“Don’t do that to yourself, Killian.” I cover his hand with mine, and when I do, he lowers our hands from my face down to my stomach.
His fingers tickle my belly over the thin fabric of my shirt, and that feeling that Killian produces every time stirs inside me. “It’s true,” he counters. “No matter how hard I try, everything always goes to shit. It’s the Kade curse.”
I laugh. “You’re not cursed, silly. Everything will work out. I know it will.”
He leans in closer, our lips almost touching. His breath sends chills down my arms and causes my body to go rigid. I can’t move when he’s this close to me. Every nerve ending in my body comes alive from our proximity, his hesitation driving me wild. Killian never asks for permission. My man takes what he wants. That’s how he got me in the first place. So, why is he waiting for me to make the first move?
“You better kiss me right now,” I say against his lips. “Before I change my mind.”
He chuckles, his laughter shaking through me as he presses his lips to mine. Taking my bottom lip into his mouth he sucks on it, his tongue rolling over my bottom lip. I get lost in his kiss, the sensation of his tongue tangling with mine so overwhelming my head spins from the passion and intensity of it.
We stand in the hallway, his erection digging into my stomach as I hook my right leg around his back, lips locked and bodies joined together. He groans with each flick of my tongue, and I moan in response to the pleasure spreading throughout my body.
I don’t know how long we kiss, but once he pulls his lips from mine, I have to grip his shoulder to maintain my balance.
“I want to continue this,” he says, practically panting against my lips. “Remember the cabin in the Poconos I mentioned before I got into the accident?”
“Yeah, what about it?”
“I’m taking you there this weekend. I booked it last night.”
“That’s presumptuous of you. How did you know I would say yes?”
He steps back and shrugs. “Are you saying no?”
I shake my head, laughing. “Of course not, you idiot. But you shouldn’t have assumed I would say yes.”
“A long time ago I told you I’d never lose.” His husky voice sends a tremor down my spine.
The confidence he once exuded has returned, the cocky man I’ve come to know and love standing right in front of me.
About damn time.
I reach up to touch the side of his face, brushing my fingers against the dark stubble along his angular jaw. “I only date winners,” I shoot back, laughing. “So, good thing you’re back to acting like one.”
Laughing, he dips down to kiss me, a quick peck that heats my cheeks. He leans his forehead against mine, and we stay that way for a while before a classroom empties into the hallway.
Killian holds out his hand to me. “Can I walk you to your next class?”
I smile up at him. “You can walk me anywhere you want.”
“I’d follow you to end of the earth,” he jokes, though I think he means every word.
Chapter Twenty-One
Killian
Jade looks beautiful standing in front of the long wall comprised mostly of glass, her naked body on display as she stares out at the lake. Pressing her hand to the window, she stands there in awe of the moonlight as it hits the water just right. We’re alone up here in the Pocono Mountains with complete privacy. Our closest neighbors are a few houses over, which is about a mile away.
We should have come here a long time ago, but I had to become my own worst enemy and almost lost her forever before I could pull my head out of my ass long enough to realize what I was losing. The fact she took me back says a lot about Jade. She’s a good woman with a big heart and one of the best people I know. I don’t know where I’d be without her. In a short amount of time, she’s changed my life for the better.
I come up from behind her and brush my good hand over her hip, digging my fingers into her soft skin. “I have the best view in the world.”
“Oh, I know, isn’t this incredible?” Jade asks.
“I meant you, Jade.” I hover my mouth over her neck, tilting her head to the side with my casted arm, moving her hair out of the way as I lean down to plant soft kisses along her skin. “You’re so beautiful.” I slide my hand over her stomach until I reach the wetness between her thighs. “Fuck, baby. You’re ready for me already? That was fast.”
She leans back so I can see the smile that reaches up to her perfect blue eyes. “I’m always ready for you.” My erection digs into her back as my fingers slip inside her soaking wet pussy, and she purrs, “Mmm… I see you are, too.”