Harper
Before Maddox could even tell me the rest of it, I already knew why I’d called him that. It had been on my mind for weeks and it made me chuckle.
“Because you stopped me at the bar that night so I wouldn’t regret it but jumped at the opportunity once it was offered to you?”
He nodded firmly, taking a sip of water from his glass while looking down at my thighs.
Even after setting down the glass, his eyes were glued to my thighs.
“Your biggest mistake was teasing me by kissing me during Grayson’s party. You left me wanting more and that night, I wanted you so badly that I chose to be selfish.”
His gaze lingered right in the middle of my thighs, like he’d tell me to open wide or he’d do it with his bare hands. The thought of it actually made me wait.
“Wanna know the last thing you said to me during those late night video chats?” He teased me, meeting my gaze again.
“There’s more?” I smacked my lips.
“Yup…you asked if you could sit on my face.”
He said it so loudly that my jaw dropped with embarrassment.
“Wha- that never happened.” I covered my face with my hands while shaking my head.
“It definitely did.” He chuckled. “I wish I’d recorded it. I meant what I said when I told you it was only going to happen after you said it to my face while sober. So let’s hear it.”
He daringly sat back and I swallowed hard.
I’d definitely thought about it. That was something I’d always wanted to try out and Maddox always made me feel comfortable enough to explore, but I just couldn’t say it even when the silence carried on for a while. I couldn’t get the words out.
“I guess you don’t want it. Fine.” He sighed.
I quickly dropped my hands a little too hard in protest and only realized how obvious I made it when he smirked at me while shaking his head.
“Everytime, I keep seeing something new that I like about you.” He teasingly leaned forward.
“Yeah? And what is it this time?” I didn’t lean back or toward him.
I suddenly gasped when his hand latched onto my thigh and just as I closed my eyes, my phone buzzed while in his other hand and he chuckled loudly.
“What?” I asked, opening my eyes.
“I see Ella and Zoey simultaneously text you.”
I gasped as I snatched my phone from him.
“Whoa!” He raised his eyebrows. “Scared I’ll see something I shouldn’t? Relax, the screen timeout was a few minutes ago.”
I hadn’t been paying attention to how long the screen had been on and just panicked at the thought of him seeing whatever Ella and Zoey had sent to me. They liked to give me sexy suggestions at times when they knew I was going to be with him.
As soon as I unlocked my phone and played Ella’s video first, I chuckled softly and immediately held up the screen to Maddox’s face so he could see what was going on.
“Partying at 1 AM with the Barclay twins. This must be their nightclub in France. I see your friends are still having a blast, but don’t let them catch feelings.”
“Why not?” I pouted a little, swiping left to watch Zoey’s clip.
“The twins aren’t the commitment type.”
“Like you.”
I only meant it teasingly and expected a playboy reply with a smug expression, but all it did was turn him serious.
“Exactly.” He faced the counter. “No time for that shit.”
“Ever had a girlfriend?” I asked before I could stop myself.
“We finally got to that question.” He raised the corner of his mouth. “Yeah and twice in the same year but I quickly realized it wasn’t for me. That was seven years ago.”
“You make it sound like both times were awful.”
“They were, but only because of me. Not that it matters anyway.”
“Actually, it does.” I just wanted to hear more.
“Some other time.” He shook his head dismissively and rose to his feet. “I’ll show you around.”
It was the second time he was doing that, not wanting to talk about something personal in detail and I didn’t want to push him.
It took me a few seconds to get up from my scat as I wondered what it would take.
“No, tell me.” He came closer, standing right behind me.
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