Love, Lies, and Deception(15)
I buried my head under my pillow to block out the sunlight glaring through my window into my eyes. I laid in bed for a few minutes longer and was about to get out when I heard a knock on my bedroom door. It had to be Alec because I knew very well that Emily wouldn’t have made it back that early in the morning from Justin’s.
“Go away,” I muttered halfheartedly, my voice subdued by the pillow. I didn’t really want him to go away.
The door creaked, signaling that he entered my room, and I smiled, hidden by the pillow. I could hear his footsteps coming closer—slowly—step by step. “Wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?” he teased. The bed dipped down from his weight, and I could feel the heat emanating off of him. Why couldn’t he have kept me warm last night?
“Nice room by the way … very earthy.”
Green was my favorite color, and I made sure to have a lot of earthy tones in my room. It reminded me of nature and being out in the woods, something I enjoyed living out in the mountains.
“What can I do for you this morning?” I offered dryly.
He moved closer and leaned over my body. “For starters you can stop hiding your face and look at me.”
I held the pillow tighter. “Nope, not gonna happen. I have a terrible headache and I feel like shit. I’m sure I look like shit, too. I also need to brush my teeth.”
Alec huffed and the next thing I knew he scooped me up underneath the arms and tackled me across the bed, grasping for the pillow. I squealed and held on tight, but he easily pulled it away from me, chuckling the whole time. Once he saw me, he smiled brightly and ran his finger down my make-up free face.
“So beautiful,” he murmured. Leaning into his hand, I closed my eyes, soaking up his tender caress.
He was beautiful; bare-chested with only his boxers on. I felt like I was going to hyperventilate. He smirked, clearly aware of the effect he had on me. Smiling to myself, I thought, Let’s see how he likes this. Swinging my pillow, I smacked him across the face with it and he went down, taking me with him. We rolled around on the bed, getting tangled in the sheets, when everything just stopped.
Breathing hard, I straddled atop Alec, gazing down at his heat-filled stare. His hands were on my bare thighs, skimming across my boy short underwear until he ended with them on my ass. I was only wearing a thin T-shirt, but the way he drank me in made me feel naked. His cock was hard between my legs and I couldn’t stop my hips from moving against him.
“I wondered if you were going to come in here last night,” I rasped, breathless.
He dug his fingers into my skin and guided me over his straining erection. Biting his lip, he groaned, his cock thickening underneath my torturous glide. My panties were soaked, wet with need, and I ached to feel his warm skin inside of mine. What is his touch doing to me?
“Trust me, I wanted to,” he said, his voice full of need.
“Why didn’t you?” I asked hesitantly, slowing my hips.
Alec reached up, tucking my hair behind my ears, and held onto my face with his large, soft hands. “Because I wanted you to have a clear head before you made the decision to have sex with me. You were a little lit last night. The last thing I wanted was for you to regret what we did.”
“Hmm …” I pulled back, thoughtful. “I’m sure most guys would’ve taken advantage of the situation.”
He shrugged and met my eyes head on. “And most guys would’ve taken advantage. I used to not care, to be honest, but you’re also not the type of girl I’m used to being with.”
“How do you know I’m not like the girls you used to be with?” I asked curiously.
Pulling me down on top of him, he brushed his lips against mine. I closed my eyes and relished the feel of his body being so close. When I opened them, his intense stare vibrated throughout my body, and he whispered softly, “You’re not like the other girls because when you look at me you actually see me, the person I really am. For the first time in a long while I feel normal. Last night made me feel normal.”
Confused, I furrowed my brows at him. “That was kind of cryptic, Alec. How do people normally see you?”
Sighing, he looked away. “The people I used to be around back home didn’t care what I was like or who I really was. Most of them used me, and I used them back. It was all I ever knew until I came here and saw things in a different perspective.”
“You’re aunt?” I inquired.
“Yes, my aunt,” he agreed. “She literally beat some sense into me. Maybe one day you’ll get to meet her.”
“It’ll have to be soon if I do,” I informed him. “I move once the summer is over.”
His face fell. “Oh yeah? Where?”
Alec’s tone gave me pause, and I stared down at him, trying to figure him out. I never thought that what we were doing would have an impact once I left. I liked him, and I was severely attracted to him, but I refused to do another long distance relationship if I moved away. I wanted to enjoy my life, except Alec did something to me that made me want to throw all of my rules out the window.
Cautiously, I replied, “Emily and I are moving to Wilmington, to the beach. I’m going into the Marine Biology graduate program at the University of Wilmington in the fall. It was something I decided to do a few months ago.”
His face finally lifted and he smiled, a gleam twinkling in his eye like he knew something I didn’t. “Trading in the mountains for the beach, eh? I guess I can teach you how to surf after all.”