Total pages in book: 40
Estimated words: 38908 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 195(@200wpm)___ 156(@250wpm)___ 130(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 38908 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 195(@200wpm)___ 156(@250wpm)___ 130(@300wpm)
June gave her a strange look but didn’t argue.
Leaving the bakery, Aria didn’t have to wait long before Max was by her side.
“I can’t believe you did that today.”
“I was having fun, and I know you were as well. Don’t judge.”
“I’m not judging. I just, I’ve got to calm down. I think June knows.”
“June doesn’t know shit. She has a hunch.”
“Hunches are not a good thing,” she said.
“Just keep pretending to hate me.”
“I can’t,” she said, stopping in the middle of the street.
“Why not?”
“I told June we were trying to make it work.”
“I said the same thing to Dale. We’re fine. You’re stressing about nothing. Come on. I’ve been walking you home for ages.”
He went to take her arm, but she pulled away from him.
“See, that wasn’t so bad, was it?”
She rolled her eyes as they walked around the corner.
Max offered her a lollipop, which she took, sucking on the sweet treat. He took the keys out of her hands as they got to her place. She didn’t ask him what he was doing. There was no point.
“I ordered pizza. It should be here in a couple of minutes.”
“You ordered food?”
“I’m hungry,” he said.
She watched him with arms folded across her chest as he began to close curtains.
“What are you doing?”
“I’ll grab the food. Get naked.”
“Now you’re being bossy. We’re not back at the hotel room. I don’t have to do a single thing you say.”
“No, you don’t, but let’s face it. With how wet your pussy was today, you want to.”
She glared at him, and he smirked. He removed his jacket, and she wasn’t going to admire the size and hardness of his muscular arms.
Even today as he’d been sweaty when he touched her, he’d smelled amazing. All masculine and manly, and yes, she was aroused again. Did this guy have, like, a magic wand that he used to make her wet for him? It wasn’t fair, and she didn’t like it, not even a single bit.
Pulling her bag off, she got naked, very much aware of his gaze on her as she did so. She didn’t try to hide. Part of her expected him to burst out laughing at her, but he never did.
Staring down the length of his body, she saw the outline of his impressive length against his pants. He was hard for her already.
He rubbed himself through his pants. “You see what you do to me?”
The doorbell rang, and he smirked.
“I’ll grab the food.”
Moving as far from the door as she could, she listened as he grabbed the pizza, paying the guy. She also listened to the click of the lock as he closed her door.
“Coast is clear.” Max put the pizza on the coffee table, and she stepped toward him, watching as he stripped down naked.
His cock stood out, thickly aroused, but he didn’t attend to it. He picked up a slice of pizza, taking a large bite out of it.
Aria sat beside him, once again aware of her nakedness. When they’d been alone in the hotel room, she had been able to forget whereas now she was acutely aware of herself. Max was so confident, so sure, and she wanted that.
He was onto his third slice as she took a second one.
Their silence wasn’t uncomfortable. She rather liked spending time with him. It was new and different.
Still, June’s questions bugged her. She hated lying.
“I don’t like lying to our friends.”
“If we’re ready to tell them the truth, we will. Until then, we don’t. It’s as simple as that, really,” he said.
“You’re okay with lying to them?”
“I’m okay keeping certain elements of our relationship from them so I can keep on seeing you, yes. I’m not willing to sacrifice this just so they can meddle in our affairs. I’m not going to let that happen I want to do this with you. Are you having second thoughts?”
“No.”
“Then I don’t see the problem. It’s no one’s business but our own.” He reached out, cupping her face. “I won’t tell if you’re not ready to.”
She’d already finished her pizza. Cupping his face, she pushed him back onto the sofa and moved to straddle his waist.
“Now this is sexy,” he said.
He cupped her ass, and she kissed his lips, feeling his cock between her thighs, touching her.
“You want me inside you?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“You still want me to use the condom?”
“Yes.”
“Then you’ve got to stop doing what you’re doing and let me grab one.”
She groaned, rubbing herself against him. This shouldn’t be hard for her. She didn’t want to risk catching anything, and yet, she wanted him to touch her.
Biting his bottom lip, she released him and went to his jeans.
“It’s in my wallet.”
She opened his wallet and paused as she caught sight of a picture of her. Aria knew she would have to ask him about it. It was taken last summer while they’d been out enjoying the sun with his friends. She hadn’t even realized he’d taken it, or that he’d kept it. Grabbing the condom, she stepped toward him.