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His lips tug up. “Not if you know how to keep your mouth shut—and judging by last night, you do.”
“How dare you,” I say without a bit of heat, but the heat certainly rises to my cheeks.
“Just don’t tell anyone you know anything more about the Blue Bloods than campus lore, and you’ll be fine.”
The last bit of distance between us is gone. He’s so close, I can feel his body heat.
His hands grip the edge of the counter at my back. He feels a bit like my captor again, but I have more faith in him today than I did last night. I lick my lips, looking up at him. “Why are you telling me?” I ask softly.
He keeps me pinned there, his piercing blue eyes locked with mine. “I don’t know. I guess you seem trustworthy.”
“I am.”
His gaze drops briefly to my lips before returning to my eyes. “There’s also the fact that you’re staying here now, and it’s not outside the realm of possibility that things will come up. I may have to disappear for a while to handle things. You may not be able to reach me, and you won’t know where I am or what I’m doing or who I’m doing it with.”
My heart flips over.
He wanted me to know because he knows being a Blue Blood can destroy relationships before they even have a chance to develop. He didn’t want me to be in the dark. He didn’t want to lose my trust because he couldn’t explain. He didn’t want secrets to come between us.
He likes me.
And I like him, too.
Once it’s done flipping, my heart fills up with hope. I slide my arms around his neck and pull myself close enough that our bodies are touching. “Thank you for telling me.”
I don’t wait for him to kiss me this time. Leaning in, I softly kiss his hard mouth. I kiss the corners, then I kiss him full on the lips. I start to trail my lips along his strong jawline, but he doesn’t let me do that for long. A hand leaves the counter behind me and he grabs a fistful of my hair. He uses it to tug me back, then he slants his mouth over mine and takes control.
My kiss was soft, but his is greedy and intense. Hungry like it was last night.
It makes my heart race.
Memories resurface of being in bed with him, and I’m reminded I’ll be there again tonight.
When he pulls back, he leans his forehead against mine and closes his eyes. My heart pounds, but I keep my arms securely around him.
Finally, he rumbles, “If you want me to feed you, you’d better not kiss me like that again.”
My heart leaps and a helpless grin claims my lips. “Sorry,” I say lightly.
Chapter Fifteen
Brynn
It was already late when we started eating dinner, so it’s really late when we finish.
I know the responsible thing to do is to go to bed. Morning will be here in the blink of an eye and then I’ll be buried under work, but going to bed with Killian is also a mildly intimidating prospect. Last night it happened so quickly and without warning, but tonight I’ve had a lot more time to anticipate it.
There are also things I still need to deal with.
Since I haven’t been near the frat house since last night, we decide to take a late-night ride past it to see if my car is still where I parked it. I have no way of moving it without my keys, but I’ll feel better knowing it’s still there and I can retrieve it if I get them back.
Unfortunately, it isn’t.
Maybe it’s because I’ve had so much to think about and I was busy working all day which provided a great distraction, but until this moment, it never occurred to me that I may not be able to get my car back.
“I guess I should have known. If they were planning to kill me when they found me last night, of course they were planning to dump it. And I left my keys.” I cover my face with my hands.
“We don’t know they dumped it,” he says.
