a monster, and you decided it was a good idea to invite him to your housewarming party?” His eyes traveled her body. “Masochist.”
“Trust me, I didn’t invite him.” She took in the confused frown growing between his eyebrows and reached a hand out, running it down his cheek. “Don’t frown,” she whispered. “It’ll make you look old, like me.”
“You’re outrageously beautiful is what you are,” he said. “Beautiful monster.”
Lila looked away from him. “Chelsea mentioned she was coming to my housewarming, and Kelly took it upon herself to make sure she was here too. With Jack in tow.”
Chase raised his eyebrows. “She’s watching you.”
“Like a hawk. But she has no reason to.”
“No?”
She shoved him, her eyes falling to his lips when he laughed. “No!” She calmed herself. “What makes it even worse? Kelly is on the ad hoc committee for my promotion. She, literally, holds my future in the palm of her hand, and she thinks I’m sleeping with her fiancé. That promotion is as good as gone, and that’s a real shame. I wanted it more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life.”
His smile wavered. “I know the feeling.”
A clinking sound startled both of them, and they looked down into the sink just in time to see a flash of gold go down the drain.
Lila gasped, and her eyes flew to him.
He was holding the back of his neck, where his necklace had come unlatched, looking just as stunned as her. Too stunned to move. It was the necklace his late mother had given him, and it meant the world to him.
Snapping out of it, Lila pushed her body in front of his, filling the space between him and the sink. She bent down and shoved her hand into the drain, knowing his hand was too big to do it.
“I got it,” she said, feeling the delicate chain between her fingers.
He sighed in relief from behind her.
Lila held her breath when he took her waist in his hands, just above the waistband of her jeans.
“Thank you, Lila,” he breathed. “Thank you, Professor .”
His voice was too close. It warmed her ear when he spoke. She nearly told him to take two steps back, but then realized she couldn’t move her hand.
“It’s kind of…” She tried to pull her hand out. “It’s kind of stuck, though.”
He chortled.
The weight of the situation quickly dawned on her, and her eyes widened. “Holy shit, I’m stuck. I’m really stuck. This isn’t funny!” She gave her hand a good yank, and her eyes grew wider when it didn’t budge.
“Okay, relax, don’t take your arm off.” He pressed against her from where he still had a hold on her waist from behind. He flanked her body with his, surrounded her with his warmth, including the warmth of his breath as it fluttered against the back of her hair, her ear, down the side of her neck.
Lila’s breathing came up short when he tucked his chin in the crook of her neck, reached into the sink, and took her trapped arm in one of his hands, wrapping the other around her waist. Being engulfed by his body, feeling its hardness, and the subsequent rush that accompanied it, had Lila terrified. She thought being stuck in that sink was scary. No.
This was scary. Chase was scary.
“Actually, I think I can get it out myself, just…” She was a second from telling him to back away, but some part of her body, the part she’d lost control of, pushed her hips backward, pressing her ass into him.
He pressed back.
“I can do it myself.” Her voice plummeted to an indiscernible level. Warmth surged through her stomach, and she was unable to stop it from rushing straight to her center, like the butterflies had relocated from her gut to her pussy, flapping their wings delicately against the lips of her heat, making them swell with need. The monster that had exorcized every ounce of sense from her mind and body drove her to push her hips back again, and a tiny moan escaped her lips when he
“Trust me, I didn’t invite him.” She took in the confused frown growing between his eyebrows and reached a hand out, running it down his cheek. “Don’t frown,” she whispered. “It’ll make you look old, like me.”
“You’re outrageously beautiful is what you are,” he said. “Beautiful monster.”
Lila looked away from him. “Chelsea mentioned she was coming to my housewarming, and Kelly took it upon herself to make sure she was here too. With Jack in tow.”
Chase raised his eyebrows. “She’s watching you.”
“Like a hawk. But she has no reason to.”
“No?”
She shoved him, her eyes falling to his lips when he laughed. “No!” She calmed herself. “What makes it even worse? Kelly is on the ad hoc committee for my promotion. She, literally, holds my future in the palm of her hand, and she thinks I’m sleeping with her fiancé. That promotion is as good as gone, and that’s a real shame. I wanted it more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life.”
His smile wavered. “I know the feeling.”
A clinking sound startled both of them, and they looked down into the sink just in time to see a flash of gold go down the drain.
Lila gasped, and her eyes flew to him.
He was holding the back of his neck, where his necklace had come unlatched, looking just as stunned as her. Too stunned to move. It was the necklace his late mother had given him, and it meant the world to him.
Snapping out of it, Lila pushed her body in front of his, filling the space between him and the sink. She bent down and shoved her hand into the drain, knowing his hand was too big to do it.
“I got it,” she said, feeling the delicate chain between her fingers.
He sighed in relief from behind her.
Lila held her breath when he took her waist in his hands, just above the waistband of her jeans.
“Thank you, Lila,” he breathed. “Thank you, Professor .”
His voice was too close. It warmed her ear when he spoke. She nearly told him to take two steps back, but then realized she couldn’t move her hand.
“It’s kind of…” She tried to pull her hand out. “It’s kind of stuck, though.”
He chortled.
The weight of the situation quickly dawned on her, and her eyes widened. “Holy shit, I’m stuck. I’m really stuck. This isn’t funny!” She gave her hand a good yank, and her eyes grew wider when it didn’t budge.
“Okay, relax, don’t take your arm off.” He pressed against her from where he still had a hold on her waist from behind. He flanked her body with his, surrounded her with his warmth, including the warmth of his breath as it fluttered against the back of her hair, her ear, down the side of her neck.
Lila’s breathing came up short when he tucked his chin in the crook of her neck, reached into the sink, and took her trapped arm in one of his hands, wrapping the other around her waist. Being engulfed by his body, feeling its hardness, and the subsequent rush that accompanied it, had Lila terrified. She thought being stuck in that sink was scary. No.
This was scary. Chase was scary.
“Actually, I think I can get it out myself, just…” She was a second from telling him to back away, but some part of her body, the part she’d lost control of, pushed her hips backward, pressing her ass into him.
He pressed back.
“I can do it myself.” Her voice plummeted to an indiscernible level. Warmth surged through her stomach, and she was unable to stop it from rushing straight to her center, like the butterflies had relocated from her gut to her pussy, flapping their wings delicately against the lips of her heat, making them swell with need. The monster that had exorcized every ounce of sense from her mind and body drove her to push her hips back again, and a tiny moan escaped her lips when he
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