Page 80 of Dirty Like Seth
Couldn’t she seethat?
“Maybe you’re just afraid,” she fired back, “and you’re letting that stopyou.”
“Maybe you have the luxury of doing whatever you want, Elle, but I’m notyou.”
“Maybe you’re afraid to take achance.”
“Maybe you’re pissed that you didn’t get what you wanted in Hawaii, and you’re not used tothat.”
Her gaze dropped to my lips. “What… what do youmean?”
I was uncomfortably aware that she’d been drifting closer and closer to me as we spoke, that there were a few mere inches of air left betweenus.
“Elle. You did everythingbutfuck me on that dancefloor.”
“What?” she protested. “We didn’t evenkiss!” But she sounded disappointed aboutit.
And that tone of hers… kind of aggravated, frustrated—aroused?—went straight to my cock. I could feel myself swelling as the blood rushedsouth.
“Is that what you wanted?” I swiped my tongue over my lip. “Akiss?”
Elle’s eyebrows pinched together and her lips made an angry little O. “Well… So what if Idid?”
I stared at her, my heartbeat thudding through my body, throbbing in my dick. But my voice was calm when I muttered, “Shit. This has to be the stupidest argument in the history ofarguments.”
“So why are wearguing?”
“Because, Elle,” I said. “I can’t give you what youwant.”
“Why not?” she demanded, bitchy as fuck. Yeah; the girl was totally unaccustomed to not getting what shewanted.
“Because it’s a bad idea,” I managed to forceout.
“Why?”
Jesus. She wasserious.
It was not helping my raging hard-on; my dick was now getting its hopes way the fuckup.
“You really need me to spell it out for you?” I said. “I can’t come between you and the rest ofDirty.”
“Youwon’t.”
“Elle.”
“Seth.” She inched closer to me, drew a shuddery breath and said, “I want you to kissme.”
And those words… they did something tome.
I did not expect her to fight me on this. I thought all it would take was one reminder of how bad an idea this was, of the damage it could do to her and the band if I put my hands on her, and she’d know I wasright.
I didn’t think she’d really consider taking this kind of risk withme.
I didn’t dare fucking dream that she’d want me this much. That she would insist onthis.
But she was definitely insisting when she said, “Kiss me, Seth. I want youto.”
I stared at her for a heartbeat as I fully digested herwords.
