I never expected that I'd travel hundreds of miles to meet with my stepbrother, to tell him exactly how he felt about me.
I never expected that he'd feel the same way about me, that he had wanted me as badly as I wanted him.
I never expected that, when we finally gave into our lust, it would make me want him even more.
I never expected that he'd tell me to leave.
And finally, I never expected that when he sent me back to New York, I'd be answering my door and finding him there.
I didn't have time to tell him any of that, though. All I had time to do was show how surprised I was. “James, what are you doing here?” Already, my heart rate was increasing, my panties getting wet, my breath getting shorter.
James didn't answer. He took one look at me in my sexy gold top and began advancing on me. It was clear from the look on his face what he wanted to do to me. I had no doubt that I would have given in- that is, if I hadn't heard a scream behind me.
“Don't just barge into my room, I'm naked!” My roommate Nicole was busy wrapping her towel even tighter around her body. “It's rude!”
I was still too much in shock to respond, but James wasn't. He looked at the buxom blonde with curlers in her hair and, for a moment, I saw a flash of cockiness in his eyes. He was about to say something that would probably make Nicole flip out.
When he opened his mouth, I started to push on him. “She's right, it is rude. I'll talk to you out in the hall.” I wasn't strong enough to actually push my muscular stepbrother out the door, but in a moment he gave up fighting it, walking out on his own.
As soon as the door was closed, I turned and looked up at him. “What are you doing here? How did you even get in here?”
“You weren't answering your phone or reading your emails. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't doing something that you'd regret later,” he said. The worry was legitimate in his eyes, but I could tell that he wanted more than to check up on me.
I crossed my arms. “How do you know I wasn't reading your emails?”
He shrugged. “I'm a billionaire tech expert and you have to ask that?”
I laughed to myself, though I kept my angry face on. Who knows what tricks he could have employed, from a harmless virus in the email to a one pixel image that loaded and told him that it had been read? I knew he had a lot of resources at his disposal. “Fine, then. I wasn't reading your emails. Why should I? You sent me away.”
His expression softened. “You're right.” He looked around, seeing that there were a few other people there. “Look, can we talk about this somewhere else?”
I flicked my hair back. “I don't have time to go anywhere with you. I'm going clubbing with Nicole tonight.”
His face lit up and a confident grin I wasn't too sure about filled his face. “Great! Which club are you going to?”
“You are not going out with us,” I said, turning to go back in my room.
If I had managed to get the door open and back into my room, I might have been able to forget he was out there. However, as he gripped my arm and roughly turned me back toward him, I knew I didn't stand a chance. “Come on, Allie. We need to talk about this.”
His green eyes looked at me with a piercing intensity that made my insides turn to jelly. I felt like he was looking directly into my soul. As my knees turned weak, I knew that I wanted him. Wanted him bad. Even though he had broken my heart just two days ago, I knew that he had me wrapped around his little finger. And by looking into my eyes, he knew just how badly I wanted him. He was in control again.
“Okay,” I managed to squeak out.
“Great, where do you want to go?”
My mind was still swimming. I wanted to skip the club, to just let him have me right there in my dorm room, but I knew that that would be a mistake. “I'm still going out dancing with Nicole.”
He smiled, then let go of my arm and smoothed the sleeve on his suit jacket. “I can handle that. Where are you guys going out tonight?”
I tried to think of the name of the club, but couldn't. I didn't even remember if Nicole had told me or not. “I don't know. Nicole said it was on 5th street?”
James' face scrunched up a little bit as he thought about it. He sighed. “That's not really specific enough. Nicole is your
roommate?”
I nodded, and before I could say anything else, James reached past me and opened the door. I laughed when I thought of the reaction that Nicole would have when she saw him coming in for the second time. However, he just stood by the door. “Hey, Nicole?” he called in there.
“Yeah?” I heard her say. I couldn't see her, her bed was blocked by the closet door being open.