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“Nobody wants your damn lemon drops,” I snap.
Avery flinches back, her brows drawing together as she gapes at me in shock. “Jeez, don’t have one, then. There’s no reason to be a bitch about it.”
Although I’m still fuming, I can recognize that I’m acting irrational.Jealous. Like the mating frenzy has me firmly in its grip.
Fuck, I need a minute.
“Sorry,” I grumble as I slide off my barstool onto shaky legs. “I’m just stressed, I didn’t mean anything by it.”
Andie’s hand flies out to grip my arm, halting my retreat. “Hey, where are you going?” she questions.
“Bathroom.”
I turn away before she can offer to come with me, hightailing it away from my friends’ inquisitive stares and heading straight for the darkened hallway at the rear of the bar.
I make my way all the way down to the end, pushing into the ladies’ room and heaving a relieved sigh when I find it’s vacant, the stall doors standing open. Marching up to the sink, I lean down to grip the porcelain on either side, dropping my head and drawing a deep breath.
Get it the fuck together, Lo.
After a few steadying breaths, I pick my head back up, staring at my reflection in the mirror as my mind races out of control.
Why didn’t Javi give me a heads-up that he was coming? Did he think it’d be funny to ambush me like this? Does Madd somehow know what’s going on between us, is that why he invited him? Are my friends suspicious, or am I just overthinking, like always?
Reaching out to turn on the tap, I press my eyes closed, taking one last steadying breath before sticking my hands beneath the cold stream of water. I lift them to my face after wetting them, patting the cool water on my skin.
I can do this.
Repeating that line in my head like a mantra, I turn off the tap, dry my hands, and leave the bathroom, feeling a whole lot calmer than when I walked in.
That is, until I see Javi striding down the darkened hallway toward me.
I freeze in my tracks.
“You seem surprised to see me,” he remarks in a low voice once he’s halfway down the hall, close enough for me to hear.
“You could’ve told me you were coming!” I whisper-shout.
His brow furrows in confusion. “I did, you never answered.”
“Huh?”
Then it dawns on me that I turned off my phone earlier- and I don’t remember ever powering it back on.
“Shit,” I hiss.
Javi closes the remaining distance between us, reaching out and grabbing my hand. “Come here,” he growls urgently, towing me with him toward the unmarked door beside the ladies’ room. He tries the knob and pulls it open to reveal a dark supply closet, stacks of cleaning supplies resting upon the shelves in the back. Without a word, he drags me inside, shutting the door behind us and plunging us into darkness.
“What are you doing?” I breathe, my eyes adjusting to the lack of light as he crowds me in with my back against the door.
He answers by lunging forward and crushing his lips against my own, kissing the hell out of me.
My knees immediately buckle. A needy little whine slips free, straight from my mouth into his as his tongue parts my lips to seek out mine. My fingers sink into his thick dark hair, pulling him closer as I tilt my head to give him better access, opening for him and massaging his tongue with my own.
He feels good, he smells good, and I suddenly never want to leave this closet. This is where I live now.
Javi’s hand drops to my thigh, gripping it roughly and lifting my leg to hook around his hip. I don’t give a thought to the fact that I’m in a dress or even notice the way it slides away from my thigh to bunch around my waist- not when I can feel the hard bulge in his jeans as he gently grinds against my center.
My hands drop to roam the hard planes of his chest, dipping beneath the hem of his shirt to feel the heat of his skin beneathmy fingertips. Every inch of his abdomen is rock hard and searing hot, my palms dragging over the dips and curves of his washboard abs.God,he’sgorgeous. If he tried to fuck me right here in this closet, I’m not sure I’d turn him down. I’m all worked up, and something about the adrenaline of him catching me by surprise tonight and the thrill of getting caught has my brain misfiring, all sense of rationality leaving me on a breathy moan as he grinds me into the door.
