Taming Alec(9)

I tried to remind myself that Alec was nothing but trouble, but that thought flew out the window when he lowered his head and kissed my shoulder. I shuddered hard enough that I knew he felt it.

The song ended a few seconds later. He spun me around until I was facing him. My breath caught at the raw hunger in his eyes.

“I thought you were a good girl. Maybe I was wrong,” he said, his voice deepening to the point that his words came out as a growl.

“Maybe you were,” I whispered.

A new song came on. I had no idea what song it was. I was too preoccupied with the fact that his mouth was inches from mine, and it was coming closer with each passing second.

“Are you going to hit me if I kiss you?” he asked.

People were dancing all around us, but neither of us moved. I finally shook my head, unable to speak. I knew the moment he kissed me, the game would change. I wasn’t sure if I was ready for that. Ready or not though, it was about to happen.

He leaned in the last few inches and pressed his lips against mine. He kissed me softly at first. When I didn’t push him away, he deepened the kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer. I couldn’t get enough of him. He pulled away for a split second before crashing his mouth down on mine again. I moaned as his tongue slipped inside and caressed my own.

He broke away suddenly and took a step back. All I could do was stare at him. I was so lost in my own need that I couldn’t think.

“Go home, Rebecca,” he said roughly.

My eyes widened. “What?”

“Go home.” He stepped closer, but he made sure that our bodies weren’t touching. “If you don’t leave right now, I won’t be able to control myself. I’m going to take you into the storage room and f*ck you hard against the wall.”

My mouth dropped open in shock.

“Go. You’re my neighbor, for Christ’s sake. You’re not just some random chick in this bar. This can’t happen.”

“You didn’t seem to care about that when I met you!” I shouted.

A few people around us stopped dancing as they looked back and forth between the two of us.

“I was just f*cking with you then. I knew what kind of girl you were the moment I saw you. I knew you wouldn’t fall for my bullshit. Obviously, I was wrong. Go the f*ck home!”

I stumbled backward as if he’d hit me.

Arie was at my side instantly, glaring at Alec. “What the f*ck did you do to my friend?” she shouted at him.

Alec shook his head and turned away from us. I watched as he walked away, shoving people aside as he went.

“What the hell just happened?” Arie demanded.

“Just get me out of here. Please,” I said.

She didn’t say another word as she led me back to her car.





I waited until Arie left my apartment before I let myself cry. I’d forced my tears away in the car as I listened to her apologize over and over for coming up with her stupid plan. When she hadn’t been apologizing, she had cussed Alec out and wished all kinds of STDs on him. She’d practically begged to come up to my apartment with me, but I’d refused. I just wanted to be alone.

I showered and changed into my pajamas without even realizing what I was doing. The next thing I knew, I was lying in bed with tears streaming down my face. I let out a muffled sob. I’d been so caught up in the moment that I’d let my guard down. I’d been stupid to think that there was something between Alec and me. He’d danced with me just to prove that he could, and I had been the one who took it too far. But he’d kissed me. It wasn’t as if I’d tackled him and forced my mouth on his. No, that had been all him.

He’d played me, and I’d fallen for it. We had been playing a game after all, but I was the one who had been fooled. I was an idiot to think I could trick someone like him. Arie had been right. I had no idea what I was doing when it came to men. I didn’t even know how to have a life. I was just some pathetic girl without a clue.

I had no idea why I couldn’t stop crying. It wasn’t like I actually cared for him. I barely knew him, and what I did know wasn’t that great. He was a womanizing *, and I was the moron who had given him the power to hurt me.

I groaned when I heard someone knocking on my door. The only person it could be was Arie. She was obviously ignoring my request to be alone. I stayed in bed. Maybe if I didn’t answer, she’d assume that I was already asleep, and she’d leave me be. She knocked one more time and then silence. After a couple of minutes, I sighed in relief as I wiped my tears away.

She must have left.

“You really shouldn’t leave your door unlocked like that. Any * can come into your apartment,” a man’s voice said.

I screamed in terror as I sat straight up. I turned on my bedside lamp, and then a better idea popped into my mind. I picked it up, still plugged in, as I prepared to launch it at whoever was in my bedroom.

“Whoa! Calm down. It’s just me.”

I raised the lamp higher over my head, and Alec came into view.

“What the hell are you doing in my apartment?” I shouted.

“I knocked, but you didn’t answer. I tried the door, and it was unlocked. Leaving your door like that isn’t smart, especially for a woman living on her own. You need to be more careful.”