Series: The Laws of Opposite Attract Series by Vi Keeland
Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 98878 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 494(@200wpm)___ 396(@250wpm)___ 330(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98878 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 494(@200wpm)___ 396(@250wpm)___ 330(@300wpm)
“You kissed me first last night. So…an eye for an eye,” he muttered over my lips before taking my mouth with his.
Ohhhhhhh. My legs felt weak as I melted into him. He wrapped his hands around my face and kissed me harder than I’d ever been kissed. So commanding. So freaking perfect. When the doors opened, he pushed back immediately. Thankfully, this time there was no one standing there who knew us.
We started down the hall, and I knew that kiss had been way too short. My mouth burned with unsatisfied desire. I needed more. My nipples were hard, and my body was in flames as I walked along with jelly legs.
He brushed against me. “Come to my room so I can finish what I started.”
I wanted to. Or at least every inch of my body did. But I knew what would happen.
“I can’t,” I said.
“This isn’t just about sex, Alex.” His hair was sticking up a little. “I want to date you. Why can’t you take my interest in you seriously?”
“Are you dating anyone else?” I blurted.
He stopped in the middle of the hallway. “No.”
My chest rose and fell. “You’re not seeing someone back in New York?”
“What part of no don’t you understand? Now, what time are we going to dinner tonight?” When I hesitated, he said, “I’ll meet you downstairs at eight.”
Then he walked back the other direction, toward the elevators, and disappeared.
I caught myself licking the corner of my lips. He was right. I did do that when I was nervous.
***
That evening, Brayden took me to an Indian restaurant he’d wanted to try. The food was spicier than I normally liked—too hot to handle, like pretty much everything else about this day.
At one point he left his phone on the table while he went to the bathroom. It lit up with a call, and a woman’s face appeared on the screen. She had long black hair and dark red lipstick. She was beautiful, and I panicked inside.
Jealousy tore through me. I’m too old for this shit. He said he wasn’t dating anyone. I wanted to believe him. But who was this gorgeous woman?
Brayden returned to the table, and his smile faded as he got a look at my face. I guess I wasn’t very good at hiding my emotions.
“What’s wrong, Alex?”
I slid his phone toward him. “You missed a call.”
He narrowed his eyes and looked down. “Yeah. Okay. It was Billie…”
“Who’s Billie?” My heart pounded.
“My buddy Colby’s wife.” His eyes widened. “Wait, did you think…” He exhaled. “I get why you might’ve assumed that.”
“Who bothers to upload a photo of his friend’s wife to his caller ID? I would never have imagined that’s who she was.”
Brayden rolled his eyes. “I didn’t upload it. She did. Billie grabbed my phone one day and did it to bust my balls. Did you not notice she’s giving me the middle finger in that pic?”
I hadn’t. I’d been too busy noticing how beautiful she was.
“She said I never answer my damn phone, and that’s why she did it.” He sighed, and then a lightbulb seemed to go on. He snapped his fingers. “You know what? You and Billie need to talk.” He scrolled on his phone.
“What? What are you doing?” I asked.
Brayden waited for her to pick up. “Hey, Billie. What’s up? I saw you called…” He scratched his chin. “Oh, yeah. Tell Colby I got them down to two thousand. I meant to fill him in on that.” He paused. “Listen, I need a favor. I’m on a date right now. Her name is Alex. I need you to talk to her and tell her she can trust me.” Without further warning, he handed the phone to me.
I cleared my throat. “Um…hello?”
“I can’t believe that jackass just handed you the phone.” She laughed.
“It’s because I saw your photo on the screen when you called and thought you were more than a friend after he’d told me he wasn’t dating anyone.” I sighed. “You’re very beautiful, by the way.”
“Aw, well, I like you already and don’t even know you.”
“I’m sorry. This is terribly awkward. Not sure what I’m supposed to say right now…” I looked over at Brayden, who stared at me intently.
“I don’t know you or what’s going on between you and Brayden,” she said. “But I can tell you a couple of things even so.”
“Okay…” I licked the corner of my mouth.
“Brayden never talks about the women he dates. He’s generally the most secretive of the bunch. So, the fact that he wanted me to speak to you says a lot. And one thing he’s not is dishonest. None of the guys in their circle are. If you ask them a question, you can bet their answers are the truth, even if you don’t wanna hear it.”
“Thank you.” I nodded, letting out a relieved breath. “Anything else?”