Page 697 of Filthy Elites

Dumping the bag on the front passenger seat, the books fell out into a pile. He frowned when he noticed two Senior Ethics textbooks on the seat.Huh.He must have grabbed an extra book from the team house when he was packing up his things. He selected one of the books, tucked it under his arm and at the last minute, pulled a beach towel from the backseat before hurrying back to Kelsey.

She was in the exact same spot he left her in. “Hey. Sorry about the book.”

She shrugged.

“Here. Take mine.” He held out the towel and the book to her.

“I can’t take your book.” Kelsey accepted the towel and wiped her face and rubbed her hair.

“It’s no big deal. I ended up having two. I must have picked up an extra one from the team house.”

She still appeared undecided.

He continued to hold the book out. “Please take this one.”

Kelsey sighed. “Okay. Are you sure you don’t need it?”

Adrian smiled. “I hope I don’t need two ethics books. One is bad enough. The class is awful.”

“Yeah, it is.” Kelsey patted her face with the towel to give her a moment. Her heart was racing again. Every time he was near it beat out of control.

Adrian stepped closer. “I think we should call a truce. We’re going to be working together for a while and I want us to get along without worrying about retaliation or what prank is going to happen next.”

Kelsey took a deep breath and nodded. She held out her hand to him. “Okay, truce.”

Adrian’s large hand engulfed her much smaller one. When he curled his fingers around hers, she felt it throughout her whole body. Goosebumps broke out on her arms that had nothing to do with wet chills. Adrian Colton was dangerous.

Kelsey watched Adrian shift and could tell he was going to walk away. For some reason, she wanted him to stay. “Do you have a test tomorrow?”

Adrian needed to put some distance between them. “Yeah, but I don’t care about it.” He tried not to notice how her wet T-shirt clung to her and accentuated her full breasts and slim waist. He also tried not to think about how it would have been an even better view if she had forgotten to wear a bra. Shaking his head, he needed to stop thinking about Kelsey in that way. He didn’t like her, so he shouldn’t be checking her out. He shouldn’t be imagining pulling the soaking wet shirt over her head.

“You’re not going to study?” Kelsey could see where Adrian’s eyes were focused, and her cheeks warmed as her body began to tingle. The heat in his eyes was intoxicating, causing her blood to sizzle in her veins. She swayed slightly as their eyes locked.

“Nah. I can wing it enough to get by. All I need is a passing grade.” He watched a trail of water run down her neck and disappear into the V of her shirt and his jeans started to become uncomfortable.

“I could never do that. I need to get all As. The chances of me getting into Veterinary School are slim. It’s one of the hardest graduate schools to get into. Even harder than Med School.” She had no control over her feet as they tried to get closer to him. Kelsey reminded herself that she was supposed to hate him, but her brain was malfunctioning.

“You’ll get in.”

“You can’t know that.” As she took another step, her foot caught the leg of the bench, and she began to pitch forward.

Adrian closed the distance and caught her in his arms, supporting her weight.

Kelsey clung to Adrian as she tried to right herself.

His jeans became tighter as he held the wet beauty in his arms. Adrian stared down into her wide eyes, tipping his head down toward hers oh so slowly.

Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. He’s going to kiss me.Kelsey felt like electric current was zinging through her body, making her core heat and her legs weak. She knew she shouldn’t want to kiss the man holding her so closely against him, but she knew if she didn’t find out what his lips felt like, she would combust.

Adrian wanted to taste her more than anything, but he had to know she wanted it too. He descended slowly enough for her to stop him, praying she wouldn’t.

Kelsey couldn’t wait for him to close the distance between them, so she rolled up onto her toes and pressed her lips to his.

That shocking move by Kelsey stunned Adrian for a few seconds before he took over control and deepened the kiss. He tightened his arms around her, pressing her tightly against him as he devoured her mouth.

Kelsey’s tongue dueled with his as she linked her arms around his neck and held him to her. It was the best and most sexy kiss she’d ever had in her life. He was consuming her, igniting a fire within that she didn’t think would ever extinguish.

Adrian pulled his mouth away from hers to suck in much needed air. They both were breathing heavily, trying to control their raging desires.

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