Page 26 of Dare To Take

Is this the effect of the joint we smoked?

Nothing seems real.

What would it feel like? Would it feel as good as Sin’s mouth?

A messy tangle of emotion blocks in my throat. Sin isn’t here, and I’m aching so much. I don’t even know if he’ll see me again when I go back to school.

My body is attracted to Eli, but it doesn’t mean anything. I’m just scratching an itch. I’m hungry for another orgasm, and I know he can give it to me. I might lust after him, but that doesn’t mean I like him.

I say quiet as he drives, aware of him sending me glances from time to time. By the time we reach the place he’s talking about, I’m ready to explode.

He switches off the engine. “What’s it going to be, Hellcat?”

“The room.” The words come out in a breathless rush.

A smirk curves his lips, and he tugs a lock of my blonde hair. “And the food?”

I inhale a ragged breath. “If you don’t fuck me right now, I’m going to kick you where it hurts. Food after.”

He laughs. The need to punch him fills me, and I half-raise my hand to slap him.

Eli grabs my wrist. “Save your anger for the bedroom.”

He exits out of the driver’s side, and I climb shakily out of my own. I eye the expensive-looking hotel. “This is where you want to eat?”

He moves past me toward the main door. “They serve good food in the restaurant, which is also available with room service.”

Where no one can see us.

I giggle at the thought. “I’m not sure this is what Elena had meant by us getting to know each other.”

Not that I give a fuck what she thinks anymore.

Eli’s fingers curl around my elbow, to steer me in the right direction. “She doesn’t have to know.”

“I like being stoned,” I say as we pass an elderly couple.

The man with silver hair gives me a stern look, so I blow him a kiss. The woman, probably his wife, grabs him by the arm and hauls him away.

We cross the parking lot. Our appearance draws glances from a few of the other guests milling around the reception area. Eli ignores them, striding over to the desk. I wrap my arms around myself and hang back while he books a room. The relaxed mood the joint has left me in continues to buzz through me. I’m so aroused I don’t feel comfortable in my skin, and I can barely think past my lust.

I lick my lips and ignore the look the woman behind the desk gives me. A moment later, Eli walks toward me with a keycard clutched between his fingers. Catching my hand, he leads me toward a bank of elevators.

I jab the button, and we wait for a beat before a set of doors whooshes open.

Eli presses the button for the top floor. “You look hungry, Hellcat.”

He’s staring at my lips, and I’m aching everywhere. I want him to kiss me so badly. A tingle begins in the space between my thighs.

I inch closer, eating up the space between us until it disappears. “I don’t remember the first time we had sex, which makes me think you have a small dick.”

His eyebrow raises. “Did it feel small to you out there on the beach?”

I shrug. “I wasn’t that impressed.”

“Ohhh, the things I’m going to do to that mouth of yours.” Eli closes in on me, to trap me against the wall of the elevator. His mouth meets mine, and I open to him, feeling the press of his tongue against mine. A delicious liquid heat spreads through my belly the longer we battle with the kiss.

Eli strokes the edge of my jaw and over my lips.

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