Page 57 of Aftershock
Her eyes don’t glimmer.
Her smile is way too polite.
She’s looking at me as if we’re strangers.
As if I didn’t spit my cum into her waiting mouth.
It’s my fault. I messed up by keeping my distance for two days.
Time to make it right.
My hand twitches at my side. I lift it, aching to touch her cheek and…
She takes a step back.
From me.
By some miracle, I’m able to drop my hand. To not be a possessive asshole and grab her by the throat so I can yank her to me the way I want to.
“Lilith.”
“What can I get you?”
Hope lets out a bark of laughter behind her, quickly covering it with a cough into her forearm. Without sparing me a glance, she goes back to fixing coffee orders for the two customers waiting at the other counter.
I’ve earned that one. Neither she nor Lilith knows my secrets. How my need to protect Lilith has constantly clashedwith the possessiveness I’ve felt for her ever since the first time I saw her in the cafeteria.
As far as they’re concerned, I’m an ass. I sure feel like one.
“I’m sorry,” I start over. “Really sorry, Lilith.”
“What for?” She cocks an eyebrow. God, she is a little devil. A feisty one.
“I shouldn’t have waited more than two days to come see you.”
“That’s fine.” Her eyes darken, and I brace myself. For her sass. For my need to fuck it out of her. My cock is already hard. “I’ve had great company.”
“Is that so?”
While it’s obvious she’s taunting me, my hands still clench into fists. My heart pounds violently.
The thought of all these people asking her out…
“Yeah. Hope. My boss.” She licks her lips, stepping closer like she regrets the distance she put between us. “My favorites, though, have been the paramedics. What is it about men in uniform?”
Fucking with me or not, I’m jealous. Fiercely so.
“Men in uniform, hmm?” Refusing to let her deny me again, my fingers snap around the side of her neck.
“Yes,” she whispers, leaning in. Closer. Finally, I can inhale the sweet scent of her. “They’re hot. Like, really, really hot.”
“Lilith.” I bend over the counter, dragging her toward me until my mouth is at her ear. “If you keep this up, I’llhunt down and kill every paramedic in the state of New York.”
A shiver runs through her. “Oh.”
That oneohis so sincere. As if she believes me.
As if she has a reason to think I could be violent, even murderous.
