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“Let’s win this!”

Once again, he leads me to the block. “I’ll sit first, then you sit on me?”

“Yeah, sounds good.”

Sooo fucking good.

Aris sits with his legs crisscrossed in front of him and then helps me down. I straddle his waist and then reach my legs around to his back and cross my ankles. Wrapping my arms around his neck I hug him tightly, pulling myself to his warm broad chest.

Lord. I can feel him again.

Everything about us is touching right now.

Our foreheads.

Our noses.

Our chests.

And even the parts I wish didn’t have a barrier of fabric between us.

“Alright here we go in ONE…” the lady with my phone calls.

Aris secures his arm around my back and pulls me even closer to him, causing me to feel just how hard he is right now. My lips separate and I lift my eyes until I’m staring into the depth of his.

I want this man.

I desperately want him.

“Adrienne…” he whispers against me.

“TWO…”

“I want—”

“THREE!!”

Loud applause erupts from the pool as they celebrate our finishing of the final task. All we have to do is upload and we’re done.

CHAPTERTWELVE

ARIS

I haven’t walkedthis fast since the last time I had to perform emergency surgery on a child who swallowed a handful of small magnets, but I find myself practically sprinting like my life depends on it. We didn’t even wait for the elevator. As soon as we were done with our last pose, we both bowed to our audience and then I hightailed it out of there, pulling Adrienne along behind me straight to the stairs.

“Aris…”

“Don’t say a word.”

If I wait until we get all the way to our stateroom, I’ll talk myself out of what I want to do so instead, I lead us to the next best place hoping it’s empty at this time of day. For Adrienne’s sake. I could give a shit, really.

I walk swiftly down a short hallway until we come to the door I was hoping for. I pull it open, lead Adrienne inside the expansive but darkened room, and round on her until she’s up against the closed door.

I’m getting good at putting her in this position.

Her back hits the wall and my body presses against her, both of our chests heaving against each other. Her mouth falls open. Her glossy lips enticing me, luring me in. My mouth mere inches from Adrienne’s. One hand on her hip, my other hand smacks the wall beside her head.

“I need you to tell me no, Adrienne.”

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