Page 66 of Resisting Fate (Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings 3)

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“Audrey…”His tone held a warning, he just wasn’t sure if he was warning himself or her.

“What?” she asked, her mouth barely an inch from his.

Josh had barely been able to resist Audrey before they’d shared a night together, now he had no chance. He’d tried to convince himself that if he could just come over here and be friends with her, everything would be back to normal. But now he knew, there was no normal now that they’d crossed that line.

Her innocent seduction was too potent. His feelings for her were too intense. Their chemistry was too explosive to deny.

How could he ever be alone with her and not want to tear her clothes off. He’d wanted to before, but now he’d tasted the forbidden fruit. He knew how soft her lips were and the soft sounds of pleasure she made when he was driving into her.

“We can’t…I don’t want to, I can’t lose you.” He voiced his greatest fear aloud.

In that moment he knew the deepest, darkest reason that he’d never allowed himself to act on what he felt for Audrey. His psychologist had repeatedly told him that he had commitment and abandonment issues, but he’d basically written those comments off. He figured that was what every shrink said to their patients. Like a blanket statement to cover all sins.

But now he was thinking that Dr. Lowe might just have been right about it.

She lifted her hand to his face and cupped his cheek as she shook her head. “You won’t. I promise. You won’t lose me.”

He didn’t know if she was just saying that because she wanted to be with him tonight or if she really, truly meant it. He hoped it was the latter.

She began to move off his lap. “But we don’t have to—”

His fingers tightened on her hips keeping her in place. He knew that he was sending her mixed signals, but his mind was all fucked up. He was fucked up.

She stilled and lifted her hands to his shoulders. She ran her fingers down his arm and back up again. She traced a tattoo on his neck with her fingertips. The gentle brush of her touch caused his arousal to spike. “Is this okay?”

“Anything you do is okay.” His chest rose and fell in shallow breaths as his fingers clenched on her hips causing them to roll and press her core into his straining erection sending a surge of arousal to course through him. He closed his eyes as his head fell back against the couch.

As soon as his neck bent back, Audrey took the opportunity to lean forward and press a feather soft kiss to his neck. His jaw clenched as he inhaled sharply through his nose. For years, he’d had trouble feeling anything sexually. But when he was with Audrey, the slightest touch sent him plummeting toward the edge of completion.

She peppered kisses along his neck as her hands gripped his shoulders and her hips continued to roll seductively as she ground her sex against his rock-hard shaft. He hadn’t dry humped since middle school, and he forgot how frustrating it was. He wanted more.

A deep growl rumbled from his chest as he flipped her over so that she was beneath him lying on the couch. He leaned down and covered her mouth with his taking what he wanted, what he needed. His tongue pushed past the barriers of her lips, sweeping into her mouth. Her tongue met his in a seductive dance.

Her arms snaked around his neck and her legs spread wider as she wrapped them around his waist. Even through the barriers of her sweats and his jeans, he could feel the heat of her sex. He broke their kiss and began trailing kisses down her neck as his hand slid beneath her T-shirt. His fingers grazed her ribs before he cupped her breast in his hand.

She arched her back as a soft moan vibrated through her. He teased her nipples, rolling them between his finger and thumb, pinching them lightly as he lavished kisses on her neck. Her body writhed beneath him restlessly, seeking more contact.

He shifted off of her and began to pull her shirt up when he noticed that she was looking at him like she wanted to say something. He stilled and she licked her lips nervously. “

What?” he asked. “What is it?”

“Do you remember when we were at the dinner and we had blindfolds on?”

He nodded as his dick pulsed painfully against the barrier of its zippered confines at the mention of blindfolds

“Um…” She swallowed and then licked her lips again. “I was wondering if you’ve ever done that…you know…when you were having sex?”

“You want to blindfold me?” That had never been something he was interested in, but if that’s what Audrey wanted, he’d do it. Happily.

“No, um, I want you to blindfold me.”

“Fuck,” he groaned as he rested his forehead against hers.

“You don’t have to.” She immediately backtracked, most likely misinterpreting his reaction. “I just thought—”

She didn’t get her sentence out before he was standing and pulling her to her feet.

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