Forbidden Fruit: Volume 1
to tug at my panties, a pained look on his face. Taking the hem of my top, I lifted it over my head, smiling as he sighed.
    “You don’t wanna play with me, Max?” I said, frowning.
    “You know I do…this isn’t fair,” he said gruffly, taking me in his arms. He kissed me, his mouth rough and forceful against mine.
    His hands moved over my naked body, massaging my breasts as he pulled me into his embrace. We lay there, just holding each other for what felt like forever. I loved the feeling of being so close to someone without sex.
    “Now you’ve done it. I have no idea how I’m going to sneak out of here.”
    “Why do you need to sneak out?” I asked, confused. “Just leave.”
    “Are you being serious? Who the fuck sticks around an hour after their shift ends?” he laughed.
    Fair point.
    “So you work the occasional night? What is the routine?” I said, propping myself up on my shoulder.
    “It’s not that easy. This place is a detention center, remember? That means codes and alarms everywhere.”
    “So wont they know you haven’t gone home yet?” I asked.
    If they tracked you in here, surely they’d track you out too.
    He shot me a look. My eyes widened as I realized that he hadn’t thought about that.
    “I don’t suppose you know who is on tonight? As in, maybe they would let this slide…”
    He put his head back and stared at the ceiling.
    “I think Jon is working,” he said slowly. “He’d let me out. But he’d want to know why. And I’m nervous about what he’d want in return.”
    “You mean…” My voice trailed off. I didn’t even know what he meant.
    “I don’t know. But I wouldn’t put it past him to pay you a visit.”
    What? No fucking way.
    “I think the only thing I can do is wait until morning, and then act as though I’ve just arrived. Luckily I’m rostered on for a morning tomorrow.” He turned to face me.
    “So you mean you’re spending the night?” I giggled, snuggling into his arms once again.
    “It’s hardly funny, but yes, I guess I am. God, this is going to be a long night,” he moaned.
    “Not as long as the shift is going to feel for you tomorrow,” I quipped. He groaned again, and I laughed.
    “True. But I get to spend more time with you, so that’s a bonus.” He kissed me behind the ear, his arms still tightly wrapped around me. I closed my eyes and smiled. I couldn’t explain why, but I felt safer than I had in forever. He made me feel safe. He made me feel wanted. All those things I’d missed out on up until now, I felt with him.
    But I couldn’t stop the nagging voice in the back of my head asking how long this was going to last?

     
    Chapter Six
     
    It had been a week since Max spent the night in my room.
    We had cooled things off a little, because too many times we were finding ourselves in situations where we’d been too close to getting caught. Neither of us wanted to put the other in jeopardy, so if that meant not being with him for a few days, then it was worth it.
    Sherry had arrived back in our room, with no explanation to where she had been, and nothing more than a tiny Band-Aid across the bridge of her nose.
    “You’ve been spending an awful lot of time with Max,” Sherry commented as she put her laundry away.
    I stiffened and turned to face her. Everywhere I turned, Sherry was there with her stuck up expression, probably thinking up ways to bring me down. I was shocked she hadn’t taken the whole punch to the nose further, instead telling the guards that had been a misunderstanding.
    If she got hold of this, who knew where it would end up. Or what she would want to keep it quiet.
    “Leave it Sherry,” I said calmly.
    “Or what? What are you going to do to me? You think everyone doesn’t see you two sneaking around? You think he’s not going to move onto the next slut who opens her legs when you’re gone?”
    “One? You have no idea what the fuck you’re on about, and two? If you so much as hint to anyone your ill

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