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His brows pinched together. “What the hell’s that supposed to mean?”
Something in me snapped. The coal that had been burning grew so hot my insides felt like they were on fire, and I was itching for a fight. “It means that’s the pot calling the kettle black, seeing as you’re the freakingkingof flipping switches!” I cried, throwing my arms wide. “Your mood changes so fast it gives me whiplash, so don’t talk to me about mood changes, buddy. Because you take the cake!”
“Presley—”
“No!” I snapped, drilling my finger into his chest. “Don’t youPresleyme.” I was on a roll, and a little bit out of control if using air quotes around my own name was any indication. We’d crested that highest peak of the rollercoaster, and now I was flying down at what felt like the speed of sound, so fast I couldn’t even get a scream out. “What is all this, huh? What are you playing at? Did you ask your buddy to come to my bar tonight and feed me a bunch of bullshit so I’d let my guard down with you for a third time? Was this just another game to you? Because I’ve known you a long time, Beau, and I don’t recognize the man he described. So tell me, was any of what he said real?”
“Yes!” he reached up, raking a hand through his hair, and the son of a bitch even made tousled hair look sexy. “I wouldn’t do something like that. Not to you. I didn’t tell him to say any of that shit.”
I folded my arms over my chest to keep from hitting him as I barked out a loud, sarcastic laugh. “Ah, I see. So you’re that guy with everyone else. That’s it, isn’t it? They all get Good Guy Beau. Meanwhile, I’m the designated punching bag.I’mthe one you make feel like shit. Is that what you’re saying?”
His face grew an unnatural shade of red. “Of course not!”
“Then what is it?” I shouted, too far gone to remember I was standing on my front porch in the dead of night, screaming like a maniac and probably waking up every one of my neighbors. “What was it about me that was so awful, I only got the worstsides of you? Why am I the only one you were so mean to!” Those last few words broke, my voice betraying me and revealing the pain I was feeling. A burn formed behind my eyes, my nose tingling with the need to cry, but I did my best to fight it back as the steam fueling me tapered out. “Why couldn’t I ever get that side of you without you turning around and ruining it?”
Beau’s hands came up and framed my cheeks, his long fingers threading through my hair as he tipped my face back to meet his. Fire flashed in those crystal blue eyes, along with something else I didn’t understand until he started speaking.
“Presley, I’m so goddamn sorry.” His voice was gravel, shattered and edged with more emotion than I’d ever seen or heard from him. “Out of every person in my life, you were the one Ineverwanted to hurt, and I fucking hate myself for what I put you through. I was a stupid kid. I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing. All I knew was that I had these big, uncontrollable feelings for you that were so goddamn strong they terrified me. I wanted you so goddamn bad, but I couldn’t have you. You were better off without me, so I pushed you away. But you have to believe me. There hasn’t been a day, Presley, not a single fucking day where I haven’t thought about you. Where I haven’t missed you and wished I’d been good enough to deserve you. That’s why I came back. When I left, I swore I’d never come back here. But in the back of my mind, I knew that was a lie, because as long as you were here, I could never break away from this place. Not completely. Because I could never bring myself to break away from you.”
That reckless side of me breeched the surface. Only this time, I was doing it consciously. Iwantedto say ‘screw it’ and let myself act without thinking of the consequences. That was why I closed the distance between us on my front pouch with a lunge and wrapped my arms around Beau’s neck so I could yank him down to my level, smashing my lips against his, pouring everyounce of anger and frustration and need and desire into a brutal, unforgiving kiss.
If he’d been surprised by my actions, he didn’t show it, and the instant my mouth touched his, he was right there, fighting me for control. Our tongues tangled and thrust together. I pulled his bottom lip between my teeth and bit down hard enough to elicit a grunt from him right before he palmed my ass with both hands, squeezing hard enough to make me whimper as he hauled me up into his arms.
My legs wound around his trim waist, our hips lining up perfectly so the steel length of his erection pressed right against my core, where I wanted—no,needed—him most.
My back banged against the door as he pinned me in place with his massive frame, surrounding me completely. Heat poured from his body, sinking into mine and melting me from the inside until I was nothing more than a bundle of firing nerves, a live wire in water. Electricity coursed through me as the battle over who would control the kiss continued. My lips felt bruised, my nipples were hard, and I could feel the wetness between my thighs.
Beau growled against my mouth before scraping his teeth down the cord of my neck. “Invite me in.” It wasn’t a request, it was an order, and my whole body shivered with desire.
I dragged my nails through his hair, fisting it at the back of his head and giving it a jerk, forcing him to look at me. I grinned wickedly, feeling like a completely different woman as I dragged my tongue up his throat, right over where his pulse was pounding. “Now why would I do that?” My words were low, throaty, and dripping with sex.
He nipped my bottom lip at the same time he brought one hand up, giving my nipple a hard pinch that sent a bolt of lightning straight to my clit. “Because once we’re inside, I’m going to fuck you so hard your neighbors will hear youscreaming my name.” He went in for another demanding kiss. “Because I want to fucking wreck your body, baby. And you want to let me.”
Damn him, but I did. Ireallydid. I wanted him to destroy me.
I wriggled in his grasp until he lowered me to my feet so I could spin around and unlock the door. The instant I had it thrown open, I reached out, fisting the front of his shirt in my hand, and yanked him across the threshold. “Get in here and fuck me.”
He didn’t have to be told twice. He gave the door a vicious kick, sending it slamming shut just before he grabbed me and pinned me against it.
“Fuck, Presley,” he groaned against my skin as he peppered biting kisses down my neck and across my chest. He bent lower, his greedy mouth sucking the stiff peak of my nipple into his mouth through my shirt and bra hard enough to make me cry out. “You have no clue how long I’ve wanted this.”
I pulled on his hair until his lips returned to mine. His massive thigh pushed between my thighs, applying pressure where I craved it most, making me whimper.
“Do you need to come, baby?”
My head fell back on a moan as my hips began to sway and circle, rubbing my swollen, aching clit against him, desperate to get off.
“Jesus,” he grunted, grabbing my hips and pulling me down harder against his thigh. “I can feel your heat through our clothes.” I felt his smile against my skin as he licked and sucked along the top swells of my breasts. “You’re going crazy, aren’t you?”
“Beau,” I ground out. “Stop teasing me.”
His head came up, his forehead resting against mine. “Not teasing, baby. But if you want to come, you have to ask nicely.”
Instead, I reached between us, gripping his erection as best I could through his pants. “Make me come.”
I thought I’d won from the grunt my touch elicited, but apparently I’d underestimated the man’s willpower, because instead of giving in, he grabbed hold of both my wrists and pinned them to the door above my head with one large hand.
“Ah, ah, ah. I said ask nicely.” His voice was like velvet and sin, and all I wanted in that moment was to hear him lose control as he pounded inside me. “I’ll make you come harder and longer than anyone who’s come before me, but I want to hear you beg for it.”
