I wanted to tell him I felt the same.
But I was scared.
What will happen between us?
How far could this go? Can we even work, given the differences in our lifestyles?
Ultimately, my biggest fear pushed through.Will Alec be able to accept us being together?
“What’s going on in that beautiful head of yours?” Austin said, his voice tight, vulnerable, breaking through the noise of insecurities in my head.
I was on my back on his bed, as our make-out session had been in full swing.
“Are you not into this? ’Cause, shit”—he pushed his hardness against my center—“I’m very, very much into this.”
My brow furrowed. “I like you.”There. I said it. Done. What I’d wanted to say, what was in my heart was finally out.
“And I like you. A lot. Too much.”
When his lips made it to the crook of my neck, I pulled at the top of his hair to make him look at me.
“Where can this possibly go? How can we possibly work when Alec hates Brandy and everything that has to do with Brandy, which includes you?”
He pulled back, pushing my hair away from my face. “Do I make you happy?”
The smile that surfaced was uncontainable.
“Then, why would anyone who claims to love you so much want to take away your happiness?”
I gulped. “It’s more complicated than that.”
His smile softened, and he lightly stroked his fingertip against my cheek. I could read the adoration in his eyes, which sent the butterflies in my stomach in full flight.
“It’s only complicated if you want it to be. With you and me, the impossible is possible, and the limits are limitless.”
“Cornball.”
He laughed. “Shut up, stop thinking, and kiss me.”
His lips descended on mine, and my body melted. We were a ball of fiery passion, all hands and lips and bodies.
My nipples pushed against the fabric of my bra, and I squirmed beneath him.
I should have pressed the brakes, but I didn’t. I couldn’t. Because I wanted him as much as he wanted me. I forced all outside thoughts aside until it was only me and Austin.
I lifted my chin, pulling him down by the nape of his neck. “Don’t stop,” I said, breathless. “I want you.”
The fire in his eyes was heated to immeasurable temperatures. He lifted my shirt over my head, flinging it to the side, then pulled off my jeans. His shirt went off next as he knelt before me, lifting the back of his over his head and tossing it to the floor.
Then, his lips were on mine, his hand caressing between my legs. Rubbing outside the thin fabric of my panties.
He bit and kissed and licked a path down my neck, to my chest, taking my breast in his mouth through my see-through lace bra.
When he lifted his head, his fingers made it to the clasp of the bra behind my back. “You’re so beautiful, baby.”
With a flick of his wrist, my bra was unclasped. In the next second, it was off, and his mouth was on my breast, nipping, sucking before moving to the other one to do the same.
My heart rate increased, and I felt my whole body flood with warmth.