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He’s maddening.
The doors slide open as I approach, and I swallow down the uneasiness in my throat as Lance shakes his head. “Hate you,” I hear him mutter under his breath.
My nerves come back full force, but this time, they feel warmer. A little tighter.
I step into the lift after Lance and take another glance back out into the foyer, wondering if the others will notice us gone.
The doors start to close. “I don’t think—”
“I want to fuck you.” He leans back against the railing, looking me dead in the eye. “Every time I look at you.”
I blink once, the air becoming stifling in the confined space. “I—”
“I can’t fuck you, Scarlet.”
“You can’t?” I sound disappointed even to my own ears.
He shakes his head, his jaw ticcing as his eyes roam my face. “Your brother would fucking kill me.”
“But you want to?” Something inside of me soars, and I know he sees it. My stomach flips.
“I spent a year with you out of sight yet could never get you out of my mind. You’re like poison.”
“That’s probably the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me.”
He doesn’t laugh with me. He doesn’t do anything. He just stares me down like he wants to rip my clothes off me here and now.
So, he doesn’t hate me… he wants me…
It feels too powerful. Too fucking euphoric to be wanted by a man as formidable as Lance Sullivan.
Boldly, I walk toward him, pushing my chin up and feigning a confidence I don’t fully grasp. “I think—when I look at you, I think—”
“I know,” he mutters, his voice thick as his eyes devour me. It’s electric. It’s dangerous. He shakes his head. “Fuck, I know.” He reaches for me, pulling me to him by my nape.
Our mouths meet, desperate.
His large hands are on my face. Demanding, strong and controlled. He moves me to where he wants me. Only I’m as frantic as him, unable to just stand still and kiss this man. My body rolls into his, my hands on his strong forearms. Then his hair. His stubble. His neck.
Deep wet licks.
Painfully tender bites.
Long, needy kisses.
And I’m lost to every single one of them.
I slide my hands between us and start on his shirt buttons, but a growl reverberates through his chest, and he gives me one more deep sucking kiss before pulling back. His heavy gaze shifts from my eyes to my lips and back again. “Scarlet.”
“We’re in my brother’s elevator.” With my head tilted back, my eyes widen as the realisation sinks in. I remove my hands from his chest and step back. “Sorry. I’m so sorry, I—”
His body blankets mine again, only this time, he has me against the wall. His strong thigh is positioned between my legs, and he pushes into me, just enough to make my body lean into his as it craves a little more pressure.
“You don’t apologise for kissing me, ever. Do you understand me?”
When I don’t speak, too lost to the crazy sensation pulsing between my legs, he takes my mouth in another kiss. Only this time, it’s all him. Lance kisses my lips, licks through my mouth, nibbles at my jaw. He gives to me, and I give nothing back.
Our faces are barely apart when he looks into my eyes, yet I can see his beautiful green ones vividly. “I don’t hate you, sunshine.” A smile. “You made me wait a year for that one, but I won’t wait a year for the next.”
