Page 58 of Promise Me Ever After
If she carried on talking as she had, I’d be coming a lot sooner than seven.
“Who are you messaging?” Justin gave me a side glance. “Was it your girl?”
“Of course it’s Georgie,” said Curtis. “He’s at her beck and call. You know he’s been helping her decorate her house?”
The controller dropped onto Justin’s lap as he switched his attention from the game to me. “You’re doing what?”
I shrugged. “She asked and I offered.”
Justin let out a whistle. “What’s she paying you? Oh, wait, blow jobs, right?”
“Don’t be a prick. And for fuck’s sake don’t say anything like that to her when you meet her later.” I tossed a cushion at his head.
He held up his hands. “Jesus, okay. You’ve got it bad, haven’t you, buddy?”
Even though I was scared to admit it to myself, he was right. I was falling in love with Georgie, the first woman I’d ever seen a future with.
And it was fucking scary.
27
Georgie
Alex hadn’t givenme much to work with. He’d told me we were going to a house party with his friends and his sister. What in the world should I wear for that? On the basis I doubted we do little more than lounge around the house, I figured casual would work best. I paired dark blue skinny jeans with a cropped black jumper, which would give him a glimpse of midriff if he looked hard enough. Given our brief, sexy exchange this afternoon, he would definitely be looking. A grin crossed my face. A part of me wished we weren’t doing things with other people and we could stay here. Ha, maybe I was getting old, or rather just wanted Alex all to myself.
Right on the dot of seven, there was a knock at the door. I scampered down the stairs, mascara wand in one hand. Opening the door, I found Alex standing there, a similarly stupid grin on his face. He wrestled me into the house, kicking the door shut behind him, and pressing me up against the wall. His lips claimed mine, in short, sharp breathless kisses, almost devouring me.
“God, do you know how much I’ve wanted to do this?” he muttered between kisses. “Ever since you mentioned me being between your legs.”
His breath tickled my ear, and I could feel his erection pushing into me. “We can make that happen.”
With great effort, he pulled himself away. “And much as I want to, I promised the others. Justin and Lennon are only here for one night.”
I pouted. “The way I feel right now, it really wouldn’t take long.”
He ran his fingertips along the band of my jeans, brushing against my bare skin. “Imagine how much better it will be after I’ve kept you hanging all night.” Alex kissed my temple. “Are you ready to go?”
“Such a tease.”
“Pot, meet kettle.” He laughed and spun me around in the direction of the stairs. “Off you go,” he said, as he slapped my arse.
I scampered back up to my room and finished off the ‘natural’ make-up look with a slick of lip gloss. Within two minutes, I was back downstairs, and we headed off.
“Where are we going?” I asked as we walked through town, hand in hand.
“Lennon’s grandparents’ place. You’ll know it when you see it.”
Fifteen minutes later we were at the house next door to his. I let out a laugh. “Why did you come and pick me up?”
“Because I can’t bear to be apart from you.” He kissed the sweet spot behind my ear, shivers darting up and down my spine. “And I wanted to show you off properly.”
The door swung open, and Amber stood there.
“Ergh, I really didn’t want to see you two making out,” she moaned. “I thought you were the pizza delivery guy.”
“Sorry to disappoint,” said Alex. “Can we still come in?”
She moved to one side and waved us through. “We’re in the kitchen.”
