Page 130 of To Hate Adam Connor
A wary smile surfaced on her lips.
“Quoting ‘Notting Hill’, huh? That is a big gun, you’re right. You think that will get to me? That it will make my heart beat faster to hear you say that to me?”
She reached for my hand and pressed my palm against her heart where I could feel how fast her heart was beating for me.
We stared at each other for a long moment, standing just like that.
Skin to skin.
Heart to heart.
“I heard some girls melt away when they hear a guy quoting movie lines, so I thought I should give it a try on this girl.”
Her hands dropped from mine, so I curled my hand around her neck, feeling her pulse beating.
“You make me crazy, Lucy.”
Slowly, her smile disappeared. “You’re scaring me, Adam.”
“That’s good. I don’t mind scaring you if it’ll make you accept that we’re feeling something for each other.”
“I can’t love you,” she returned before the words were even out of my mouth. “I can’t give you those words. You may not believe me when I say I’m cursed, but that doesn’t change the fact that I am.”
I pulled her closer to me, her chest against mine.
“Lucy, tell me you hate me. I don’t care. I’d rather have you lie and say you hate me than have someone else who lies by saying I love you.”
“If I say I hate you, it really means I hate you. I’m not lying. And you do piss me off, so I really do hate you actually.”
“Okay.” I buried my nose in her neck and smiled. “You’re mine then? He doesn’t get to come back here and have you?”
The knock on the door interrupted us before Lucy could give me a real answer.
“Lucy? Uh…Jameson is here. He is waiting for you.”
I looked down at her and found her looking up at me.
“I’ll be there in a minute. Thank you, Olive.”
Olive’s voice was a low murmur on the other side of the door. “Of course.”
I let my lips rest against hers and sighed.
“I’ll let you have your way with me. Every night.”
“Fine. Okay. I’ll try.”
“I knew bumping uglies would be the thing that would get to you. I’m contemplating if I should be worried about how much you love my cock.”
She let out a small laugh and rested both her palms on my chest as I curled my arms around her waist and forced her to get even closer to me.
“Well, I do love that thing. And you’re not that bad with it. An okay kisser, but not so bad in bed.”
Finally, I released a long breath and relaxed. This felt right. I smiled against her lips. “Good. I’ll let you play with it as soon as we’re alone.”
I pulled back and after giving me a smile, she moved toward the door. “I think I should go out there.”
I put her hand in mine. “We can do it together. If he is interested in being in the baby’s life, it means I’ll be seeing him around.”
