Page 45 of Worth the Risk

CHAPTER 14

Austin

“Well, fuck.” I slip my finger from inside her in one swift motion, quickly bringing it to my mouth and licking it clean. She quivers, a shudder running through her when I flick her clit one last time. “I guess we still didn’t have that talk.”

Her hand is still clutching my shirt, her eyes hazy. I slide my arm around her waist, ushering her around the back and right into her driver’s seat just before our friends reach the front of her car.

“Don’t leave. I’ll be right back.” I shut her door and walk toward Becca. “Hey, she’s upset and wants to talk so is it okay if you guys give Mia a ride back?”

“Yeah, yeah, of course.” She nods, her brow furrowed as she looks past me to catch a glimpse of her friend. “But what the hell is going on, Austin?”

“I fucked up.” I shrug. “I’m going to fix it.”

“You better.” She points a finger toward me. “And whatever the hell this is, you better not hurt her because I swear to God I’ll cut your balls off, right after Noah’s.”

“Cross my heart.” I drag my fingers in an X over my chest. “Thanks again for giving Mia a ride home.” I wave her off, going around to sit in Taylor’s passenger seat.

She’s still staring out the windshield but slowly turns her face toward me. “What’d you tell her?”

“That I fucked up and needed to fix it.”

“Is that how you really feel?”

“No. Is that how you feel?” I already know her answer; it’s written all over her face and it’s all over my fingers.

“No,” she says softly, “why’d you kiss me on the court today, in front of everyone?”

“I wanted to. I was frustrated with your attitude. It’s not often you get like that in the years I’ve known you, but when you have”—my hand twitches against my thigh—“it just does something to me.”

“Does something to you?”

“Makes me want to throttle you for a second before fucking some sense into you.” Her eyes widen in shock at my bluntness. “Sorry, I just get out of my mind with you. Today I just lost control completely. I couldn’t stop myself.” My eyes drift down to her plump lips and I have to restrain myself again. “I didn’t want to stop myself.”

“Why now?”

“Because I’ve had a taste.” She intakes a sharp breath. “And I want more.” I reach my hand down and slowly drag a single fingertip up her thigh. “I don’t think I can stop, can you?”

“I…” Her eyelids grow heavy but she squeezes them shut.

“Had I thought I had a chance before when you were in a relationship, I would have said fuck him and took my shot, but I didn’t expect you would perceive that very well.”

“Right.” She nods. “So now that I’m single and you want me, you just expect me to want you too?”

My fingers stop moving across her skin. “Please don’t start with your attitude again. You’re just looking to fight with me because you’re confused about wanting me.”

“I never realized how full of yourself you are.”

“You just came on my finger after I asked you if you wanted me to stop and if I pulled you over this center console right now, I’d bet ten to one odds you’d be sliding down my cock within sixty seconds. I don’t think I’m making assumptions here.”

I don’t think I’ve seen her speechless this many times in the five years I’ve known her, let alone this week.

“I didn’t expect you to be so?—”

“Forward?” I grin.

“Crass,” she shoots back.

“You think that’s crass?” I chuckle, reaching my hand from her thigh to her neck where I can see a faint red outline from when I bit her earlier. “Then you’re really going to be in for a shock when I tell you what I want to do to you.” The almost innocent look on her face makes me smile. “But you’re not the only one surprised.”

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