Page 56 of Bite Me
She offered us a brilliant smile and floated away, heading straight for the unsuspecting brunet.
“Eddie, I am so terribly sorry.”
Biting my lip, I tried to hold back my laugh. “The guy won’t know what hit him.” My laughter burst out as the anxiety bomb in my belly exploded. Tears welled in my eyes, but I couldn’t stop.
Luckily, Russel laughed with me. He had a nice laugh, deep and honest. It made me look up at him. Damn. He was so handsome. Eyes glinting, he met my gaze. We just looked at each other, grinning like fools.
I wanted him so badly I could beg him. Since when had I become so reckless? I could blame the wine I’d drunk. Two small glasses?
Or was it the kaleidoscope of butterflies in my stomach whenever he looked at me like that? He stepped closer to me.
“Eddie.”
His voice felt like a caress.
My gaze dropped to his lips. We were in a room full of coworkers, dammit! We couldn’t make fuck-me eyes at each other.
“Eddie, come home with me.”
If I did that, we’d have sex. He would push his cock inside me and bite me. He’d drink my bloodwhile fucking me.
I never stood a chance.
How could I have believed for one second that knowing what his venom did to me, how his lips felt on my skin, I would be able to resist him?
I jerked my chin in a single nod and turned away. I walked straight to the exit. In the hallway, I pushed the elevator button and stepped into the first car that arrived. The door was just about to close when Russel slipped inside and pressed another button. Then we were alone.
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PASSION
EDDIE
We moved in sync. He cupped my jaw, his grip on my face somehow tender and firm at the same time, and my hand slid into his hair of its own volition. We kissed like we’d been starving, even though Russel couldn’t be hungry. It’d only been a day since he drank from me. His irises were still warm copper.
It occurred to me that there might be a camera in the elevator. Would a security guard somewhere get an eyeful? Were they even looking when there wasn’t an emergency? Russel’s chest brushed against mine, and my thoughts dispersed in a pink cloud of lust.
“Irresistible,” he murmured against my wet lips. “Driving me crazy.”
I kissed him deeper. His saliva had a sweet, flowery taste, like nectar, and I knew it was the venom I was tasting. It wouldn’t affect me as fast and as intensely as if he’d bitten me, but still… Just knowing I was licking it from his mouth made my cock throb.
The elevator dinged, and Russel grabbed my wrist. The garage was deserted, all cars dark and quietly waiting. He led me toward a discreet exit on the other side of the building. Nobody ever used it since it led to a dodgy alley lined with dumpsters. We jogged onto the street, and Russel waved down the first cab he saw. Miraculously, it stopped.
In the back seat, he grabbed my hand again, rubbing his thumb across my wrist. He squeezed from time to time, and I looked at his worried expression, city lights flying across his face. Was he afraid I’d back out at the last minute?
I didn’t want to. What I was doing was monumentally foolish, but I couldn’t stop. I’d never wanted anything more than to fall naked into this man’s arms and lose myself.
The ride took less than five minutes. It was late, and the traffic had already died down. We stopped in front of a modern high-rise, and Russel paid the driver.
We passed a doorman who greeted Russel politely and didn’t blink an eye at my accompanying him. Then we were kissing in an elevator again.
I had no idea which floor we got out on, and if I came here again tomorrow, I wouldn’t be able to find which door was Russel’s. My senses were full of him as I followed him like a puppy until a door clicked shut behind me, and he pressed me against it.
I half expected him to go straight for my throat, but he didn’t. He palmed my ass over my slacks and thrust his tongue into my mouth. His hard cock pressed into my lower belly.
“How do you want to do this, Eddie?” he asked against my wet lips. “You call the shots.”
The easiest question in the world, the easiest answer. “I want you to bite me and fuck me.”
