Page 105 of Tempting the President

I glared at them even as I munched on the last of my burger. IT’S NOTHING. When I was done, I gulped down some water and pulled Kellion up with me. It was definitely time to go, before either of those two would end up saying something unnecessary.

Kellion was grinning as I practically dragged him away from the nasty duo. “Slow down.”

I shook my head without looking at him, doing my best to walk faster.

He fell into step next to me, his grip changing so that he was the one holding my hand. It was a very alpha gesture, which I should have found ridiculous but instead my heart ended up skipping more than a beat at it.

God. I was so in love with him it was just not funny. At all!

As we started for the stairs, Kellion asked, “What was it really?”

I knew that tone of his. It meant he wouldn’t stop at nothing until I gave him an answer. Impulsively, I blurted out, “Sex.”

The air around us changed the moment I said the word, Kellion’s nostrils flaring while heat uncurled inside me, burning the strength from my limbs and making me feel like I could fall any moment.

Zero.

Suddenly, it was all I could think about.

Zero, zero, zero, zero.

I had tried so hard not to think about this number but now that I did, it really was all I could think about, and it did even crazier things to my body, chopping my breath into tiny pieces while my heartbeat became as erratic as a toddler pounding on the piano.

Zero days left to wait because today was the day—-

Oh God, I couldn’t even bear to finish the thought.

“Aria—-”

I panicked. Without a word, I walked past him, trying not to run. I didn’t want him looking at me. One look at my red face and I was sure he’d find out the truth: that I had been counting the days like a sex-starved ho.

“Aria, stop.” He caught hold of me just as I reached the mezzanine. I tried to get away without causing a fuss, but he suddenly pushed me against the wall, trapping my body between it and his hard body.

Around us, students started to whisper, walking more slowly as they passed us. I tried to push Kellion away, but it only made him inch closer.

“Aria, today...” He sucked in his breath hard. “Tell me.” His voice was a husky, seductive whisper, and listening to him, I felt like I had an inkling of how Snow White must have felt while being offered a juicy red apple.

“You have to be the one to tell me you still want it.”

I shook my head. The temptation was a hundred times worse, the evil queen ditching the old woman disguise in favor of a hot six-foot-plus Greek biker.

“Tell me.” Kellion nuzzled my neck, and I could feel him smiling as he spoke. We both knew that it was only a matter of time before I succumbed.

“N-no.” My body started to ache just because I was this close to him, close enough to feel how irresistibly hot and powerfully male his body was. Knowing I had to say something before I gave in completely, I stammered, “W-we’re in p-public—-”

“I don’t care—-”

“Do...you...want...me?” The words were out before I knew what I was saying, and the moment they slipped out, I realized that a part of me had been worrying about it all this time. Ever since that time at the hotel, we hadn’t done anything like it after, Kellion never doing anything beyond kissing.

And it worried me, it really did because if I really thought about it, no matter what he said, no matter what had happened, the fact that Kellion Argyros hadn’t taken me to bed – hadn’t done more than kiss me in the past week –

It just didn’t make sense.

Over my head, I heard Kellion curse in Greek, just before he demanded in a growl, “Are youserious?” He released a low, strained laugh. “You’re actually not sure I want you?”

I glared up at him. “Because...you...only...just...kiss...me.” I hissed the words out, furious at him for making me say it, just as I was furious with myself for feeling bad about it.

Another strained laugh. “And I take cold showers every night because I only allow myself to kiss you.” He shook his head. “How can you be so blind, you little idiot?” He jerked me close to him, the move devouring the last few inches between our bodies. And that was when I felt it.