Page 39 of Pure Seduction (Chamberlin Brothers 1)

I narrowed my eyes, but when he didn’t react, I realized my death stare was being hampered by my glasses. “My water bottle.”

“You’re playing today?” Willa said, and when I aimed the death stare her way, she seemed to get it—glasses or not. “Oh, would you look at that? I see Miss Betty calling us, Ryan. We better take her the muffins.”

As they started off toward the gathering crowd, Noah called out, “I’ll be there in a few. I’m gonna keep Laurel company.”

Alarm and something much more inappropriate hit at the prospect of being alone with Noah. But before I could protest, Willa waved and walked off, dragging Ryan with her.

“Did you really leave your water bottle in the car?” Noah asked.

I turned to see he had moved a step closer, and with the midday sunlight shining down over us, it was difficult to look anywhere but at him. His eyes were magnetic, but it was his expression that made them extra hypnotic.

“I—”

“Yes?” Noah reached out and pulled my glasses down my nose.

“What are you doing?”

“I couldn’t see your eyes. It was bothering me.”

Deciding removing my glasses was a better option than having him reach for me again, I folded them in my hand and glared his way. “Better?”

“Much. Now, did you really leave something in the car, or are you running away?”

My mouth fell open. “And why would I be running away?”

“Because you heard I was coming to the game.”

“And you think that would make me run?”

“If it doesn’t, maybe it should.” Noah lowered his head until his mouth was by my ear. “I couldn’t stop thinking about you last night, and that sexy little sound you made when I—”

“Stop.” My voice sounded breathy even to my own ears. “I can’t do this. Not here.”

I was precariously close to losing sight of where I was, and with Jake only feet away, I could feel my two worlds beginning to collide.

“Then where?” Noah fingered the hair curling out from under my cap. “I want to kiss you. Taste you again. Last night wasn’t enough, Laurel.”

Okay, he needed to stop talking to me like that or I was going to overheat in the middle of Chamberlin’s baseball field.

“Come with me,” I said. Oh God, am I really about to do this? As I led him away from the field and past the amenities block to the football stadium, the answer was obvious—yes, yes, I was.

I looked around to make sure no one was near, and then directed him in under the bleachers. When I came to a stop, Noah looked at our surroundings and chuckled.

The low, sexy sound vibrated through me, sending a shiver up my spine. When his eyes landed back on me, it was all I could do to not reach between my thighs and ease the throbbing pressure that appeared anytime he was near.

“Well, it’s been a long time since I was under here…”

As his gaze roved over me, I stood tall and let him look. “Me too.”

“Oh yeah?” Noah licked at his lower lip, raised his eyes, and began to stalk my way.

I took in a breath and backed up a step. “Mhmm. The last time was with you—”

“The day of our SATs.”

I nodded as my back hit the cool metal of the stands. Noah stopped mere inches from me, and I swallowed. He hadn’t even touched me yet and I could already feel myself getting wet. This was crazy. No one had ever affected me like this—no one except Noah.

He reached out and took off my hat, and when he put it on his head backward, I was thrust back into the past and that afternoon here under the bleachers.

“We were a lot younger then.” He moved in closer and ran the back of his fingers down my cheek. “A lot more…inexperienced.”

My legs trembled as his fingers continued down my neck to the V of my shirt. When I didn’t stop him, he smirked. Arrogant. Over the years Noah’s cocky schoolboy confidence had turned to arrogance, and God help me, it was so damn hot that I almost melted at his feet.

I tilted my head up, and when he took hold of my chin to hold me steady, I softly sighed.

“I had the hottest dreams about you last night. You were naked and straddling me, your hair all down around my face…”

He slid his thumb along my lower lip, and I sucked it between my lips. Noah cursed, let go of me, and put his hands on the rails by my head, then thrust his hips forward and rubbed his erection against me.

“Ah…” I grabbed at his waist.

“Yeah, there it is. That has to be the sexiest fucking sound I’ve ever heard. I replayed it over and over in my head last night, imagining you downstairs finishing what I started.”

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