Page 13 of Rough Trip

It didn’t help that he could tell she was no longer wearing a bra, her nipples just slightly peaking through her thin top. Her hair, wet just touching her shoulders, and her face had been washed clean of any makeup - she looked breathtaking. He should’ve left, he should’ve gone outside for fresh air. He should’ve but he didn’t, he just continued to stare at her in all her beautiful glory.

Mia saw Sage had been staring at her since she had come out of the bathroom.

"How can I help you?" she said to him teasingly, flirting with him like she always had back at the bar. Sage should’ve moved, he should’ve headed for the bathroom so he could also take a shower. A shower definitely would’ve helped clear his mind and it would’ve given him a bit of privacy to sort himself out.

She walked over to him and shyly put a hand on his chest, his breathing quickened.

Sage, man, walk away. Take your eyes off of her and walk out of this room, he yelled internally.

He knew he should stop her before anything happened but he couldn't focus on anything but her hand on his chest and the look of lust and desire that had begun to grow in her eyes.

She slowly started to reach up and placed a hand behind his head, working her fingers into his hair. He closed his eyes as he allowed himself to give in.

Within a second Mia had leaned forward and closed her mouth on his. Shocked his eyes flew open; hers, however, were closed. He looked at her fluttering eyelids, counted a few of the freckles on the bridge of her nose, and noticed how she had a freckle just above her eyelashes on the lid of her eyes.

He gave in, he couldn't resist her anymore. He closed his eyes and savored the moment. He would never want to forget this.

He wrapped his arms around her as both of her arms wrapped around his neck.

Her body felt so warm and soft against his. He wanted this, he wanted it so badly but he knew it was wrong. It was so wrong and yet it felt too damn good.

He moaned against her soft lips.

He gently opened her mouth with his tongue, and she didn't fight it. He picked her up and pushed her against one of the walls, kissing down her neck while she wrapped her legs around his waist.

He could hear her breathing quicken, and a small moan escaped her lips. He was so ready to take her to bed and rip every item of clothing off of her body. He was ready to lick her and kiss her like she was covered in caramel.

Sage so badly wanted to take it further but the part of his brain that had been telling him to resist kicked in and he had to put a stop to it before anything more happened. With one final kiss, he moved off of the wall, lowering Mia back onto her feet. He ran his hands through her hair, she sighed with her eyes still closed. He dropped his hand to his side, her eyes flew open. She knew something had changed. Her eyes were wide, staring at him, questioningly.

"We can't do this,” he said as he finally pulled himself away from her. He walked across the room to create some distance between the two of them. He almost left the room this time.

"Are you fucking kidding me? What the hell is the matter with you?” she yelled. He could tell that if there were objects near her she would’ve started throwing them at him. He wouldn’t blame her if she did.

"I'm here to watch over you, to protect you. It is not in my job description to have sex with you,” he said as he proceeded to go to the bed at the far side of the room, lay down and roll over so he was no longer looking at her. He could see the hurt and anger in her eyes and he couldn't stand to see it.

"You're an asshole,” she said as she climbed into the empty bed and switched off the lights.

She may think he was an asshole but he was truly trying to look out for her. He didn’t want to do anything while they were in that position just for her to regret it later.

Mia couldn’t deny that she wanted Sage more than ever after their kiss the previous night. It had been so overwhelming and so heated. She could still feel his lips against hers even after she had woken up.

It had taken her a long time to finally fall asleep after their make-out session. She still couldn’t believe that it had happened. She had wanted to kiss Sage for so long now that she was starting to think she would never get the chance. And technically he started it, maybe she had been a little too forward with her pajama choice, she knew full well how revealing her top was. She had just meant to tease him. She had no idea it would go as far as it did. She loved every single second of it though. The way his body reacted to hers just meant that he also felt something for her, he wanted her just as badly as she wanted him.

She just wanted to rip Sage’s clothes off and have her way with him but he had stopped it before it could go that far.

She had to make him change his mind. She understood that he was there to protect her, his little line last night had just irritated her

“It’s not in my job description to have sex with you,” he had said.

Yes, she knew that but that doesn’t change the fact that they both wanted each other.

“Go put your things in the pannier while I go pay for the room. We need to head out again,” he said as he walked out of the room. He hadn’t paid Mia much attention and it had started to annoy her. He clearly wanted to push her away now, she thought, make her give up, but that would not happen. She wanted him and she would stop at nothing to have him. She knew that.

“Okay,” she said as she walked passed him to get to the bike. If he wanted to play hard to get, she would do the same thing.

Two can play that game she thought.

She waited patiently while he took care of the bill and as she waited she came up with a plan. She would torture him all day until he had no choice and caved. She knew he wanted her. He could not deny that after what had happened the night before. If he tried to deny it she knew he would be lying.