CHAPTER6
Stone
When Mia opens the door,she looks up at me with tears shimmering in her eyes. God, she looks so beautiful, even when she's crying. It's all I can do not to pull her into my arms and kiss her tears away.
"Mind if I come in?"I ask gruffly.
She doesn't answer verbally but steps back to allow me to pass over the threshold into her home. I glance around the space. It's cute and colorful and fashionable—just like the angel standing in front of me.
"Your brother worries about you, Mia," I begin.
She cuts me off by holding up a hand."If you came here to smooth things over between Jeremy and me, just don't."
I close my mouth and nod. "That's not the only reason I came over." I take a step toward her. "I came over to check on you." My eyes scan her beautiful, sad face, and my heart squeezes in my chest. "Are you okay?"
She lets out a humorless laugh. "Of course, I am. Why wouldn't I be okay? My brother doesn't believe in me. Big deal. He never has. He thinks I'm stupid, silly, flighty little Mia."
"But you're not," I finish for her. "You're all grown up, and Jeremy needs to stop babying you."
She nods her head, and I fight back a groan. My eyes rake over her the gentle curves of her body.Fuck yes, she's grown up.
She looks up at me suspiciously. "What? You're not taking his side?"
I exhale a breath. "I was never taking sides to begin with, Mia."
"But my bikini—"
I silence her by pressing a finger against her puffy lips, feeling the sensation all the way down to my cock, which swells even harder in my pants. "I had a problem with the bikini before your brother showed up. Remember?"
She looks at me with wide eyes. "I don't get it." She shakes her head, her blonde hair bouncing with the movement. "Why do you care?'
"Because men see those gorgeous ass cheeks falling out of that flimsy scrap of fabric, and they see those pert, ripe tits in that top, and all they think about is burying their cock balls deep inside you," I say bluntly.
Mia's mouth falls open, and her chest heaves up and down as she stares at me with wide eyes and pink cheeks.
The sexual tension is thick and heavy as I stare down at her, but I'm not looking at that perfect body. I'm looking into the blue eyes that have held me captive since we met.
"Is that what you thought when you saw me in it?"
I don't know what I expected her to say, but that wasn’t it. Hearing that question in her sweet voice sends a rush of lust so potent crashing through me that it's all I can do not to come in my pants. I clamp my jaw together so tightly I'm surprised I don't bust my molars. I close my eyes and inhale deeply, counting to ten, but it's not working. One, two, three, Mia's tits…four, five, six, Mia's ass.
Mia doesn't let it go when I don't answer. Her soft question breaks into my thoughts. "Do you think of me that way, Stone?"
I open my eyes. Her face is flushed, but she holds my gaze bravely, demanding an answer.
I've been sending her mixed signals, flirting with her one minute and then trying to stay away from her next, and fuck, I'm tired of it."From the moment I first saw you," I finally admit, my voice husky.
Mia's breath hitches before she confesses, "I think of you too."
And damn, that breathy admission finally does it. The leash on my control snaps. I'm a Pitbull that has broken free of his chain. I pounce on her, and she gasps as I pull her flush against my chest. I curse the white T-shirt I’m wearing that prevents me from feeling her skin pressed against mine.
She licks her lips and looks up at me with those innocent blue eyes, and I can't hold back any longer. I press my lips to hers and kiss her gently but insistently.And holy shit, she tastes sweeter and more innocent than I could have imagined, like ripened berries straight from the vine—only better.
I plunder her mouth like a greedy pirate seeking treasure, coaxing her tongue into a dance until I feel her melt against me.
I tighten my arms around her. She's so tiny in my arms. "I've wanted to do that since the day I first saw you," I confess as I skate my lips along her jaw and up to her ear, placing gentle kisses against the lobe.
She tilts her head to the side and whimpers. "So why didn't you?"