“See, was that so hard? Which club?”
Nik laughed and leaned against the counter, putting his bottle to his lips. “Club Rendezvous.”
“Ooh, I’ve heard of it. A-list type of club. Haven’t been there.” I was just about finished assembling the lasagna. It smelled amazing.
“Good. You don’t need to.”
I furrowed my brow. “Why not?”
“It can get wild… dangerous even.”
“Maybe I like wild and dangerous.”
“I sensed that about you.” He set his bottle on the counter and wrapped those muscly arms around my waist.
“What are you doing?”
“I want to kiss you.”
Oh God.I clenched down low. I turned to face him as hope bloomed in my chest. Maybe he broke up with his girlfriend. “But what about your—”
His mouth crushed mine. It waseverything. Pillowy lips moved over mine, nipping and sucking, kissing me for all he was worth. His tongue demanded entry. I opened the gate and he stormed in, probing and curling it with mine. Nik consumed me like a starved man. My knees almost buckled as a wave of desire exploded in my belly.
“Shit, Rita. You taste better than I imagined.” His fingers gripped my head, allowing him to deepen the kiss.
I can’t believe Nik imagined kissing me.Holy shit!
Nik Tevez was better than I dreamed of. His kisses weren’t too soft or light, or too hard or messy; they were perfect in every way. Our tongues tangled and lashed against the other. I was beyond aroused now. If I didn’t stop this asap, we might cross the line and fall into bed… Not that I would mind discovering all I could about Nik. But I didn’t want just sex, I wanted so much more. Plus, this was wrong. Nik had a girlfriend.
Speaking of Nik’s woman… I pushed him back. “What are you doing?” I gasped for air, covering my mouth with my trembling hand.
“Kissing you. Couldn’t you tell?”
“Don’t get smart. You have a girlfriend.”
“The fuck I do! I don’t have girlfriends or relationships, Rita. I only said I did so you would stay the hell away from me. What good it did.”
I was seeing Nik with a new pair of eyes. He didn’t have a girlfriend.
“Then, who’s the woman you brought home after you got off of work?”
He blinked as if surprised.
Crap.
He stepped toward me and I stepped away from him.
“Were you spying on me, Rita?” His gravelly voice made me tremble inside. I hoped he couldn’t see me unraveling right before him.
I backed up some more. I needed distance, a concrete iron wall between us. “Just answer the question.” The stabbing pain I felt in my heart was as if he had betrayed me, only God knew why. Nik didn’t owe me any explanation. He was a free man and could do whatever he wanted.
He wasn’t mine.
But I wanted him to be.
“Just random women.” He shrugged as if no big deal. It may not have been to him, but it was a huge deal to me.
“All four times was a different woman?” The thought tore me up inside. Nik with four different women in the last seven fucking days. Standing before me was a manwhore and it bothered me, when before Nik, I didn’t give a shit about such things. Live and let live and all that crap. But I couldn’t stop the way I felt in this moment.