Page 36 of Hunter

“And like I said, I get that. You do you.”

Holding her eyes, I tilt back my bottle of beer, letting the amber liquid slide down my throat. I grin at her when I place the bottle back down on the bar, lightly brushing the back of her hand with the back of mine.

“Okay. What is this?” she asks. “What’s up with you?”

“I have no idea—”

“What’s with you trying to help me today? And asking to buy me a drink tonight? And the flirty way you just drank your beer? What’s going on, Hunter?”

I lean closer to her, my knees pressing against hers and my lips near her ear. I lower my voice when I speak.

“I want you back.”

“H-Hunter,” she says, that slight tremble in her voice setting my body on fire. “I already told you that long-distance—”

“Only for the next three weeks,” I murmur. “I know you don’t want anything serious, so just until the race is over…I want you back, Bella.”

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Isabella

Only for the next three weeks…I want you back, Bella.

His nose, just the tip, nuzzles the soft, sensitive skin beneath my ear, and I swallow back a soft moan. My eyes flutter closed. I squeeze my thighs together. My clit is throbbing, and the pressure of squeezing heightens the sensation.

Jesus, I want this man bad.I neverstoppedwanting him.

He was just too far away.

“Yes,” I whisper without thinking. “Yes.”

“Your room or mine?”

“Mine,” I say, opening my eyes.

“What about your…?”

“He’s playing poker with Team Outlaws, Pop from Mom and Pop, and Roy from the Newlyweds. He won’t be back until later.”

His fingers thread effortlessly through mine. He tugs lightly, pulling me from my perch. Then he looks down and quickly releases my hand.

“What’s—”

“It’s not allowed,” he says.

“What’s not?”

“Crew and talent…”

“Fucking?”

His pupils dilate, and his eyes go from blue to black in an instant.

“Yeah.”

“So you’re telling methisis forbidden.”

His tongue darts out to wet his lower lip.

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