Page 20 of Guarding the Rock Star
I felt a stab of pain but kept my expression neutral. I picked up my sandwich and gave her a wink.
“Well, I do like to have sex now and again, so I guess so. Someone doesn’t have to be my mate for me to fuck them.”
I was baiting her. There was no way I’d ever be able to have sex with anyone but Tasha now, even if we never officially mated. It would feel like too much of a betrayal. I knew from other vamps and shifters that once you found your mate, you couldn’t so much as look at another person in a sexual way again.
Tasha looked miffed, then her expression turned calculating.
“You know, I really liked that kiss yesterday.”
“Yeah...?” I stretched out the word as I tried to figure out her angle. Her bratty side was out in full force.
“We clearly have a strong attraction to each other, and since neither one of us is dating anyone else right now, maybe we could consider an arrangement while we’re staying here at the cabin away from prying eyes. You know, like a friends with benefits situation.”
“Who says I’m not dating anyone?” I asked, keeping my expression neutral even though I was teasing her.
“You kissed me when you already have a girlfriend?” she asked angrily.
For someone who wasn’t interested in a serious relationship, Tasha was certainly acting like a jealous girlfriend.
“No, I’m single, I just wasn’t sure why you assumed that I was.”
“Because you kissed me!” she practically yelled.
“Yeah and I would love to do it again, but I’m not going to fuck you.”
“Why not?” she asked in that petulant voice that always made me want to turn her over my knees and spank her ass.
“Because if I fuck you, I’m going to want to bite you and claim you.”
“You’re going to turn me into a vampire?” she asked. She looked intrigued at the prospect.
“No, but it’s an instinct we have to mark our mates. If we’re not going to be mates, I don’t want to mark you and ruin you for other women.”
I totally wanted to mark her and ruin her for other women, but I needed her to get there on her own. I wouldn’t force her into anything. It was a risk, and in the end, we might not end up together, but it was a risk I was willing to take for the big reward: a lifetime with my mate.
“Are you saying friends with benefits is off the table? That you only want to do something if I agree to get serious?”
“That is exactly what I’m saying,” I confirmed, making my voice stern.
“Do you know how many people would love to sleep with me? Women and men?” she asked hotly.
I shrugged, baiting her to see where this was going.
“I don’t know, was there a survey or something?”
Tasha pushed back from the table, stomped over to me, and threw her leg over my lap so she could straddle me.
“I’m going to kiss you now,” she said, her hands on my shoulders and her lips a scant inch away from mine.
“You’d better be prepared for the consequences then,” I said.
Then I pushed my dishes off the table with a sweep of my arms, laid her flat on her back on the table, and kissed the hell out of her.
Tasha
Wow, talk about turning the tables on someone. I’d meant to tease Wanda, maybe nudge her into agreeing to be friends with benefits, or at least confirm to myself that she really wanted me as much as I wanted her. Never in a million years did I expect her to push everything on the table to the floor like this was some kind of old romantic movie. Of course, we were going to have a big mess to clean up after we were done with whatever we were doing here.
Her mouth crashed down on mine, her kiss hard and claiming. Pressed between Wanda’s body and the wood table, I was deliciously trapped. I tunneled my fingers into the long strands of her hair, holding her face close to mine. My entire body was on fire right now. Our first kiss had been incredible, and the second one too, but this one was next level.
