Page 44 of Only This Once
Their steps echoed together as they ascended the flights of stairs up to the third floor. His eyes darted away before sliding back, locking with hers when she paused in front of her door.
Anticipation mixed with worry and bubbled in her gut. Should she invite him inside?
“Thanks again for coming out with me tonight,” Jinx said, squeezing her hand before releasing it.
Disappointment swirled up and into her throat. She swallowed it down as she reached for his shirt, her fingers fiddling with the top button. “Was it a good first date?” The words came out huskier than she intended as she stared into his eyes.
“Yes. Any time spent with you is good. Better than good.” He pushed a hand through his hair, making the curls stand up even more.
She wanted to get her own hands into his hair. Her fingers toyed with his shirt, careful not to dip inside. “Then how about ending the date with a kiss?”
His pupils dilated, and her gaze dropped to where his tongue teased at his own lips. A sexy, pleading hum slipped from his throat before he stumbled toward her, his mouth finding hers.
He didn’t start with a hesitating brush this time. It was as if they picked up where they’d stopped the last time they’d kissed. Heat spread everywhere as his tongue pushed inside to stroke hers. Jinx came at kissing with a combination of innocence and desperation that she found tantalizing. He seemed to get lost in kissing her.
Her grip on his shirt tightened and tugged, pulling him tighter against her until he pressed her back against the door just the way she craved. She released his shirt to toy with his hair instead, messing up those curls that did whatever they wanted.Her fingers dug in, and she stroked her nails delicately along his scalp, loving the way he shuddered against her. She cupped his head, angling it before kissing him with all the wild need thrumming inside of her.
She wanted to make him fall apart and lose himself to where he couldn’t think about anything but her.
The soft whimper he made let her know he was well on his way. He pressed against her more heavily, their bodies lining up perfectly. She parted her thighs, loving the feel of his growing erection against her, and the slight kick of his hips as he pushed into her.
His eyes blinked open and his mouth parted from hers. “Sorry,” he mumbled, still so close that their lips brushed.
“It’s okay. I want to feel you.” She nipped at his lower lip, thrilled when his eyes lost focus. “Kiss me again.” It sounded like a demand, but he didn’t seem to mind. His lips found hers, even more urgent than before.
Jinx was losing his head, and she fucking loved it.
One of her hands slid from his hair to cup his neck, enjoying the way his hair curled there. She let her hand drift down his back. Her fingers traced his spine all the way down to his ass. Then she cupped his cheek, enjoying the give to it. His ass was grippable and enticing. She pulled him in tighter even as she arched into him, rubbing along his dick.
He moaned into her mouth. Satisfaction flooded inside along with a kick to her desire. She wanted to hump him right there in the hallway until he was covered in precum and desperate.
She broke their kiss instead, mouthing along his jaw and enjoying the slight scrape. “Come inside with me,” she whispered into his ear, feeling his body shudder against hers. “Please?” she added when she realized it sounded like an order again.
He nodded, his cheek rubbing against hers. “Okay. If you want to.”
She pulled back, searching his eyes in the shadowed landing lighting. “Do you? Want to?” she asked, needing to know for sure.
He swallowed again, his Adam’s apple bobbing. “Yes. I want to be with you, Julia.”
The words lit something inside of her. She grew wetter just thinking about having him. She grinned, fumbling in her hurry to fit her key in the lock. Leaving it there, she grabbed his face and kissed him with her lips curved.
“I want you, too,” she said, watching his eyes widen and nipping at his lips because they had. How could he still think this was one-sided? The love bite brought his eyelids to half-mast. Satisfied, she focused on the door, ready to drag him inside and have her filthy way with him, if that was what he wanted.
Chapter 13
Kissing Julia made Jesse lose track of everything around him. He couldn’t even remember if she’d locked the door behind them before she’d dragged him to her room and pulled his body down on top of hers.
All he could focus on was her—her taste, her lips, her breathy sounds, and her steady hands guiding him against her. He could barely take in her room. It’d been the opposite at the party. He’d been hyperaware of the brightness of the light above him, the scratchiness of the sheets against his ass, every piece of the popcorn ceiling.
With Julia, all he could see were her magnetic green eyes staring back into his while their tongues slid and stroked. He wasn’t sure how long they’d been kissing, but his lips were tingling and his whole body was hot and aching.
Her knees slid up along his hips, tilting her pelvis into his rocking motion. She kept tugging him against her as she arched into his erection. They were still clothed, or he’d already be inside her.
Despite not being naked, being with her like this felt like more than making out. They were heading toward having sex, and his dick was desperate for it. Precum had dampened his boxers, and he was relieved to still have them on to contain his excitement.
Julia wanted to have sex with him, and that was everything.
His brain flickered to life when he remembered the box of condoms he’d left in the Jeep. He broke their kiss, lifting his head to pant down at her.
