Love, Lies, and Deception(14)
“Surely you’ve had other women to occupy your time. A guy like you has to have girls lined up around the corner,” I replied dryly, hating the fact that I actually felt jealous just thinking about him and other women. Get a grip, Marissa! You barely know the guy and you want to stake your claim to him.
In a way I did, but I knew that anything that happened between me and Alec was going to be just a thing to pass the time. I would be leaving soon, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from enjoying the time I had left.
Alec stiffened momentarily at my comment, but then picked up with his tantalizing kisses down my neck to the tops of my breasts that peeked out slightly from my low cut top. “Yes, there have been women, but no one like you, Marissa. I already told you … you’re different.”
The next moment, he caught me off guard and picked me up in his arms, making me squeal. He carried me to the couch and laid me down gently on the cold, black leather. “You’re not seeing anyone else right now, are you?” I asked hesitantly. I had seen him with a couple of girls over the years, but no one recently. It didn’t mean he wasn’t seeing someone though.
His hypnotic blue gaze bore into mine. “The only girl I see right now is you.”
Slowly, he bent down to claim me with another kiss, and laid his body on top of mine, pressing me into the couch. He cupped my breast in his hand and massaged it gently before moving further down to the button of my jeans. His fingers fumbled with the clasp, but before he could get them unbuttoned a loud, obnoxious banging above stopped us cold.
“What the f*ck is that?” he growled, climbing off of me. Taking my hand, he pulled me up off the couch and I straightened my clothes. “It’s coming from your place,” he claimed warily. “Were you expecting company tonight? Your ex-boyfriend perhaps?”
“No,” I shrieked with wide eyes. “That’s over and done with. I don’t know of anyone who’s supposed to come by tonight, especially not from someone who sounds like they’re about to beat down my door.”
Alec ran his hands through his tousled brown hair and gave me a stern look. “You, stay here. I want to see what’s going on.”
“What are you going to do when you get up there?” I asked. I had no clue who was ravaging my door with such brutal force, but I really wanted to know. Kristian wouldn’t be doing it, and I knew my ex-boyfriend wouldn’t be; he wasn’t the violent type to do anything like that.
He shrugged. “I have no clue, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out.” He turned to leave, but I grabbed his arm before he made it out of the open door. “Wait,” I hissed quietly, pulling him back. “What if it’s someone trying to break in. What if they have a gun?”
He looked at me incredulously and said, “They wouldn’t be making that much noise if they were breaking in.”
“Yeah, you’re right, well in that case I’m coming with you.”
He smirked at me. “You wouldn’t have stayed here anyway, would you?”
Sheepishly, I bit my lip and smiled. “No, probably not.”
“Are you always so stubborn?”
“Pretty much,” I admitted.
Alec sighed and took my hand. We left his apartment quietly and made it up the steps to my apartment. By the time we got up there we were too late. No one was there, but in the wall by my door were huge dents in the siding where it looked like someone took a baseball bat to it. I walked over to the markings and ran my hand over them.
“That’s strange,” I murmured. “Why would someone do this?”
Alec shrugged and looked around. “I don’t know. Someone could’ve gotten mad and just happened to take it out on the wall. You haven’t pissed anyone off recently, have you?”
Shaking my head, I said, “No, definitely not. I have no clue who it could be.” I wrapped my arms around my middle and shivered. It was all so strange and it left an unsettling feeling in my stomach.
Alec put his arm around my shoulders. “Hey, are you going to be all right? You’re shaking.” He stood behind me and rubbed his hands down my arms, trying to warm me and to stop the chills.
“I’ll be fine. It’s just strange that’s all.”
“Why don’t you stay with me tonight, or if you feel more comfortable I can stay up here with you and sleep on your couch. I don’t want you to be alone.”
Placing my hands on my hips, I turned around and eyed him skeptically. “Are you sure you didn’t plan this so you could keep me safe and weasel your way into my bed.”
He scoffed and pretended to be offended. “Are you implying that I did all of this to get in your pants? Marissa, there are other more successful ways to do that other than to stage a farce. I have no intentions of seducing you anymore tonight, so your virtue will be safe with me. Now come on and let’s get your brownies and come back up here. It’s getting late and I know you have class in the morning.”
We walked back down to his apartment, got the brownies and my phone, and headed back upstairs. The unsettled feeling still felt like a boulder weighing heavily in my stomach, and I didn’t like it one bit.
My alarm clock buzzed right at seven in the morning, and I was greeted with a massive headache throbbing at my temples. Why did I drink all that wine?