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Goddamn, that smile
is dangerous.
Who am I kidding?
He is dangerous.
I do my best to
ignore him, but it’s impossible. The steady brush of his arm
against where mine is resting on our shared armrest constantly
reminds me how much my body wants his touch. The scent of his
delicious cologne hits my senses, making me want to climb in his lap
and rub my face over his chest to get a potent lungful of it.
I can’t even
remember the last time I was this horny, which is pathetically sad,
since it was probably around the same time I actually got laid.
Years. I think. Close to three. Maybe that’s why I’m a hot
mess lately. I turn my head to study the side of his face and
wonder if I can use this situation to my advantage. I mean, after
all, we are in a ‘relationship’ now.
He turns and gives
me a questioning arch of his dark brows, but I brush it off in favor
of playing Disney Emoji Blitz on my phone.
By the time we had
hit cruising altitude, I could hear the other men around me snoring
away but not Chance. He’s fiddling with his phone, completely
ignorant of the fact I’m about to start humping his leg.
“Excuse me,” I
breathily say, unbuckling my belt and standing to move around him. I
stand there, my head bent slightly because of the overhead, and wait.
He doesn’t move, though. Instead, he drops his phone to his lap
and gives me his complete attention; his eyes even dance a little
like he’s finding this whole damn thing funny. “Excuse me,” I
repeat, no longer breathy, and seconds away from coming.
No, that’s a lie.
I’m still breathy and very much seconds away from soaking my
panties even more than they already are.
His large hands
grab my hips, and he guides me down on his lap with no resistance
from my treacherous body.
“Not what I
meant,” I say through clenched teeth, trying to sound harsh and
offended, but I just sound dazed and turned on. I wiggle in his
hold, trying to get free, but he’s too strong for me.
He leans up in his
seat, his chest hitting my back and buries his face in my neck. I’m
sure anyone who saw us would see a loving couple who just can’t
keep their hands to themselves. He’s playing a dangerous game,
though, because the second the solid, hard length of him presses
against my backside, I forget this is supposed to be a game and
squirm a little more. His teeth nip at my shoulder at the same time
his groan hits my ears.
“Stop moving,
Wren,” he demands, tightening his fingers on my hips.
“You’re the one
who put me on your lap.” I curl my fingers over the empty seat in
front of me and squeeze my eyes shut when I feel him growing harder
under me.
“Yeah, because
the flight attendant who just walked by had her phone out and pointed
right at us. She’s doing a shit job of making it look like she’s
doing something with her paperwork.” His hand comes off my hip,
and he cups my jaw, turning my head to the side just when I was about
to look up at where I last saw the attendant, forcing me to shift
until all it would take is me throwing one leg over his body to be
face-to-face. “Do not look at her,” he stresses; the sudden
movement of twisting my body makes me bounce slightly in his lap,
rubbing my legging-clad ass against his erection. His eyes drop to
my mouth where I pull my bottom lip between my teeth and groan.
“Give me a reason
not to look,” I dare him.
“You don’t want
to go down that road, Wren. I’ll protect you from the
world, but you need to protect yourself from me.”
“No one is asking
you to.”
Not even knowing if
we’re still being watched, I twist my torso the rest of the way,
pulling my legs up until they’re bent at his stomach between us.
Now that I’m facing him completely, I bring my hands up to curl
them both around his shoulders before dragging them up to wrap around
the corded muscles at the sides of his neck. His nostrils flare, but
he doesn’t stop me. I give him the chance, but it never comes.
Dropping my head, I press my lips to his. I explore his lips with
small pecks and little licks of my tongue, learning his mouth before
pressing more firmly. He sucks in a breath when I open my mouth and
slowly drag the tip of my tongue over his bottom lip.
And then his
control snaps.
His hands—still
at my hips—lift me effortlessly until my legs are no longer folded
between us, but now digging into the hard armrests with my knees
pushing into his thighs, my back hitting the seat in front of me.
His mouth opens, and his tongue meets mine, no hesitation whatsoever,
as he deepens the kiss.
Our breathing
echoes around us, making it sound like everyone on this plane could
hear us, but I know it’s just because our faces are so close. I
let out a moan, one that he swallows, that turns into a whine when he
pulls back.
“That can’t
happen again,” he softly scolds, just as breathless as I am.
What the hell? I
might not have been into this whole fake-boyfriend-slash-bodyguard
thing before, but I’ll be damned if I’m not going to take
advantage of the situation. Especially now that I know how alive he
makes me feel. Three years since I had pleasure from anything other
than my own hand, and if that kiss is anything to go by, what Chance
could make me feel is ten times more powerful than anything I’ve
ever felt in my whole life.
I’m not passing
that up.
Nope.
No fucking way.
“We’ll see about that.”
Harper is a NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL and USA TODAY bestselling author residing in Georgia with her husband and three daughters. She has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books, hibachi, tattoos and Game of Thrones. When she isn't writing you can almost always find her with a book in hand. Facebook | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | Goodreads | Amazon Author Page
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