Page 146 of Heartless

Slanting back in my seat, I made the mistake of looking at Jake.His expression was...oh God.It did funny things to my belly, and I lowered my eyes to the table while Camila touched my fist I’d curled in my lap.

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At the brightly illuminatedparking lot of the bar, we’d all walked Jodie and Camila to her car.After I’d hugged Jodie, Camila pulled me into her usual loving embrace, and I spoke right into her ear.

“I like Jodie.”

“Me too,” she whispered with a smile in her voice.

After she’d helped her girlfriend into her car, and we’d waved them off, Silas engulfed me in one of his bear hugs before kissing the top of my head.“See you soon, honey.”

He strode back inside the bar, leaving me alone with Jake, and before I could think of anything to say, Jake took my hand and led me to my car.

“Wait for me to roll behind you,” he said in what sounded like a promise.

“All right.”

He waited until I’d locked my seatbelt before striding to his truck.

On the way home, his headlights right behind me created a totally inappropriate thrill that sparked my skin alive.

Since our break-up, I spent many nights tossing and turning in my bed, searching for him in my sleep.I even got up several times in the middle of the night and walked straight to the elevator.Then I recalled how we started.

We parked in the underground seconds apart.I let out a calming breath and swiped my palms over the skirt of my dress for a few seconds.The muted clap of his car door closing made me gasp.Dear God.Get a grip, Sienna.He was just a man.An incredibly sexy man, but nonetheless, just a man.

I followed him into the elevator.As his arm reached out past my body to press our floors, I fused my shoulder to the mirrored metal wall of the cabin and held my breath.

He shifted his big body, and I found myself with my back against the cool surface while the warmth of his body grazed the front of mine.Planting one palm against the metallic wall by my head, he wrapped the other around my nape, sending my body hurtling into a shiver so sharp, I trembled.

“Look at me, kitten.”

My body had a will of its own, so the next second, my eyes were locked onto his.

He leaned in, and when his lips brushed mine, I clamped mine shut.His head slanted, and I held my breath at the touch of his open-mouth kiss on the side of my neck.

When he pulled me flush against his hard body, his erection pushed into my lower belly, igniting a ripple of need and pleasure that bordered on a mini orgasm.

Again, he spoke against my mouth.“You’re mine, Sienna.”

Then, he nipped my bottom lip, and my mouth opened for his tongue.My sex clenched under the sensual onslaught, and I clung onto him.The devouring kiss ended, and I blinked fast while my breath rushed out.

In a daze, I was led by the hand to my apartment where Jake pinned my body between his and the wall of the hallway.As his big hands curled around the back of my legs to hitch me up, my purse thumped on the floor.My legs looped around his waist.My arms around his neck.Pushing his erection against my panties, he smashed his mouth onto my panting lips.The slow rock of his hips made my whole-body moan while my impending orgasm coiled inside me.

“Jake...”

“You come to me tonight, kitten.”

When his hands slid off my legs, I clamped them tighter.“Jake...”

His lips slid to my ear.“I’ll make you come in my bed.”

He easily unknotted my legs from his waist.The side of his mouth hitched, and he pecked my nose.Then he stalked out, closing the front door behind him.

I touched my tingling lips and reached for the door handle.Clenching the doorknob in my fist, I exhaled slowly and placed my heated forehead on the cool panel of wood.

Sex would make things even more confusing.Even mind-shattering sex.I slowly unfurled my fingers and staggered to my bedroom.

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