Page 39 of Animal's Reformation
“The fuck you are.”
“No, really.” Another shiver racked her.
Without a word, Animal pulled open his leather jacket. In seconds she was wrapped inside, his body heat warming her skin. Her heart jumped and plummeted straight down to the pit of her stomach. Something she’d never felt in all her life ached inside her. Olivia shivered, but this time the cold had nothing to do with it.
“I didn’t expect to see you tonight,” he said, his breath hot on her skin.
She looked up at him and noticed a small silver hoop dangling from his right ear. A strong urge to suck his lobe into her mouth and run her tongue across the metal overwhelmed her.
“You don’t look like a schoolteacher tonight,” he added in a low voice. His dark eyes were on fire.
Heat stole up her neck and spread across her cheeks. “Is that a compliment?”
“Fuck, yeah.” Animal’s arms wrapped tighter around her.
He’s Lucy’s dad. What the hell is wrong with you?Her rational mind yelled at her, but her lascivious body leaned closer to him. Olivia knew that she should push him away and go back inside to join her friends, but it felt so right being in his arms. Yeah … totally nuts.
She pulled back just a bit. “Won’t your date wonder where you are?”
Confusion marked his face, then a smirk curled up his lips. “The redhead? She was just some chick trying to get it on with me. Were you jealous?” Animal’s intense stare bored into her.
Olivia cast her eyes downward. “No, why would I be? You can date whomever you like.”
“You’re not a very good liar.” He chuckled. “Why the hell are you out here in the cold?”
“I needed a breather. There’re too many people inside.”
“Aren’t you gonna keepyourdate waiting?”
This time it was her turn to be confused. “Date? I came with my girlfriends.” Then she remembered the friend that Austin had brought over to the table.So Animal was watching me.A schoolgirl thrill rushed through her. “Oh, you mean that—”
“Suit and tie at your table.”
“He’s a friend of the guy who’s hitting on my friend Kennedy. I don’t know any of them.” She tilted her head back and met his gaze. “Wereyoujealous?” She ran her tongue across her bottom lip and his eyes watched the movement.
Filled with lust and desire, the heat of Animal’s gaze met hers, burning holes straight through her body and making her gasp. Before Olivia could react, he yanked her closer and crushed his mouth on hers. He tasted like whiskey and smelled of leather and something clean—like snow falling on evergreens.
Animal tangled his hand in her hair and jerked her head back slightly, intensifying the kiss. A low moan escaped from her parted lips and their breaths mingled before he slipped his tongue deep inside her mouth. Fiery. Passionate. Demanding.
Bright warning lights flashed in her brain, and Olivia wanted to pull away before she lost herself, but her body wouldn’t let her. It was like all her senses had been seduced and she felt as if she were floating in a haze of sensual heat.
“Olivia,” he whispered slowly, prolonging each syllable as if he were savoring them.
Never before had her name sounded so beautiful, so sexy, so wonderful as it did at that moment. Another moan broke from her lips as she leaned in for another kiss.
His cellphone rang loudly, jarring both of them, and he pulled back. “I need to get this.”
When he slid the phone out of the front pocket of his jeans, she could see the wordHOMEon the screen, along with a picture of Lucy. Olivia groaned inwardly and the sexual fog enveloping her evaporated into the frigid night air. She pushed away from him, and he held up his hand gesturing her to wait a minute.
Animal spoke in a low voice on the phone, and Olivia only heard snippets of the conversation, which she gathered was about Lucy staying up later than her prescribed bedtime. As father and daughter hashed it out, humiliation pricked at Olivia’s cheeks as she berated her reckless behavior with a student’s father.How could I let that happen? Kissing him in public in front of a bar.She brought her shaking fingers to her temples and massaged the dull throbbing that would inevitably lead to a doozy of a headache.
The cold breeze brought on another onslaught of goosebumps, and without Animal’s warmth, she shivered profusely. Deciding that her best move would be to go home, Olivia turned around and headed back to the bar to retrieve her coat and say goodnight to her friends. To say she was mortified by her actions would be the understatement of the year.
“Olivia,” Animal called out to her.
Heavy footsteps came from behind her and she stopped. “I need to get back inside.”
“Yeah, it’s cold as fuck out here. I’ll buy you a drink.”
