Page 212 of Trading Paint
“What the hell happened to you?” I stepped closer to her, pulling her against my side.
She frowned concentrating on her answer.
“Oh...you...Emma...” she sighed exasperatedly. She blew a loose strain of her hair out of her eyes, and then braved on. “Spencer he...I’lltelldyoudsomething...”
“Something?”I laughed.
“What?”
“Huh?”
Without notice, she threw her arms around my neck and kissed me. Not just any kiss, a strong determined kiss. One that I was sure my plan would work well with. My mind was reeling, maybe it was all that tequila but either way, I was spinning.
Breathing deeply, trying desperately to keep my erotic thoughts at bay, I responded with “Unless you want me to lose control in front of the entire bar, don’t kiss me like that.” A nervous laugh escaped me.
Sway took that for acquiescence and smiled. “I don’t think I’d mind.”
This was drunk Sway anddrunkJameson speaking right now and not the two “Grammy Winners” who usually spoke in something similar to Morse Code when feeling were involved.
“You want me to lose control with you?” My lips were at her collarbone. I kissed softly along the curve and then up her neck before placing a tender kiss below her ear.
“I want you too.” She pressed herself closer as the songPurple Rainbegan.
“Let’s dance, honey.” I chuckled pulling her toward the dance floor. “They’re playing our theme song.”
“Team song?” her eyebrow arched in question but followed.
Laughing, I held the Purple Rain drink up.
Sway giggled before nodding enthusiastically, “Yes...letz,”
Whispering the lyrics to her was my way of trying to seal the deal—she loved it when I sang to her.
When I looked into her eyes, she had an expression I hadn’t seen before. Love maybe? Lust...I’m not sure what it was but I’m pretty certain mine mirrored hers in some way. There was a room full of people surrounding us, but I couldn’t look away from her in that moment. I’d put my life on hold, telling myself I couldn’t, wouldn’t have or ask for more than what we had. I failed to realize that I could havesomethingwith her.
I felt her sigh and lean into my embrace further and then giggle.
“What?” I asked my eyes focused intently hers.
“Nothing.”She said, her speech returning to normal; then she winked.
Could she be any more adorable?
“You are the mostbeautifulwoman I’ve ever met.” I crooned against her neck as I pressed a tender kiss right below her ear, just as I’d done all night. I couldn’t pry my lips away from her skin.
“Yeah, well—you’re the most beautiful man I’ve ever met. AndChrist almightycan you drive a car.” Her hands reached for mine. “You sure can handle the horsepower, can’t you?”
Oh. My.God.
She had to feel my erection against her—she had to. I should have been concerned at the obvious display we were putting on but I couldn’t help it.But I cared about none of that as much as I cared about the way my body was responding to her.
Removing my hands from hers, I traced them down the lines of her hips—my fingers dug into the velvety skin and pulled her even tighter against my hips. She gasped and closed her eyes as though the sensation was exactly what she wanted.
“You wanna see how I driveyourcar?”
Sway’s cheeks flushed before whispering. “I’d pay money to see that.”
She had mocked my words from the night in her room.
