Page 18 of Fatal Temptation

He understood wanting to remove criminals from the street. His job wasn’t much different from Detective Holland’s in that regard. But dragging an innocent college student into it? Fuck that and fuck Holland.

Akio was nibbling on his bottom lip, looking concerned with a deep line between his brows, gazing at nothing.

“Hey,” he said, reaching for Akio’s hand. “It’ll be alright.”

“Not if they find out about Diesel.”

He had to give Akio that one.

“They won’t find out if I have anything to say about it.”

He stepped closer, unable to stop himself and a relieved breath coursed through him when Akio went straight into his arms. His eyes fell closed, and his heart did a happy jump as he held the man against him, loving every second despite knowing he should only feel guilty for it.

He placed a kiss to the top of Akio’s head and instantly regretted it because the sharp intake of breath that followed had him wanting to do it again just to see which other sounds he could get out of Akio.

He stepped back, letting his arms fall to his sides as he swallowed hard. He needed to keep his hands and lips to himself. He shouldn’t have fucking touched him to begin with.

It didn’t make it any easier for him that Akio was staring at his mouth, tongue poking out to lick his lips. Then Akio raised his gaze and what he saw in those dark brown eyes had his heart stuttering in surprise.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Akio

HE WASN’T wrong. He couldn’t be. Not with the way Lucas was looking at him. Touching him. Letting him sleep up against him the whole night. That was desire he saw in Lucas’ green eyes just now.

Lucas had called him brave so perhaps it was time he earned it.

“Kiss me?”

“Akio,” Lucas breathed, the sound of his name in that deep voice washing over him like a warm embrace.

“Will I have to beg?”

Something flared in Lucas’ eyes and then he had the man’s lips on his, warm and rough and so fucking good. Lucas’ tongue licked at his lips, and he opened for him with a strangled moan, tilting his head slightly to the side to fit their mouths together.

Lucas kissed him like he was air, and he couldn’t breathe.

Fingers dug into his waist, holding him against Lucas’ body, the man’s hardness pressing against his stomach. He rocked his hips forward, his hardening dick rubbing against Lucas’ thigh, and he wished their clothes weren’t in the way. Lucas’ tongue took control of Akio’s mouth, the kiss leaving him a panting mess.

Cold hands slid under his shirt, up his lower back, and he pulled back with a shudder.

He opened his eyes to find Lucas looking down at him with lust raging in his green eyes, the man’s chest rising and falling just as rapidly as his own did.

Lucas stepped back, head tilted to the side as he ran his eyes across Akio’s face.

He knew what he wanted, and he thought, considering the evidence in front of him, that Lucas wanted the same, which meant he had to address something important.

“I… haven’t.”

Lucas’ pupils flared, darkness overtaking the green of his eyes.

“You haven’t had sex?”

Akio shook his head, heat spreading in his cheeks as Lucas took a step closer, towering over him and looking down at him with something wicked in his eyes.

“Did you wait on purpose?”

He swallowed hard.

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