Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 58051 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 290(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 194(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 58051 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 290(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 194(@300wpm)
The tension in her shoulders was visible across the kitchen, but I knew Bella, and I knew she was considering my words. “You’re serious,” she said after a while.
“I am.”
She turned with accusing brown eyes. “Why?”
“Because I like you Bella. I think you’re pretty damn great. You are beautiful and smart and capable, and so funny.” I shook my head as her eyes widened with disbelief. “And I like the fact that you make me work for every laugh. Every smile. Every kiss.”
Her expression was unreadable and brief. Rejection pulled my shoulders down as Bella turned back towards the sink to rinse the dishes and load the washer.
“Just think about it Bella, that’s all I ask.”
She nodded, but remained silent.
I let out a silent breath and pushed away from the table, determined not to be one of those pouty assholes who can’t take rejection. It hurt like hell, sure, because I thought maybe we were on the same page. Then again, I had no real idea where I stood with her, because she hadn’t said anything to me. And I didn’t have the balls to ask her. Not yet. “Here, let me help.”
Bella smiled and handed me a plate to put in the dishwasher. “Thank you, Derek.”
“My pleasure.” We cleaned the kitchen in painful silence, and I knew the best thing to do was see myself out.
“Derek?”
I turned back to Bella, the length of the kitchen between us. “Yeah?”
“I like you too. I’m not sure if that’s smart or not, but I like you too.”
“Yeah?”
She nodded, and a slow smile crept across her face. “Yeah. And I would love to go on a real date with you.”
In the next moment, I held Bella’s sweet face in my hand for several long seconds until our lips collided in a kiss hot enough to melt my insides.
Chapter 25
Bella
I was kissing Derek.
Again.
I told myself that kissing him didn’t mean anything. He was just an extremely talented kisser who could set me on fire with one swipe of his tongue. I didn’t want it to mean anything, but the moment his lips crashed down on mine, all thoughts and doubts fled my mind, and it was filled with nothing but the man devouring my mouth for dessert.
Everything about him overwhelmed me in the best possible way. His hands stayed on my face while his mouth made love to mine. He kissed me for long minutes, as if this act alone could sustain him, and I was in no hurry to rush things, at least not until one hand slid down to cup my breast. I gasped and he deepened the kiss, taking a few steps back until I was pressed between Derek and the fridge.
He pulled back with heated look in his eyes, a sultry smile lit up his face. “Now I’ve got you right where I want you.”
I ignored the worry that settled in my belly and focused on the sexy shiver that slid down my spine and wrapped my body in fire and electricity. “Yeah, where’s that?”
“Here,” he growled and yanked my t-shirt up over my head. “At my mercy.” His hands started on top of my head, tangling his fingers in my hair on the way to my shoulders. His fingers slid across my collarbone and slid down my chest to massage my breasts. “You’re gorgeous, Bella.”
I smiled up at him, and my hands went to his shirt. “You’re the gorgeous one,” I told him. “Perfect eye candy.” And so much more than eye candy. I tore his shirt off and pulled him close.
“Bella,” he growled and gripped the back of my thighs to lift me up into his arms. I quickly wrapped my legs around his waist and sighed. “You feel so good.”
“You’ll feel even better in my mouth,” I purred in his ear, it had the incredible effect of quickening his pace up to my bedroom.
“I was right about you, Bella. One minute with you and I’m addicted.”
Me too, only I wasn’t brave enough to voice that thought out loud. “Addicted?” He nodded as I hooked my fingers inside his waistband and yanked him to me. I sat on the bed and got busy undoing his belt, unbuttoning his pants and shoving it all down his legs. “Now I have you at my mercy,” I told him and gripped his cock in one hand with two firm strokes.
His gaze darkened as he looked down at me and licked his lips. “Now that you have me here, what are you gonna do with me babe?”
I could have answered. I could have come up with a witty come back that would make him smile, but I didn’t. Instead I leaned forward and flicked my tongue over the head of his cock, and when he groaned, the sound hit me right where I was wet and pulsing for him. I closed my eyes and let the need to please take over, stroking with one hand and gripping his fine ass with the other while I used my mouth to make him growl in ecstasy, to moan like an animal before his hips began to move, to thrust himself into my mouth.