Park Avenue Player(63)

Her use of the word home made me a tad uneasy. It was a reminder that I needed to think before I entered into something serious. But right now, I couldn’t think of much else besides her lips. My eyes were glued to them.

“You want to get a sample?” she asked.

“All I want to fucking taste are those lips.” Checking to make sure Hailey wasn’t looking, I leaned in and attempted to do just that, keeping my eyes in my niece’s direction the entire time.

When Hailey suddenly turned around, I pushed back and muttered, “Shit.”

“It’s gonna be a long night.” Elodie smiled.

***

The kitchen was covered in flour. We’d opted to wait to clean up the mess until after we ate. Elodie cleaned the counter while I hand-washed a few dishes.

Hailey dried each plate as I handed it to her. “When are we starting the movie?”

“Probably in about ten minutes.”

When she finished the last one, she said, “Can I go to my room until then?”

“Yeah. Sure.”

Elodie was still wiping the counter down when Hailey’s door slammed shut.

I waited a few seconds, then came up behind Elodie, pulling her into the small utility closet off the kitchen.

It was nearly dark in there, but just enough light from the kitchen seeped in through the slats in the door.

She panted as she looked up into my eyes.

I lowered my mouth to hers and emptied all of my breath into her. We kissed as if we were both starved. She pulled my hair as I grabbed her ass. Tasting the hint of wine on her, I moved my tongue harder and faster to taste everything else. Lowering my head to her neck, I sunk my teeth into her flesh.

That’s when she knocked me out of my trance, pulling back. “We’d better go back out.”

I rested my mouth on her skin then grunted. I peeked out before opening the door to make sure the coast was clear.

She followed and then went back to nonchalantly wiping the counter.

She glanced over at me and blushed. That made me want to kiss her all over again.

“It’s kind of fun sneaking around,” she said.

“I feel like a fucking kid.” I laughed. “I’ve been waiting to do that all freaking night.”

“I made sure not to wear lipstick, hoping you would.” She winked.

“Well, your lips are pretty damn red right now. I did a number on them.”

We continued to stare at each other, wanting more than we could have right now, knowing Hailey could come out at any minute.

Her soft, fair skin was begging to be bitten again. My inability to focus on anything tonight besides touching and kissing her was eye opening. It was like now that I’d given myself permission to touch her, I couldn’t keep my hands off. Maybe it was a good thing Hailey was with us tonight. We might have taken things too far. Or at least I would have tried to.

I was just about to steal one more kiss when Hailey’s bedroom door opened, demonstrating that we were only ever just seconds away from getting caught.





Chapter 28




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Elodie




My lips were still sore from our closet kiss. Hollis was so hot for me tonight—it was driving me absolutely insane.

“Can we make popcorn?” Hailey asked.

“What’s a movie without popcorn?” I smiled. “I’ll get it started.”

A few minutes later, Hailey shut off the lights in the living room. I placed the gigantic bowl of popcorn in my lap. Hailey sat on one side of me. It surprised me that Hollis chose to sit on the other side of me rather than next to Hailey. That might have made her suspicious. But honestly, I was glad he’d taken the risk. If I couldn’t touch him and kiss him tonight, I at least wanted to be near him.

The side of his leg was right up against mine. The heat from his body penetrated my clothing. I could feel his desire without him having to say or do anything beyond this subtle contact.

I was dying inside, wishing he could just take me to his room and ravage me. I tried to focus on the movie, but it was hard when all I could think about was when I’d get to feel his mouth on me again.

Our hands brushed against each other in the popcorn bowl. From time to time, I’d catch him looking at me instead of the movie. And I could feel him slowly inching closer to me, if that was even possible. I knew neither of us was really focused on the television.

Hailey suddenly stood up. “Can you pause it so I can go pee?”

“Sure,” Hollis said as he grabbed the remote. His eyes followed her down the hall.

When the bathroom door shut, Hollis placed his hand on my thigh and nudged me toward him as he enveloped my mouth in his. He groaned into my lips, the sound of starvation satisfied. His tongue against mine made the muscles between my legs contract.

In the distance, the toilet flushed. He ripped himself away from me before grabbing a throw pillow and placing it over his crotch. He laid his head back as if nothing had happened and tried to act casual as Hailey returned to her spot.

She plopped down on the couch. “Okay. Press play.”

Hollis did as she asked. We went back to watching the movie as if he hadn’t just rocked my world with those ten seconds of fucking my mouth with his tongue. I seriously wanted to escape to the bathroom and relieve the ache between my legs. It wasn’t going to be satisfied any other way tonight, because as soon as this movie ended, Hollis would have to drive me home. I wondered if the batteries in my vibrator still worked. I hadn’t used my little friend for some time, but tonight I might need it.