Slow Play (The Rules #3)(4)

I swear I hear Alexandria laugh and I jerk my head in her direction to see her fingers covering her smiling mouth. Naughty cop’s fingers slide over my bare chest—the shirt I’m wearing is open practically to my stomach—and I return my attention to her, taking a step back so her hand falls away. “I don’t do handcuffs on the first date,” I tell her.

Naughty cop—damn it, I wish I could remember her name—rests her hands on her hips and mock pouts. “This isn’t our first date.”

I wince. Yeah. I’m that * who does a girl and doesn’t remember it. I’m supposedly living the dream? “How about I don’t do handcuffs ever.”

“Smart policy,” Alexandria murmurs, making me smile.

Making naughty cop fume.

“Have fun with your little angel then,” she says snidely, sending us both a disgusted look. “At least with me, you know I put out.”

I watch her walk away, her hips swishing, that little black skirt she’s wearing obscenely high. Was that the smart choice, letting her go? Hey, she’s a sure thing and Alexandria looks like she’d rather kick me in the balls than sneak off to the bathroom for some quality naked time.

“You could chase after her you know,” she says, her droll voice making me whip back around to face her.

“What do you mean?”

“I saw the drool form in the corner of your mouth.” Alexandria smiles tightly. What, is she jealous? No freaking way. “And you know she puts out so…”

“I’m not interested in her.” I take a step closer to her, pleased that she doesn’t run away. This close, I can see the delicate way her nose turns up, right at the tip. The perfect shape of her lush lips. Her skin is flawless. Her hair looks so soft I want to touch it and her scent…

I want to bury my face in whatever spot she’ll let me and just inhale her.

She raises a brow. “You sure about that?”

“Definitely sure.” I let my gaze travel all over her, noting the gentle curve of her tits—yeah, they’re not very big but that’s okay—the nipped in waist and those long, long legs make up for it. Her body type isn’t what I’m normally attracted to but I’m all for changing it up.

“Am I supposed to assume you’re interested in me instead?” She holds her red cup up in front of her chest, like some sort of defense mechanism but that’s not going to stop me. I’m not letting her go so easily.

“You picked up on that, hmm?” I lean toward her and take a deep breath, closing my eyes for the briefest moment. Wild flowers. Heady and sweet. Fucking delicious.

When I open my eyes I find her watching me like she thinks I’ve lost my damn mind. “What were you doing?”

“You smell amazing,” I tell her. I’m being one hundred percent honest here, not my normal mode of operation but this girl is the complete opposite of who I usually go for. I’m running on pure instinct.

“So you just sniffed me.”

“Well…” My voice drifts. Don’t tell me she’s pissed. “Yeah.”

“You’re not my type,” she says bluntly.

Ouch. “You’re not my type either, sweetheart, but there are always exceptions to the rules.” I move in for the kill, slipping my arm around her waist. She startles when I settle my hand on her hip, her skin warm through the thin fabric of her costume and I feel the thin string that must be the waistband of her panties.

Just like that, my cock twitches to life.

“What do you think you’re doing?” She pulls out of my grip.

“What does it look like I’m doing?” I try to put my arm around her again but she bats it away with her free hand. “What the hell?”

“You really think you can just sidle up to some random girl and feel her up?”

Has she never been to a college party before? “You’re not random. We already met.”

She laughs. “I am so random. And so are you. We don’t fit.”

“Do we need to fit to f*ck?” I ask incredulously.

The shocked, disgusted look on her face is almost comical.

Almost.

“You’re a complete jackass,” she declares, right before lifting her cup of beer and…

Dumping it all over my head.

“…definitely not one of your finest moments, my friend,” Shep finishes just before he and Gabe collapse into fits of laughter.

The bastards.

I glare at them. We’re at our usual breakfast haunt. Monday morning, bright and early, the place packed with college students like us. We’re sitting in a booth near the back, all three of us having nine o’clock classes so we tend to meet weekly.

Lucky me, they’re mocking my ass over what happened at the Halloween party.

“What did you say to her anyway?” Gabe asks once he’s composed himself. Shep’s still chuckling and I throw him a dirty look before I answer.

“I told her we didn’t need to fit to—f*ck,” I say deadpan, causing them to start laughing all over again. “Listen *s, it’s not that funny.”

“The look on your face and how pissed you are over this makes it pretty f*cking funny,” Gabe says, shaking his head. “Why would you say that to a girl as hot as Alex?”