Page 43 of The Devastation You Reap

His eyes are so dark they're almost black when he stares into mine, his lips swollen from our kiss.

"Wanna go and get dinner?" he asks, clearly sensing my need to slow this down a little.

"D-dinner?"

"Yeah, you know, food that people eat in the evening."

"I know what dinner is, you fool." I swat at his chest. "I just… you want to go and get dinner with me?"

"Why are you finding all of this so hard to believe, Red?" He reaches up and cups my cheek. "You're beautiful, smart, funny. Why wouldn't I want to go to dinner with you?"

All my insecurities come rushing forward but I force them down because he really doesn't need to see that side of me. He knows I'm confused by all of this, I really don't need to keep bringing it up.

"O-okay. Dinner." I smile at him, part of me regrets agreeing because it means we'll no longer be alone and I can't deny that there's something a little thrilling about being in a room with just the two of us.

"You're going to need to get off me then," he says with a wink.

"Crap, yeah. Sorry."

"Red." The dominance in his tone makes me stop my escape immediately. "Never apologize for wanting to get on top."

"Oh my God," I mutter, my cheeks burning with the image he plants in my head. Heat surges through my body, my lower half clenching with need. "I'll just be a few…" I trail off as I head for my bathroom but when I'm at the door, something makes me turn and look over my shoulder.

My eyes almost pop out of my head when I find him rearranging himself. Rearranging himself because of me.

I'm not stupid, I know I don't have the appeal of Charlie or any of the girls I grew up around, but knowing I've affected him in that way causes a wave of pride to wash over me.

Maybe I am more than the shy geeky girl I've always tried so hard to be.

As if he senses my attention he glances up through his lashes at me.

He looks too damn beautiful. It should annoy me that he knows it too, but I can't find it in myself to care.

"What?" He smiles at me, not having a care in the world that I just caught him.

"W-we could order in," I offer.

His smile widens more, a dimple appearing on one side and I realize that I could have just made a mistake.

It's clear what he wants from me. But after two days of knowing him, that is not going to happen, no matter how much he looks at me like I'm the only woman in the world.

Leon Dunn might make my head spin, but it's going to take more than a wicked smile and a few hot kisses to get anything else out of me.

I haven’t waited this long to just give it all away on a whim. And certainly not to a football player.

"I'm easy."

I can't help it, I snort out a laugh.

"Yeah, most of campus is aware of that, Dunn."

His lips part as faux hurt covers his face.

"Oh please, don't even try to look offended. I might not go to all the parties and see you in action but I know your rep just as much as anyone else."

"I didn't come here to hook up, Red. I came to hang out, to get to know you better."

"I thought you came to bring my cell back."