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I took her mouth in mine and kissed her, not a sweet and gentle kiss at first, as the rest of our kisses had been, but with the same hunger as I had on the street. And by the way she kissed me back, the way her hands found my skin, the way her fingers laced through my hair . . . she wanted to pick up right where we left off too.
She hummed into me, pressing her weight against me. A small moan was enough to send me over the edge. Gripping her waist, my lips never once leaving hers, I lifted her onto the counter. She spread her legs, allowing me to step closer. She escaped our kiss and smiled against my lips, only to keep kissing me a second later. Touching her waist, I slipped my fingers up the back of her shirt, feeling her skin twitch as my fingers explored her lower back.
Sighing, she tilted her head back and my lips found her neck. She let out a small giggle.
I would take her right here if she would let me.
“Elliot,” she moaned, “I have a confession. A few actually.”
“I’m listening,” I replied, kissing her collarbone, my tongue gliding up her neck.
“I remember asking you to kiss me, I’ve been wanting to ask you again.”
“Why didn’t you?” I kissed right below her ear.
“Nerves . . .” she trailed off, letting out a small gasp as I bit her skin. “But I have another confession . . .”
I ran my hand through her hair, pulling it back as I lifted my head, my eyes meeting hers. I raised an eyebrow and waited for the secret I was hoping would escape her lips. That she meant to kiss me, that she wanted to, that it wasn’t just for show.
“I knew they were watching, but that's not why I kissed you.”
And that's all I needed.
Wrapping my arms around her waist I pulled her off the counter. With a laugh, one that I wanted to hear more of, she wrapped her arms around my neck, her legs around my waist as I walked over to the couch. I sat, Jamie straddling me as she kissed me again, her hands trailing down my chest. I could live in this moment, this firstrealmoment between the real Elliot and the real Jamie. Our first moment truly together. I never wanted it to end.
But, as if a light switched on, I remembered earlier with Jillian. If she was accepting of this, maybe she’d be accepting of the other.
I broke our connection and licked my lips, tasting the mango from her drink still lingering. The glow from the kitchen hit her skin just right as she moved her hips over me, almost causing me to lose my train of thought.
I cleared my throat. “Before we take this any further . . .”
Her jaw dropped. “Just how far did you think you were getting tonight?”
Widening my eyes at her, I watched as her shoulders rolled. She was teasing me. “Keep moving and talking like that and we’ll get a lot farther.”
“Oh, you think so . . .” she bit her bottom lip.
“Stop distracting me.” I grabbed her arms and forced her body to still. She smiled and giggled—that same giggle. I closed my eyes and dropped my head against the back of the couch. “I have a confession now.”
“Is it that you’ve been thinking about this ever since we got here?”
“No . . . I mean, yes, I have thought about it a few times.”
She bent down and kissed me. “I will say it's getting harder to ignore.”
“Agreed, however, I have a really serious question.”
She sat up, flipping her hair over her shoulder. She moved her hands to my stomach, resting just about my belt. “Okay, okay, in all seriousness, what’s your question?”
I heaved a sigh, knowing all too well this was going to kill the moment, but if we got here already, we could get here again.
“Jillian mentioned something earlier today, at Woodward.” My fingers traced down her arms, finding her hands. Jamie slumped her back, arching just slightly away from me. “She mentioned that she was still shocked that you would do that kind of activity. I think she said that she was surprised, ‘with your health, you would still exert yourself’?”
Jamie let out a long, irritated groan. “I’m going to kill her.”
And just like that, the mood was gone, and Jamie climbed off my lap. She kicked her heels off in front of the fireplace and ran her hands through her hair, coming together at the base of her neck.
“What else did she say?” she finally asked, complete annoyance radiating from her.
