Page 65 of On the Double

HARPER

A huge grinsplit my face as I walked down the stairs to the basement to retrieve my phone. Once at the bottom, I recalled what had happened just a half hour ago in this very spot. I could still feel his thick cock thrusting into my mouth as I sucked him dry.

“Harper!”

Startled, I spun around, clutching the phone to my chest as I peeked up at Edu in mortification. I could feel my cheeks flush red as he eyed me as if he could read my mind. My eyes drifted south to his growing cock inside his shorts. I had to fan myself to keep from orgasming on the spot.

“Harper,” he growled.

There was no point in denying what I was thinking. I hurried up the steps, pushing against him to pass once at the top. “Did you need something?”

“You were going to leave me to get your own Chinese food?”

“You can come with if you want,” I said, hurrying around to find my purse, purposely not looking at him.

“Why are you ignoring me?”

“I’m not. I’m just getting ready to go. I think I’ll use the bathroom first.”

I hurried off to the guest bathroom I’d seen when I walked in. It didn’t allow for much privacy, but it would do while I pulled myself together. Once the door was shut, I raised my hands and did a happy dance, squealing internally that I had just landed one of the hottest men on this earth. No, it wasn’t permanent, but it was more than I could have ever wanted. And who knew? Maybe in time he would come around. He already told me this would be more than one night. I just had to play this cool.

I pulled my face into a somewhat normal facade, which ended up making me look sad. Okay, I needed to try for casual. I went for a half smile, but ended up looking like a deranged monkey.

“You can do this,” I whispered to myself. “Just be cool.”

Taking a deep breath, I spun around and pulled the door open, running right into a brick wall of a man. Slowly raising my gaze, I stared into his admonishing eyes.

“You know I could hear you in there, right?”

Normal smile. Give him a normal smile.I pulled my lips back in what I knew was a crazed smile, but I couldn’t stop it. It just kept going, getting wider and wider until he looked truly terrified of me.

“What’s wrong with your face?” he asked. Then he put his hands on my cheeks and forced them to relax. He grimaced at the sight of my smooshed lips. “Well, it’s better than it was. Are you done jumping around in there?”

My jaw dropped in disbelief. “I wasnotjumping around.”

Rolling his eyes, he walked away from me toward the door. “Harper, I could hear your feet pounding on the floor. You’re not exactly subtle.”

He grabbed his keys and headed out the door. I followed, not sure what else to do. He was ever the gentleman, holding the door for me, then locking it and grabbing my hand as we walked to his truck.

While I was gasping in delight at the fact that he was holding my hand, he was acting like it was no big deal. Major mixed signals were being sent. He didn’t want a relationship, but he was holding my hand. And the way he so casually grabbed it, that had to mean something, right?

He opened my door and hauled me into it again. I could have usedthe step, but I wasn’t about to complain if he wanted to put his hands on me.

“So,” he said as he started up the truck.

I waited eagerly for him to finish his thought. Anything this man said was absolutely thrilling to me. Maybe it shouldn’t be. Maybe that showed a lack of…something, but I found I really didn’t care. I was a little obsessed, and that wasn’t about to change in the next five minutes.

He glanced at me, his face contorting in an odd expression. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Like what?”

“Like you’re hanging on my every word.”

Probably because I was. “You were saying something. I’m just waiting for you to finish your thought.”

His brows crinkled, making the most adorable lines between his eyes. He really was the most handsome man I’d ever met.

“I saidso.”