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“It’s fine. You regret it. I get it. I just wasn’t prepared for this conversation this early in the morning, that’s all.”
“I don’t regret kissing you, Delilah.” He said firmly and I looked back up at him. “I regret that I tainted you like that.”
“Tainted? What the hell does that mean?”
“You’re good.” He sighed, loosening his hold on my arm, and letting his fingers slide down the skin before dropping away completely. Goosebumps grew in his wake. “Pure.”
“Pure?” I hissed the word like it tasted bad, “Seriously? I’m not a nun.”
“No,” He stepped forward and I backed up against my car frame and bent my head back farther to look up at him at his impossible height. “But you deserve better than to let me touch you like I did. I don’t deserve such gifts.”
I shook my head and stared at him. “Then why are you crowding me in?” Challenging him was not my brightest move. I had no idea where I got the strength to be so bold, but something about Fox made me feel like even if I rattled his cage, I was still safe because it was him.
He swallowed and I watched my tongue slide out to lick my lips in the mirrored reflection of his glasses. He slid his arm over my car door and put his hand on the frame next to my back, leaning down until he was looking directly at me. “Because I can’t stop thinking about how fucking good you felt wrapped around me on my bike.” He licked his lips and bit the bottom one gently before letting it pop, “Or the sounds of delight you made when I opened the throttle up and let it rattle between your thighs.” My chest rose and fell in pants, but I held my ground while the giant man tested my strength with his sexy words. “Or how damn sweet your lips tasted and how erotic the moan was that you gave me when I kissed you goodnight.”
“Fox.” I said with a groan and tilted my head, hardly able to stand up on my own two legs from the insane amount of need coursing through my body from his words. He wasn’t even touching me and I was mush.
“Run away, D.” He said, leaning forward until I could feel his breath on my lips. “Get in your car, go to college, and get far, far away from this place and men like me. Just like you said you were going to do.”
“And if I don’t want to get away from you?” I asked, reaching up and pushing his sunglasses onto his head so I could see his green eyes that captivated me every time he looked my way. “If you’re the one thing that makes me think I could stomach to stick around here.”
He tilted his head and his nostrils flared as his green eyes dropped to my lips. “I’ll destroy you.”
“You won’t hurt me, Fox.” I shook my head, “I know you won’t.”
“You don’t know me at all.”
I swallowed and leaned back against my car again, creating space between us. “If you really believe that then go.” I nodded towards the front of the house as anger burned in my gut. “Because I don’t think you do. I think you’re just trying to make me be the one to turn you away so you can put the blame on me later for not giving it a shot.” He grunted and it sounded animalistic in the small space between us. “When you work through the hangups in your head and decide to give into the desire that we’re both feeling here,” I leaned forward and kissed his lips in a sweet soft peck, “You know where to find me.” I whispered and then lowered myself into my car and started the engine.
He stayed frozen in place for a few more seconds before stepping back and slamming my door shut as I put the car into reverse and backed out of my driveway, all while he stared at me.
“Holy fuck.” I whispered to myself as I rolled down the street leaving him in my rearview.
Hook, line, and sinker.
I lay on my side facing the wall trying desperately to go to sleep, but it kept evading me.
Noises from outside the house had kept me on edge all day as JJ and his buddies partied early in the afternoon and then into the night. They drank all day long and I knew it was going to be a long night of torment as soon as the sky turned dark.
They stood along the fence line between our houses, yelling obscenities at our windows and making crude gestures every time I dared to get near one.
And it didn’t help that I was once again home alone.
Which they knew of course.
Further amping up their antics.
“C’mon baby.” I heard someone yell, “Give us a show!”
“Ugh.” I groaned and rolled over again, pulling the blankets up over my head.
Hours passed like that until the loud roar of their bikes signaled they went off to sleep it off somewhere else and I finally felt my body relax into the bed.
My bedside clock said one AM, and I’d been up since four in the morning to study for my anatomy final. It was officially Saturday morning, and day one of my summer break that I was determined to sleep in for and ignore any responsibility for the next forty-eight hours.
It was only fair, considering Maddie and Blaine had bailed on me again.
And if I was asleep, maybe I could pretend that Fox hadn’t ghosted me since our little tug of war in my driveway last week.
