Page 37 of Accidental Attraction

“Don’t worry, there are a few other games that I haven’t beaten you at yet,” I said smugly. A second later I found myself caged against the bar with Liam’s arms surrounding me. I barely had to tilt my head up to look at him. His face was less than an inch away. Dark blue eyes stared down at me, and his light pink lips were spread in a smirk.

“I think it is time for me to win at something,” he whispered at me. Feeling his hard body pressing against mine was making me lose my concentration.

“I, uh, I…” My hands were inching at my side, wanting to run up Liam’s muscular arms and shoulders into his hair. I still remembered how soft it felt under my hands when we took our engagement photos and how his lips felt against mine. Everything inside of me wanted to capture his mouth with my own and have him kiss me senseless.

“Can I win at something?” he asked, leaning his head even closer to mine. I felt his lips barely brushing against mine.

“Yes,” I breathed. I was breathless, and we hadn’t even kissed yet. He stared at me for another second, clearly waiting for me to go back on my word. Not wasting another moment, he closed the distance between our mouths.

His soft lips pressed against mine gently, almost hesitantly. Something inside of me broke, and I found myself pressing harder against Liam. He took the hint, turning the kiss more aggressive. As cliché as it sounded, I felt the kiss all the way down to my toes. My hands finally got what they wanted as they weaved themselves into Liam’s brown locks.

The edge of the bar dug into my back, but I ignored it and pressed against Liam. Once again, time seemed to slow as our lips intertwined with one another’s. He felt so right against me. It felt like everything I had ever wanted in my life was right here, right now. Liam made me feel whole, instead of mess of pieces.

We both pulled away, panting for breath. Liam rested his forehead against mine, closing his eyes. I kept my eyes open, studying his face. This close, I could make out every little groove on his face. Unconsciously, my hands moved down from his hair until they were cradling his jaw. I felt a slight bit of stubble under my fingers and couldn’t help but think Liam would look good with a beard. With the pads of my thumbs I softly rubbed his jaw line, slowly moving to his cheeks then his chin.

It was like my mind was on automatic as my hands moved of their own accord across Liam’s face. I wanted to memorize everything about his face and body. I wanted to feel every groove and scar under my fingers. Bringing my hands up, I gently massaged his temples. I was so focused on looking at his face I didn’t see he had opened his eyes until he spoke.

“That feels good,” he said softly, his voice almost a whisper. I looked back down into his eyes, finding them practically glowing.

“Yeah?” I whispered back.

“I want to kiss you again.” He looked down to my lips, which made me unconsciously bite them. With a soft groan from Liam, he claimed my lips once more. A small voice in the back of my mind was telling me I shouldn’t be doing this, but I pushed it away. At the moment I didn’t care. Hell, I didn’t care about anything right now. Everything seemed right when I was kissing Liam, and I did not want that feeling to go away. Not now or in a year.

“Your lips are so soft,” Liam said the moment we broke apart. I smiled, closing my eyes and breathing his scent in.

“My legs feel like Jell-O,” I said, clenching onto his shoulders. Liam chuckled before his arms let go of the bar and grabbed my waist. With no effort whatsoever, he hoisted me up by my waist as my legs automatically wrapped around his middle. I squeaked in surprise as Liam’s hands moved from my waist to cup my butt. He smirked at me, turning and walking back to the couch. Of course in that moment the plane moved a little, making me squeal and tighten my legs around him and my arms around his neck.

“It’s okay, princess.” I felt him tighten his grip on me as well as he lowered himself on the couch. I sat on his lap, still wrapped around him like a koala bear. “I can get used to riding in a plane if it’s like this,” Liam said above me. Letting my grip go, I slapped his shoulder.

“Are you going to let me go now?” I wondered as my hands left his shoulders and rested in my lap. I raised an eyebrow at him as he just smirked at me.

“I don’t think so. I like this position.” He wiggled his eyebrows at me, his blue eyes twinkling. I scoffed, smacking his chest. At the feel of his hard chest, I wanted to let my hands roam but refrained from doing so. It was Liam’s fault for being so hot that I couldn’t keep my hands to myself.

“Well, that wasted an hour. Now only a few more to go.”

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Two hours later the pilot finally got on the intercom and announced we would be landing in just a few short minutes. Both Liam and I got back in our seats and put our seat belts on. Taking the gum he offered, I stared out the window and saw nothing but blue sea. I had almost forgotten we were on a plane while Liam and I kept each other busy.

After Liam and I kissed, we decided to play one more card game before calling it quits. We ended up playing War, which lasted almost an entire hour. Seeing that the game wasn’t going to end for a while, we decided on a tie. Since I knew that we were about to land, my excitement was starting to come back.

I gripped Liam’s hand once more as we landed, and I smiled over at him. I was finally somewhere other than New York. Barbados had always been on my wish list to visit, and I was finally going to do so. All my thoughts about Liam and me kissing were pushed to the back of my mind as the wheels of the plane touched down.

After the kiss, I had gotten off Liam’s lap and tried to pretend what happened wasn’t a big deal. The main word there was “tried”. While Liam acted like nothing had happened, I was internally squealing and jumping up and down. I didn’t know what it meant for Liam and me, but at the moment I did not even care.

Once we had landed, I followed after Liam, excitement bubbling up inside of me. Exiting the plane, I came to a stop, my feet touching the pavement. I glanced around, already not believing how pretty it was here. Of course being at the airport runway, I couldn’t see much, but I knew the beach was a little bit further away.

When I felt a small touch on my back, I turned to see Liam standing next to me, waiting patiently for me to move toward a car that just pulled up. Nodding silently to him, I walked toward the car with him following me. I smiled in thanks to the driver that opened the door for me, and I slid in the back.

“We have a little bit of a drive to get to our hotel,” Liam said as he buckled himself in. I didn’t say anything as I turned to the window, wanting to see everything that we passed by.

As we drove toward our hotel, the trees grew less thick, and more people could be seen walking alongside the road. It couldn’t have been more than ten minutes later when we came to the middle part of a town. Cute little stores lined the streets, with tourists walking along the sidewalk. People riding bicycles, skateboards, or roller skates dodged walkers. To my right, on Liam’s side, I could see the ocean through the palm trees.

Cracking my window, I breathed in the salty fresh air. Although it was nearing six at night, the sun was still pretty high in the sky, signaling it wouldn’t be sunset for a few more hours. I practically stuck my head out the window as we passed more stores and big hotels.

A few minutes later, the car started to slow down and turn into a huge hotel. As we pulled up, I could see there were cabanas off to the side, and there were probably more in the back. Knowing the beach was right behind it, I immediately jumped out of the car just as the driver put the car in park. Behind me I could hear Liam chuckling at me, but I didn’t care. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do a lot today before the sun disappeared, but that wouldn’t stop me from being excited.

“Welcome, sir!” a young man said almost nervously as he came up to Liam. “We will grab your bags and have them sent to your room immediately.”

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