Balance (Off Balance 1)

“I pursued you?” I repeated flatly. “Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t. But in the end, it’s all the same. You let me get close to you. You opened up to me and let me inside your world,” I said, slowly stepping toward him. “You wanted me. And you knew you couldn’t touch me, yet you did. You got off on it. Have you ever heard of reverse psychology?” He pulled back in horror but I kept going. “Why didn’t you push me away? It’s not like you can’t overpower me, stop me.”

“Adrianna. You are missing the point. It is not about overpowering, it is about removing myself from the situation.”

And he was missing my point so I continued advancing on him. I wasn’t sure where this courage was coming from, but I went with it.

“We both know you’re way stronger than I am and could easily have put an end to anything before it started.”

“Adrianna,” he warned, a tick starting in his jaw.

“Acknowledge it wasn’t just me.”

“No,” he growled.

“Do it,” I whispered, staring up at him. Our chests were so close that if I took a deep breath my boobs would touch him. And I wanted to do it to tempt him and prove him wrong.

“Step back. Now.”

“Make me.”

Glossy, heavy lidded eyes stared down at me. I was trying to stay strong, but the look he gave me sent a sensation throughout my entire body. Knowing he liked being told no, and knowing he liked when I fought him, only pushed my drive. It sent another thrill through me. His needs and wants turned me on and I embraced this side he was bringing out in me.

Gripping his wrist, I brought it around to cup my butt. I knew he was lying, he damn well knew he was, and I hated that. His fingers dug into my flesh for a split second before he moved in a blurring speed. He had me pinned to the wall with both of my wrists securely locked behind my back and him pressing into me. My heart skipped into my throat, my eyes went wide, staring into the depths of his.

“Stop fucking with me,” he whispered thickly against my neck. “Why are you doing this?”

“To prove it wasn’t all me…and I don’t want to stop what’s between us.”

“You are fucking crazy, you know that? You are not right in the head.”

“Maybe I am a little crazy in the head, but I think you like it,” I whispered. His erection was a hard angle on my lower stomach as I stood on my tiptoes, pushing my hips into him. I couldn’t help it, I needed to feel him lower. Wanted to feel him lower.

This was past just physical attraction.

This was animalistic.

And highly forbidden, which just made it that much better.

“See how easy it was for you to get my hand off you? You have such a tight grip on my wrists there’s no way I could’ve forced anything on you. Now admit it wasn’t just me.”

His whole body was hard against mine, his breathing ragged. I was pushing him, teasing him…and I liked it. He was bubbling under my fingertips, and for some unknown reason, I wanted to see him snap.

Dragging my foot up the back of his leg, I hooked it around his hip and used my stomach and inner thigh to lift myself to his level, wrapping my other leg around his hip and climbed up his body. I put all that conditioning to good use. I needed to communicate my feelings with my eyes more so than my words since they weren’t getting across. But the moment we were eye level with each other, I could feel his lust, his inner turmoil, his utter confusion with right and wrong, and his hunger for more.

“You can’t, can you? Admitting it is immoral, and the immoral and wrongness of it makes it that much hotter. But that’s not really why it feels so good, is it?” I breathed against his lips, our eyes locked in a gaze so strong neither one of us could break it. Our chests panted against each other, the air thick with tension. My wrists hurt from him squeezing so tightly, but I let him do it without complaint.

“We work well together, Kova,” I whispered. “There’s an attraction that’s more than just chemistry between us.”

I was breaking his resolve, I could feel it. This sensual prowess Kova unleashed inside me was untamed and new. My tongue slipped out and traced his lips. He began panting, his erection straining hard against me and the pressure caused my hips to undulate against his. Kova groaned, it was a deep and guttural sound that brought me chills.

“Let go,” I pushed.

He didn’t move.

He couldn’t. Not because I was forcing him, but because he wanted to be here and knew he shouldn’t.

Carefully, he maneuvered my wrists to one hand and used the other hand to grip my jaw. We were so close we breathed each other in.

“You are right. I do want you, even right now when you are literally doing everything in your power to seduce me, I want to fuck you senseless. But what you do not see is after this newfound knowledge, I never will again,” he said deathly low.