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I stick my tongue out at him before taking another big bite.I’m pretty sure Pauline wouldn’t have minded at all.
Once we’ve finished our meal he grabs the bowl from me and puts both of them outside the door with the tray.
“Want to watch some TV?” he asks when he rejoins me on the bed.
“Sure, let me switch on the non-existing TV,” I mime pressing a remote control. Apparently Pauline thinks a TV will ruin the romantic vibe of the monstrosity of a room she has created.
"Lizzie, we don’t live in the eighties anymore,” he chuckles and holds out his phone.
“I don’t have that much data in my contract,” I shrug.
“But I do.” He unlocks his mobile and hands it over. “You pick!”
I grab hold of it with my fingers sliding over his as I do. There is that bloody heat again.Stop it. He is your friend. Just your friend.
I pick a random action movie and Coop takes the phone from me. He pulls the duvet over us and holds out his arm for me to snuggle against him. I have done that millions of times before, but somehow it feels different today.
With my head on his chest, I can hear his steady heartbeat. It calms me a little. I also notice that he washed away the smell of his aftershave in the shower. Now he just smells like… him. One hundred percent Cooper.
Coop chuckles and I realise that I missed the first ten minutes of the film, contemplating how different his presence feels to me today. I sigh deeply.
“All okay?” he asks.
“Yup, all fine.” My hand slides over his six pack and I feel him flex his muscles. He starts to stroke my hair gently, effectively giving me a head massage. Shivers radiate all the way through my body and I suddenly realise what this is:I’m fucking attracted to him! What the fuck? No, no, no.
“Lizzie, what’s wrong?” he asks again. As always he is completely in tune with me. He can read me like a book.
“It’s nothing,” I shift from his chest. Coop drops his phone on the bedside table and leans over me.
“Tell me or I’ll tickle you until you do.”
“No, you won’t” I warn him. He knows how ticklish I am. I peed myself once when he didn’t stop tickling me.
“I will,” he says, but there is nothing playful in his expression. His eyes are darker than usual and his breath is ragged on my face. His hand slides down to my hip just below the point where I am the most ticklish.
“Coop,” I warn but it comes out breathy and doesn’t sound like a warning at all. More like a moan. His eyes are locked on mine and he isn’t saying anything, but there’s conflict in them. He is fighting an inner battle and I would love to know what it’s about.
He shifts and his whole body covers mine. I feel small under him and I never feel small—small in a good way, in a protected way. My hands slide up his chest of their own accord until they lock behind his neck, and then I pull him to me. I’m waiting for him to stop me, but he doesn’t.
Instead, he lets me press my lips to his and when I feel him brush against me, I enter a new reality.
CHAPTER4
bad liar, imagine that
COOPER
Ihadn’t planned for this. No, I definitely hadn’t planned to kiss my best friend. For a second I worry about what this means for our friendship but the next she slides her tongue over my bottom lip and I’m a goner. I deepen the kiss and explore her mouth. When our tongues collide, she moans sending a jolt of electricity straight to my cock.
I've been hoping for this for so long. But I need to know that she really wants this.
“Lizzie,” I whisper.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.” Lucky for me, she is a bloody bad liar. She looks at me in a way she has never done before— with lust and something else. Her hands are still holding me pressed to her.
“If you don’t want this, I’ll stop. But I want nothing more than to kiss you.” There, I’ve said it.
“You do? You must be very desperate if you want to—”
