Page 54 of The Game

Janus rolls his eyes. “Athletes! Not even a glass of wine?”

Her eyes sparkle as she shakes her head and says something in Russian that I don’t quite catch.

I haven’t heard her speak Russian before, and a shiver runs from my head to my toes. She’s sexy in these unconscious little ways, Anna. But my head is like a runaway train. Now I know her face and the sound she makes when she comes, I’ll never put the genie back in the bottle.

“What was that?” I say, taken aback by the growl in my voice.

She grins at me, and it’s almost shy, and that does nothing to persuade the possessive asshole who’s suddenly seized my body to step down. Her eyes meet mine, and in seconds, I’m back over her watching her eyelashes flutter against her cheeks and the red building under her gym top, feeling the tingling in my pelvis. My cock doesn’t seem to want to forget being pressed into her. The idea of just being friends flew right out of the window the minute I sat on her and started talking about jujitsu.Fuck.

“My body is a temple,” she says.

I’m less like a temple and more like a raging inferno.

Janus pulls a sad assortment of teas out of his cupboard, and Anna manages to dig out a mint one. He putters around in the kitchen making her a mug then turns to the fridge, pulls out a six pack of beer, and hands me one, raising his eyebrows and smirking. He waves his hand in the direction of the den.

“I’m in the middle of some software, so I’m going to leave you guys to it.” And he pivots on his heel and exits the kitchen.

Pepper is sniffing along the kickplate under the cabinets. Anna rolls her lips together and takes a sip of her drink, not meeting my eyes. “Adam, I’m so sorry,” she says.

My mouth falls open. “What? Why?”

She runs a hand over her hair. “I’m so embarrassed! I rolled my hips up into you, and then I …” She stops abruptly.

Then you came all over me and it was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen? What is she apologizing for? Without a second thought, I step forward and wrap my arms around her, and, because I’m an idiot, I kiss her forehead. I made her come and then shot off like my ass was on fire. I thinkI’mthe one who needs to apologize here.

“It’s me who should be sorry. I feel like a creeper.”

Her head tilts back, and her wide eyes meet mine. “What? Why?” She bites her lip. “I can’t believe I did that. You left so suddenly, and I’ve co-opted you into this crazy shit and turned everything upside down for you. You can’t even go home! Two minutes in contact with your body and I’m rubbing all over you like a cat in heat.”

Two minutes in contact with my body… I tip my head back and examine the ceiling. “I left because I was embarrassed, Anna. I couldn’t control myself. I rubbed all overyouand lost it completely and …” I can’t say that I came in my pants like a teenager. I tighten my arms and whisper in her ear. “I came, too.”

“Oh!” Her face flushes, but her eyes are bright when she tips back to look at me. “I’m glad it wasn’t just me.”

“No. Fuck, Anna. No.” I groan. “That whole thing was as hot as hell.”

Her body relaxes into mine.

“You’ve been messed around by all these guys behaving like jerks and then I offer to teach you self-defense, and once I’ve got you on the floor I’m all over you because I couldn’t control myself. I am theworstkind of guy.”

Her breath is a warm puff over my neck as she laughs quietly. “Do you think we could stop apologizing to each other? Stop debating who rubbed off on who?”

I squeeze her closer and kiss her temple again. “Okay.” But being this close to her, my body is amped up. “It was amazing.”

She groans into my shoulder. “I can’t stop thinking about it.”

Me neither, I don’t say. The tight antsy feeling in my chest starts to ease for the first time this evening.

“I don’t think that’s a training session I’m going to forget in a hurry,” she adds, laughing quietly again.

“Tell me about it.” I start chuckling. “I think you’ve ruined jujitsu for me.” I pull back to look at her. “It’s been a long time for me, Anna. I know that probably sounds weird, but the woman I was with in college, I don’t want to get into what happened with her, but I’ve found it difficult to trust anyone since. Even for a hookup. That’s why I lost it.”

She rests her head on my shoulder. “I don’t mind you losing it, Adam.” Her face turns pink again. “Are we okay?”

Anna’s fast becoming my favorite person, but I’ve fallen hard and fast before and I need to keep a guard on myself.

“We’re good.”

When I look down at her, her lips are right there, and all I can think is how soft and warm they were under mine, the taste of ginger and toffee. I lean down and brush my mouth over hers and her lips part, our tongues tangling. The whole thing goes from a lip touch to a scorching kiss in three seconds flat. My cock hardens in a heartbeat. “Oh, this one!” it seems to be saying. “I remember her. That was a good time.” The sex bit of my brain, now it’s woken up, doesn’t want to go back to sleep.

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