Page 40 of The Arrogant One

When his orgasm formed, his pumps became sharper, his grunts deeper, and when he yelled, “Sadie,” I knew he was feeling what I was.

“Yes!” I gasped. “Lockhart!”

I clung to his shoulders, and he gripped my hips, hurling into me, driving back, and sinking in. And as fast as we built, we slowed just as quick, until the stillness and quietness completely took over.

He kissed me, softly at first and then a little bit more passionately. “I’m going to make a deal with you.”

“Okay.”

“I’ll put you down, only under one condition.”

I tightened my grip around him. “I can’t wait to hear this.”

“You give me your number.”

I laughed. “And if I don’t?”

“You’ll be stuck out here with me, in this position, until I get you to change your mind.”

I nuzzled against his cheek, breathing him in. My eyes automatically closing as the biggest wave of contentment passed through me. “Sounds like you’re grounding me, Lockhart.”

“I’m not leaving it up to luck anymore. I think you like being bad.” He gnawed my lip. “And I think you want to be a bad girl again.”

As I rushed back to the table, taking a seat, there was concern etched across my sister’s face.

“Where have you been? Unless you’ve really been in the restroom for the last fifteen or so minutes?” she asked.

Bryn was gazing at me, too, assessing me, her eyes covering every inch, as though she could piece together where I’d been.

I wasn’t sure if my face was red, but it felt heated. I hadn’t gone to the restroom before coming here, so I had no idea how I looked. If my hair was a mess. If my makeup was smudged. If they could smell sex all over me.

“If I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.” I lifted the refill one of them had ordered for me and downed the entire martini in one shot.

“You had sex with him, didn’t you?” Bryn smiled, waiting for me to confirm after I swallowed.

I stayed silent, although I couldn’t hide my smile.

“Oh my God, you did, you little minx.” She gently hit my arm and kept her fingers on me.

I set the glass down. “That’s his sister he’s with, not a date. I learned that when he followed me into the ladies’ room and locked the door.”

My sister’s eyes widened. “You did it inthere?”

“No.” I laughed as though this were something so normal for me when it was the complete opposite. “We did it outside. In the alley behind the restaurant.”

“Whatever he’s doing to you, I like it.” Bryn squeezed the spot she was holding. “I like ita lot, a lot.”

“Me too—and tell me you got his number this time?” Cat asked.

I pulled my hand back from the glass and wrapped my arm around my stomach. “I didn’t have my phone on me since I’d left my purse here on the chair. But he took mine.”

“You know this is the start of something huge, right?” Bryn’s smile was as big as I’d ever seen it. “Huge, as in a full-blown relationship by the end of your next date.”

The excitement was there. The emotion too. The tingles hadn’t even come close to dying down.

Even though I’d heard every word he said and those words hit my heart in the most powerful way, I also knew Lockhart didn’t date. He did one-night stands. And I worried that if the commitment bug bit him, he would have second thoughts and change his mind and bail.

So, I replied, “We’ll see …”