Page 15 of Revenge & Ruin

His hands slowly, hesitantly fall onto my hips.

Someone give me a motherfucking Oscar.

“It’s okay,” he breathes in my ear.

A hand reaches up to stroke the back of my hair. I tell myself it's a part of the act when I lean into the caress.

“Come on, why don’t you lie down?” Teo whispers softly.

I nod into the crook of his neck and allow him to guide me over to the bed. There are no sheets, but Teo pulls up the comforter anyway.

“That was so stupid,” I say as I take a seat, tucking my legs under myself so that I can lie down flat.

“At least we can agree on something.” Teo almost smiles. It’s almost sweet how he tucks the comforter around me and brushes the hair out of my eyes.

“Thank you for saving me.”

Teo does smile, then. “I might be a don, but I’m not a monster.”

“You’re my hero.”

He looks away bashfully. Got him.

“No, really,” I continue, allowing my tears to stop entirely. “I’d be dead if it wasn’t for you. I owe you my life. I owe you, well…anything really.”

This gets his attention. Onyx eyes meet mine, a simmering hunger lying just below the surface. “Anything?”

I lick my lips, and those hungry eyes follow the movement. “Mmhm.”

He doesn’t need more encouragement than that. He leans in slowly as if to test if I’m sure. And then…

And then…

And…

Oh.

His lips touch mine, and something inside me feels like it’s been cleaved in half. My mind goes entirely blank as a bolt of sheer electricity ignites my entire being. There is nothing else in this moment except him and his lips and the fact his lips aren’t moving at all…

So I do it for him, devouring his mouth, greedy for more of this feeling. Sparks fly across my skin as he responds just as eagerly, his tongue dipping into my mouth with expert authority. Nothing has felt this good, ever. In the history of anything and…

What was I doing? What did I want? What am I doing?

Click.

We both freeze.

Teo smiles against my lips. “Nice try.”

He pulls away, revealing the handcuffs, now restraining me to the bedpost.

I blink at him several times, frantically trying to remember why we shouldn’t be kissing right now.

“You think your little crybaby act had me fooled?”

Okay, but forget about that; that kiss was…was…

“Honestly, if I was offended that you thought throwing yourself out the window was a better alternative to my company,it has nothing on how insulted I am that you think I’d be stupid enough to fall for your little tricks.”

---