Page 59 of Dirty Hearts

She straightened when she saw me and stood up looking a little off balance like she was nervous.

Her luscious lips parted, but she didn’t say anything.

My gaze trailed over her gorgeous body in that little dress of hers. Salmon-pink with a top that hugged her delicious globes, enunciating how perfect she was. The hem stopped just above her knees and floated as she took an uncertain step toward me.

She was here, in my house. And it was late.

I moved closer to her, stopping just a breath away.

God, I really hoped this wasn’t her telling me goodbye or that she didn’t want to see me ever again. The glint in her eyes spoke otherwise, but I dared not hope.

When she reached out and touched my jaw, my skin warmed. My skin warmed at her touch, and my body begged me to touch her.

Any resolve I had faded into the ether when she ran her finger along my jaw.

That was all it took, and fuck it, I didn’t care about anything anymore. She was here at my house, late.

That meant she’d be mine tonight.

I reached for her and crushed my lips to hers.

She melted into the kiss and kissed me back with the same hunger that fueled me.

That was when I truly lost my mind.

Chapter 14

Ava

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Ididn’t think I could get any closer to him, but when he pulled me flush against his chest, I felt the strong force of his heat, beating wild against the leather of his biker jacket.

Wild just like him. God help me, I came here to talk, but I knew that when we got together for longer than five minutes, clothes would come off, and this was the next thing.

Us devouring each other like animals.

The minute I saw him walk through the door, looking for me, with his hair ruffled, his beard fuller, the way I liked it, and those eyes bearing into me, I wanted him.

That selfishness kicked in, and I wanted him so badly I ached.

The thing was, I’d been here for a few hours now, going over what I wanted to do, but I hadn’t come to any concrete conclusion other than the fact that what I wanted was him.

Like always, what I wanted was him, and it felt like I was in too deep to let go.

This was the risk, and I was crazy. I knew I was crazy, but screw the fucking consequences. Jesus, I played everything by the rules. Everything.

He was my exception.

The rogue card in my stack that could change things. My rouge wild card that my sister had taken from me.

Kelly was right. If we were to go back and pinpoint things, everything got thrown out of sync when Marissa betrayed me.

I didn’t want to think about that now.

Claudius cupped my face and kissed me harder. Soul-kissing me. Kissing me and showing me that he wanted me. God, he tasted so damn good. How I wished I could have been with this man every day of my life. To think that he wanted that too made me crave him even more.

When he picked me up, I wrapped my legs around him, but my lips never left his.