Page 107 of Catch Me
“So, are you?” he asked.
“Am I what?”
When he pulled back, there was an amused smirk on his face. “Gonna be with family. Did you already forget what I said?”
“No, I responded in my head and forgot to do it out loud.”
The way he smiled made me want to devour his lips. I craved his taste and the sounds he made when we kissed. My mind conjured an image of his face if I were to wrap my fingers around his cock right now.
Would every trace of his attitude fall away with the crumbling of his defenses? It felt like that was a state he’d reached at this moment.
His nervousness was clear, but he wasn’t freaking out or pushing me away. In fact, he was doing the opposite. He wanted to stay longer and he wasaskingme if he could—not once, but twice.
Damn, I still hadn’t answered him.
“I’m leaving Monday afternoon,” I said. “Going to see my dad.”
He groaned when my teeth sunk into his plump lower lip. I was going to tell him he could stay if he wanted to, but I wanted to hear him bring it up again. I enjoyed this stripped-down version of him.
As my fingers traveled up his solid abdomen, his breath stuttered. I slowly kissed along his jaw toward his ear. My lips dragged over his stubble, and the rough sensation made more blood rush to my cock.
His hips moved, then he paused. I worried that he was beginning to freak out, but suddenly, he dipped his face into my neck and licked my skin, followed by an open-mouthed kiss against my pulse point. He continued to go lower—my shoulder, my collarbone, my chest, and my abs. My back arched a little when he traced the line of my pelvis all the way to my waistband.
“Roman,” I breathed. He went for the button on my jeans, but I took his hands. “No sex.”
“Oh.”
He looked so disappointed, and I was terrified that he’d revert into his shell, so I gripped his fingers tightly. When he finally looked at me, I smiled.
“Not tonight. I’m not in a rush. That being said, I have no self-control and I’m not a ‘take it slow’ kind of guy, but I’m trying not to be completely impulsive the very same day we’ve established we have feelings for each other.”
The corner of his mouth twitched. “You have feelings for me?”
“Clearly. Do you want me to say it louder?”
“Sure, for the people in the back.”
Clutching the back of his neck, I tugged on him so that he was above me. “I like you, Roman, and it may be very early, but I want to take a chance on this if you do.”
“I do,” he whispered.
“In that case, maybe we can take the next few days to feel it out.”
His eyes lit up. “You’re okay with me staying?”
“I was going to make you beg, but...”
“You’re impatient.”
“Beyond.” With a sigh, I looked toward the door. “I want to stay here and kiss you until I’m too tired to keep my eyes open, but I want us both to have a minute to think. Plus...” My hands slid up to hisshoulders, then around to his back. His muscles flexed and I nearly abandoned all reason. “I’ll stop saying no at a certain point, and that’s not healthy.”
He smirked down at me. “I didn’t expect Travis McKinney to have such a toxic side.”
I scoffed and rolled my eyes. “I’m not toxic. I’m easily seduced and quick to become attached. Since I’m self-aware of those things and actively working against them, I’d say I’mnotbeing toxic, thank you very much.”
“Yeah, yeah. What’s on the agenda, then?”
My lips pulled to the side as I thought about it. “I could go for a nap.”
