Page 100 of Embrace

But before I can turn away, Scarlett catches my shoulder and pulls me right down to her lips.

A low groan reverberates through me once I taste her, warm and sweet against my cold and wet ones. But that doesn’t stop her. Scarlett whimpers into my mouth, making my abdomen tighten.

I feel animalistic, out of control,ruined.

With my palm on the back of her head, I don’t let her pull away for even a second, and she doesn’t seem to mind the lack of oxygen because she slips her tongue into my mouth. I’ve never kissed anyone the way I kiss her. We read each other like poetry.

I know Scarlett feels it, too, because she presses her hips to mine, right against my thick erection, barely contained in my pants. I run my hands along the exposed skin of her stomach, letting my callused hands touch her tan skin. All I know is citrus scent and sweet skin, pressing her against me in hopes they’ll embed into me.

The moans that leave her with every touch of my tongue to the roof of her mouth make my head swim.

“I’ve waited so long for you,” I whisper.

She bites my lip, pulling it between her teeth, and I do the same with her bottom lip, soothing the bite. My hand travels to her throat, and she leans into it. When I pull back to breathe, she nods, like she’s giving me permission to do more.

The flicker of light in her eyes makes me pause to look around the room where I’ve got her pressed against the door.

“Maybe we should go somewhere else. Let me take you home.”

“Here, right here, please.” She’s fuckingbegging, and my cock is painfully erect when she gazes up at me with that doe-eyed expression. She holds on to me like I’ll slip away. Like she’s dreaming.

When I nod, her hands move to my pants, unbuckling my belt and pulling down the zipper. I grip her wrist, stopping her movements. “Are you sure about this?”

She looks so thrown by the question that she laughs, taking it as a joke before going back to my pants. But I lift her chin, forcing her to look up at me again.

“I’m serious. This doesn’t have to happen,” I say. “I made a decision earlier, and I realize that I came in here just expecting you to reciprocate, but that’s not what has to happen.”

Scarlett blinks.

“Sex isn’t a given, and I don’t want you to think that’s how I see it.”

“That’s,” she pauses, dropping her face in her hands. “That’s nice of you.”

“No.” I shake my head. “It’s not.”

“Right,” she nods to herself like she understands. “I just think—”

“Scarlett. Don’t explain it to me. It’s a yes or a no.”

That unsure look still fills her face. Like she’s afraid to hurt my feelings and would do whatever I asked just to please me.

“I’m a big boy, Scar,” I tease with a light kiss on her lips. “I can take it. I promise.”

Suddenly she laughs, covering her face with her hands again. “God, this is embarrassing. I’ve nevertalkedthis much during…this.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever not talked,” I admit.

“I think I expected that from you.”

“So what do you wanna do?” I ask, glancing around the room.

“I didn’t say no,” she tells me, and suddenly my body is buzzing again, not that it ever stops when I’m near her. Then, in a move I don’t expect, Scarlett pushes me until my legs hit a chair. “Sit.”

I do, and immediately she straddles me. She grinds her ass on my erection, her brows pinched together like she’s on the brink of exploding, just like me.

“Are you sure?” I manage to get out. I’d find somewhere better for this, somewhere that isn’t school property maybe. Somewhere fit for a girl as beautiful as her.

“Kian, I’ve been wet since you walked through that door, and I don’t thinkI’llsurvive unless your fingers are inside me.”