Page 48 of Stealing the Biker

“I’d cut her loose.”

“So why not break up with her now?”

“The second Link suspects we’re together. It’s game over. This buys us time.”

“But what if Sabrina finds out?” I ask. “What if she gets suspicious?”

“We’ll deal with that if it happens. Until then, we play it cool.”

I look at him, my heart weighted heavy in my chest. A part of me wants to say yes. To grab on to this sliver of a chance to be with him. But another part of me is terrified of the mess we could make. There’s a lot at risk. This is someone’s life and emotions we’re playing with as well as our own.

“You’re willing to risk everything for us?”

Jimmy grabs my hand. “I’d do anything for you, Kiesha,” he says softly, his heated eyes locked on mine. There’s a passionate intensity in his gaze that makes my breath hitch and my skin tingle.

When he looks at me, it’s hard to resist him.

Am I really going to agree to this? As I stare into his eyes, deep down I know the space between us is filled with beautiful lies. We’re going to destroy everything we touch, including each other.

“I’ll be your secret.”

His lips tip into a smile that repairs the fractures of my heart and holds the power to destroy it ten times over. “I promise the reward of what we can be will be worth all the pain and the pleasure.” His lips meet mine, greedy and eager to claim me.

Will I still be happy come tomorrow when I have to say goodbye and return him to her? Can I look at myself in the mirror knowing I’m living a lie? If I want to be with Jimmy, I’ll have to make my peace with it. If things were different, we wouldn’t have to go to such lengths to conceal our relationship.

“And Trenton will keep our secret?”

“He won’t tell. Don’t worry.” Jimmy kisses me deeper and I close my eyes, losing myself to him.

His kisses are sweet, holding so many promises. The key to my happiness. I’ll walk through any hell for this. For him.

“You should get some sleep. It’s getting late.”

“I don’t want to go to sleep. That means tonight has to end.” I take his hand in mine and lead him down the hallway to Trenton’s bedroom.

Jimmy stops just inside the room. “Goodnight, brat.” His hot breath caresses my ear.

“Come, lie with me. Until I fall asleep.”

“We both know if I crawl into that bed with you that neither of us is sleeping.”

“So let’s not sleep together. We don’t know when we will have another night together.”

“Kiesha.” The way he says my name is laced with pain and desire.

“Show me you’re not just fucking around. That you mean it when you say we’re going to be together.”

“I meant every word. I’ll do whatever it takes to make you believe me.” His lips find my neck igniting a spark that lights me up all over.

Here in the dark, it’s easy to pretend that I don’t have to share him. That tomorrow night when he lays his head down, it won’t be next to her. At least I know he’ll be thinking of me. One step, one day closer to being with me for real. No secrets. No lies.

Until then, we’ll have tonight.

Two fast beating hearts and heavy breaths.

There are a hundred reasons why this is wrong but a million more why it’s oh so right. I yank my tee over my head, dropping it to the floor. We strip down to nothing. Bare to each other. And when he lays down next to me, he’s all mine.

Only mine as he peppers kisses down the column of my throat. Every flick of his tongue worshipping the taste of my skin. If this is what being bad feels like, then I never want to be right. I want to be with him so bad I could cry. He goes still and I sense his eyes on mine.

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