Page 16 of Resisting Your Love

Many people moved out of our way as we made our way through the crowd. My heart was thumping loud as hell, too. Gosh, why did he want to get out on the dance floor and embarrass me like this? I knew how to dance, but I didn't know how to slow dance. In the middle of the dance floor, Levi pulled me into his arms. I gulped as my breathing grew shaky. Up and close, touching him had my body going rigid.

"Relax," he whispered in my ear. "You got this, and I'm the one holding you. Wrap your arms around my neck."

I did as Levi instructed me to do. He told me to relax as if I could do that in his arms. This man had my whole body pressed against his. Truthfully, it felt amazing, too. I couldn't understand the feelings I felt at this moment. It had me wondering if he felt something, too. Was he as affected as I was?

"You are not relaxing. Have you ever danced with a man before?"

I was embarrassed to say I had never done so. Maybe it was best I kept that information to myself. I was already feeling some type of way about it.

"Well, for it to be your first time, you're doing a good job of it. Your body feels.." He didn't finish what he was going to say. "Damn, my bad."

"It's okay," I whispered.

Levi licked his lips, and my eyes followed the movement. Air seemed to be closing in on us as he watched me watch him.What the hell was happening with us right now?We said we were going to be friends. We shouldn't be anything else to each other, but his lips looked so damn tempting. Maybe one kiss wouldn't hurt us. Just one.

I couldn't help but lick my lips.

"You shouldn't have done that," he groaned.

I arched an eyebrow. "Why is that?"

He grinned. "Because now I want to kiss you."

Truthfully, I wanted him to kiss me, too.What if I liked it a little too much?Oh gosh, I shouldn't even be thinking about it too much. I should just go ahead and let him kiss me. It was what I wanted — to feel his lips against mine. It might feel so good, and his lips might be so soft.

"Amryn?" Levi called my name in that sexy voice of his.

"Yes?" I whispered in a daze.Yeah, I needed this man to kiss me right now."You can kiss me." I had to go ahead and get that off my chest. It felt like I would suffocate if I didn't.

"Are you sure?"

I gave a slight nod. I didn't know how much closer I could get against his hard rock body, but he pulled me into him. He lowered his head to mine, and I lifted my head and closed my eyes. Our lips touched, causing me to gasp in his mouth. Levi's lips were soft as cotton. I moaned when he pecked my lips again. I started to lift my head, but he held the back of it.

"Nah, I'm not done yet."

He damned sure wasn't as he devoured my lips. His tongue moved against mine. I couldn't help but to suck on his bottomlip. I felt the center of my body throbbing, and that wasn't good. It had been too damn long since I had sex, but I wouldn't have it with this man. No way. It couldn't happen. He groaned and pulled away from me. I felt his erection and gulped.

"Damn, I got too carried away." Levi licked his lips and pressed his forehead against mine. "How do you feel?"

"Like I just got kissed." It was one of the best ones I had ever had, too.

He burst out laughing. "Well, you did."

We shared a smile that had us leaning in to give each other another kiss. Where did we go from here?

Later that night, I heard Levi's footsteps before I saw him enter the kitchen. He saw me with the bag of chips and shook his head. I dropped my head, trying to hide a smile. It wasn't like I was sneaking to eat them. I just knew he was going to say something.

"Of all places I found you, here you are stuffing your face."

I snickered. "You should have seen that coming."

He opened the refrigerator door and pulled out a bottle of water. "Do you want one too?"

"Yeah, you can bring me one, please."

I never thought we'd be here with each other. It all started over a basket of wings and fries we shared. Levi wasn't a bad person. I could talk to him about anything, it seemed like. One thing I noticed about him was that he listened to what I had to say, too. I loved that so much.

He set the bottled water in front of me and joined me at the table.

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