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I glanced up at him, surprised by his chatty demeanor. “Yeah, I’m trying to. It’s amazing how hard it can be to find connections in a city full of people—well, for normal people anyway.”
“I don’t know what you’re implying,” he began, letting out a sigh. “But I had a hard time making connections when I moved here from Los Angeles. Believe it or not, money might buy you friends, but it doesn’t buy you real connections.”
“Touching,” I remarked, laughing. “I’ll keep that in mind the next time I bid on eBay for a new friend.”
“Ha ha,” he drew out, shaking his head at me. “Aren’t you just so funny.”
“I really am, actually,” I shot back at him. “Why aren’t you out with Owen tonight?”
“He’s having a night in with Katie. They do that all the time. At first I was pissed about it, but I understand it now. I don’t want the distraction for myself, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t admire that kind of commitment.”
I nodded, though for some reason his words were disappointing. “Do you think you’ll ever want a family or anything?”
He shrugged. “I don’t know, probably. What about you?”
“I did—I do, I think. I don’t know.” I shook my head as my apartment complex came into view. “I live on the seventh floor.”
“Lots of stairs.”
“They have an elevator,” I laughed. “But I don’t really trust those anymore.”
A glint of amusement—and something else—filled his face as he opened the front door for me. “I can walk you up, or ride on the elevator with you.”
“How kind of you to make sure that I don’t get ‘sucked into the abyss,’” I teased as I pressed the up button.
“I’ve got better jokes than that.” He eyed me as we stepped on. He pressed the seventh-floor button as the doors closed. “Was the apartment fully furnished?”
“Yeah, but don’t get your hopes up, it’s just a one-bedroom. I think I’m lucky that I was able to get one.”
He chuckled at me but didn’t say anything as we stepped out onto my floor. My heart began to race as we neared the blue door of my apartment. I felt jittery and nervous, like maybe something more might come from this moment.
“Well, here I am,” I said awkwardly, swallowing hard as I shoved my key into the lock. “I guess your duties of getting me home are done.”
“Uh, I’ll just make sure you get inside,” he said, his voice coming out uneven—so much so, that I looked up at him. His eyes were laser focused on me, and it didn’t take a genius to make out the lust in his eyes.
I held his gaze as I pushed the door open, the vanilla scent of my wax warmer drifting out into the hallway. “Maybe you could...”
“Come in?” he finished as my voice trailed off.
I felt breathless as I nodded, both of us stuck in the moment. “Yeah.”
“Do you want me to?” I could hear the hesitancy in his voice. “You know this can’t become a regular thing that we do.”
I nodded again, unable to put the words together.
And then his lips crushed to mine.
We stumbled backwards, Eli’s foot kicking the door shut as he clumsily locked it. His hands wrapped around my waist, his erection already pressed against my lower stomach.
Oh my god, he wants me.
He tasted of bourbon as his tongue scoured every inch of my mouth, desperation and hunger in his kiss. I nipped at his lower lip, and he groaned in response. The deep, guttural noise made my panties wet. I led him toward the bedroom, pushing the cracked door open with my back.
I hadn’t even shown him the place.
His hands landed at the bottom of my sweater, pulling it up and over my head. He discarded it somewhere on the floor as I pulled his dark gray Henley over his head, doing the same. I stared at his physique, admiring how toned he was. He wasn’t like a body builder, but his abs were still defined, making me wish I had started that gym membership already.
“Let me see those,” he growled, reaching around and unhooking my bra. My breasts fell free and his eyes widened as he took in the sight of my full, perky tits. I was only a C cup, but on my small frame they appeared much larger. His mouth was on my neck, sucking and licking my skin as he made his way lower. Eli’s fingers worked the button of my jeans free and tugged them down. I stepped out of the denim just in time for him to lift me into the air and place me down on the bed.
