, swiping her key card to unlock the room door.
She paused with her hand on the doorknob, door ajar, and looked at me. It felt like she wanted to say something else, so I waited.
My gaze flickered from her eyes to her lips as she slowly licked them, pulling her bottom lip between her teeth. When I looked up again, I found her staring at my mouth too. Still feeling the high from our meeting and caught up in the buzz from the alcohol, it was all too easy to go down a road we shouldn’t be traveling. My best friend’s sister. Off limits.
My cock didn’t get that message and stirred restlessly in my pants. It was wrong to want her so badly. To want to hear her voice scream my name as I made her come.
I took a deep breath and said, “Thank you for the amazing job you did today.Buona notte.”
“Wait.”
It all happened so fast, I wasn’t sure what was going on. But I knew she’d grabbed my arm to stop me from leaving. I knew that when I turned back her body was pressed right up against mine. Pushed onto the tips of her toes, Scarlett flung her arms around my neck and pulled my face toward hers.
Chapter 4
Scarlett
Thekisswaswarmand wet and hungry. I moaned into his mouth as his tongue snaked its way into mine, tender but urgent. I wasn’t wrong. I’d seen the way he looked at me. And I could blame it on the heady buzz we got at the hotel bar, but I knew better.
I was mad at him for suggesting the whole fiancée plan, but I couldn’t deny how good it felt to be “his woman.” Even if it was only for a little while. I could feel the giant diamond on my finger, how perfectly it fit. Like he knew me.
I’d wanted Luca from the first moment I saw him. Every inch of my body burned with a primal need to have him inside me.
We stumbled into my room, his hands strong and firm on my hips as he guided me back, not once breaking the kiss. I didn’t want to, either. If I stopped for even a second I was afraid reality would barge in and force me to think about what I was doing.
My brother’s best friend. A man almost double my age.
