Page 106 of The Spotlight Effect

“What are you doing?” he asks, but I say nothing, I just walk closer. Gray raises a brow at me and sits down on the couch behind him.

“It’s not like you’re going to sit on me in your living room, out in the open.” He looks around.

“Wanna bet?” I say. It’s dark and Lia isn’t home yet, and I know she won’t be for a while, so I have nothing to worry about. It’s just us in the dark with no worries. I pick up my dress and toss my legs on either side of him, sliding myself down onto his lap.

“Comfy.” He places his hands on my hips.

“Very.” I place my hands on his shoulders, rubbing my hands down his chest and under his jacket just to see his reaction. He does nothing, so I lean in and place a kiss on his neck, causing him to shift under me. He slightly grunts in my ear as I place another kiss on him.

“You’re such a good boy, aren’t you?”

“Shit.” He tightens his grip on me, pulling me into him even more. “You’re teasing me.”

“Maybe.” I kiss down his neck, making sure to let a few linger on his skin.

“You can tell me if it’s too much, Archiekins,” I taunt him. I’m having too much fun with this.

“Not yet,” Gray replies before flipping us over, laying me down on the couch. Gray returns the favor and begins kissing down my neck, causing my stomach to erupt in butterflies. God, this feels good. My breathing starts to pick up as he moves his hands to cup one of my breasts. He squeezes it tightly and I arch up into him, loving the sensation.

“Is this too much for you?” he asks, rewording my earlier words.

“No,” I reply, slightly breathless.

“Good, let’s move down farther,” he says, lowering his body down to the end of my dress, pushing it up. I’ve never had anyone go down on me before, but with Grayson, I’m definitely open to it, so I let him be.

GOT THE GIRL

GRAYSON

Ithink I’m on top of the world right now. I got the girl of my dreams back. I’m taking her on a date, and the meeting is set with the shareholders of Golden Star to talk about removing my father. Emerson and Mr. Hayden are fully prepared to take down my father which is a relief in this whole situation. I feel much better about everything. I know it’s going to be hard, but I have people and evidence on my side.

“Alright, let’snotmess this up,” Charlie says, hitting my shoulders as I prepare to get out of our shared Uber black.

“I agree,” Emerson says.

“See you in LA,” I tell them. They all are catching a flight back now but dropping me off at Alexia’s.

I take a deep breath as I knock on the door.

Everything is going to be fine.

Alexia asked to go to some less fancy place, so I let her pick, and she chose a lake restaurant called Lake Palace. I looked it up and it’s a very nice place, slightly expensive, but very cozy. It’s nofive-star like I wanted to take her to, but it’s what she wanted, so I’m happy to take her anywhere.

Alexia opens the door and comes out in a short, velvet black dress. “Let’s go, before my mom tries to take pictures,” Alexia says. She closes the door and grabs my hand, dragging me to the car. The front door to the house opens and out comes Faith and Aaliyah just as we reach the car.

“Have a good date! Don’t go too crazy,” Faith yells.

“Midnight, Alexia,” Aaliyah yells out.

“You don’t control me,” Alexia yells to her.

“You really don’t want me to see your family?” I say.

“For them to question me on everything? No,” Alexia says and hands me her car keys.

“You’re letting me drive your car?”

“Of course. You’re taking me out, popstar,” she says goes around to the passenger side. “And don’t think about running around trying to open my door,” she scolds me, so I just let her do it and get inside the car.

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