Page 64 of Winning Brynn

I'm smart enough to know that us finally giving in to our inexplicable chemistry is inevitable, but I'm not ready to betray my best friend right now. Not yet. Not tonight.

With a final press of my lips to hers, I take her hand and press it to my crotch. My cock weeps precum under her palm, even with the barrier of my boxers between us, and it twitches into her hold.

Dropping my forehead to hers, I suck in a long, steadying breath through my nose and tell her, "Next time you doubt how much I want you, I want you to remember this. How goddamn fucking hard I am for you right now. How much my cock aches to be buried inside of you. How much control it's taking for me not to drive it home right now. Understand?"

Blown pupils stare up at me, as wild and enraptured as my own. But she nods, her cheeks rosy with arousal instead of the embarrassment that stained them earlier.

"I understand."

"Good girl." Lips spreading into a wide smile, I drop a chaste kiss to the end of her nose. "Goodnight, Brynn."

"Night, Leo," she whispers. "Dream of me."

“Didn’t you know already, baby?" I chuckle darkly. "I only ever dream of you."

Text thread between Brynn and Isabella

Brynn:He kissed me.

Isabella:...

Brynn:Are you there? I said he KISSED me!

Isabella:I'm here. I'm just processing.

Brynn:Well, process faster.

Isabella:Sorry, sorry. One sec...

Isabella:HOLY SHIT, he KISSED you? Was it good? Did your little foot pop like inThe Princess Diaries?

Brynn:It was...incredible.

Isabella:When did this happen?

Brynn:Like, just now.

Isabella:Isn't it, like, three a.m. your time?

Brynn:Yep.

Isabella:Is he there with you now?

Brynn:No. He left pretty much straight away.

Isabella:Oh. How do you feel about that?

Brynn:I don’t know. He told me he wasn’t rejecting me. He was pretty clear about that, actually. Said that he doesn't want to betray my brother by sleeping with me, because it would destroy their friendship.

Isabella:Damn, that’s such a hard situation.

Brynn:Tell me about it.

Isabella:It says a lot about him, though, that he’s willing to put aside what he wants for the sake of his friendship with your brother.

Isabella:Dare I say it, he sounds like a noble gentleman.

Brynn:LOL. But he is no Colin Bridgerton. More of a Benedict, actually.

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