Page 78 of Treacherous

"I was venting when I said that, Teagan," Noah said with an uncomfortable sigh. "I shouldn’t have called you a bitch."

"You were being honest," I replied. "I've been a bitch to you – Iama bitch to you." Shaking my head, I let out a shaky breath. "Ellie admitted to me that she was the one who broke my guitar and slashed my tires."

Noah's body tensed but he didn’t reply.

"I'm sorry for blaming you, Noah. I just thought…I thought you were like her," I whispered. "When you slammed that guy through my windshield I saw red. I didn’t think about anything except getting revenge." I sighed heavily. "She was making my life a misery. I just wanted it to stop."

"Teagan." Noah spoke softly, causing my heart to flip around in my chest. "I hadnothingto do with any of the crap Ellie pulled on you."

"But you were her brother," I told him. "So in my eyes that made you enemy number-two."

Noah let out a heavy sigh. "Thatmademe enemy number two…as in past tense?"

Raw lust and anger fuelled inside of me, and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to hit him or kiss him. It was a very unsettling feeling. "I feel like slapping you and kissing you all at the same time," I admitted in a torn voice. "And it makes me feel crazy, Noah, because I know you hate me…"

"Hate you? I'm fucking lost in you, Teagan," he hissed and I think my heart stopped in my chest.

"You're lost in me?" I asked, barely breathing as my heart thundered against my ribs. "You like me…

"Yeah, Thorn, I do." I felt his touch slip away and opened my eyes. "If any other girl treated me the way you have, believe me, I'd have walked away by now."

"But at the Ring of Fire you were so horrible…"

"I was close to losing my goddamn mind that night," Noah replied, his tone suddenly angry. "There you were, stuck underneath all of those people." He let out a sharp breath. "I couldn’t fucking breathe when I saw you lying on the ground, and when I saw him touching you... Jesus, Teagan, you came into my life and it's like…I'm so fucking caught up in you and all your drama," Noah admitted in a gruff tone. "For some reason, unknown to myself, I like you a hell of a lot – even though you're a goddamn thorn in my side and enjoy inflicting pain on me."

"Noah…" I let out a breathy sigh as I contemplated what the hell I'd just heard. "You can’t like me…" I shook my head and shifted closer to him. "It's not feasible…we fight like cat and dog."

"What can I say, I'm a fucking glutton for punishment." Noah chuckled.

I shook my head, sighing heavily, but Noah, quick to notice my mood change, pulled my face to his.

"Stop fighting this. I know you feel it too," he husked against my lips. "This burning heat between us." He pressed his lips to mine. "This primal rawness," he purred before trailing his tongue over my bottom lip and pulling it into his mouth.

"Noah…" I moaned loudly when he sucked on my lip and released it with a pop.

"I've been aching for you," he whispered against my mouth. "Say it, Teagan," he husked, slipping one of his hands between our bodies. "Tell me you have an absolute fucking urge to feel me inside you as much as I have to be inside you."

What the hell could I do except nod – nod like a demented dog – and wrap my arms around his neck. I wanted him and I was tired of fighting my feelings.

"Noah Messina, you are treacherous," I whispered before crushing my mouth to his.

Rolling me onto my back, Noah covered my body with his, thrusting his tongue inside my mouth while his fingers undid the clasp of my sports bra and freed my breasts.

Sliding the straps down my shoulders, Noah tugged the rest of my bra away in one swift movement before wrapping his warm mouth around one of my pebbled nipples. His mouth devoured my breasts as his fingers dug hard into my skin, trailing lower…

"This is crazy," I mumbled as I pulled his face to mine and ground my hips upwards, rubbing myself against his bulging erection. "What the hell are we doing?"

I clutched him tighter, kissed him harder. I sucked in a shaky breath and Noah's scent filled my nostrils, making me dizzy. "You're so…wrong for me."

The electric sensation I felt when Noah touched me caused me to tremble. I didn't know how far he was going to take this and I couldn't breathe properly, his weight was pressing hard on me, but I knew however far he went there was no way I would stop him.

"Your body knows I'mexactlywhat's right for you," he rasped through kisses.

"Well my mind thinks you're a jackass," I breathed as I writhed under Noah's sweet caress.

"So gutsy," Noah purred. "You make breathing easy, Teagan," he added in a surprisingly soft tone.

"I do?"

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