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.Roni proved that tonight.Despite their age difference and whatever stageRoni thought she was in, no matter how hard she tried to fight it, their hearts were in the exact sameplace now and that’s all that mattered.~*~“Hickeys?” Veronica turned from the mirror to Noah who was now sitting on the edge of thebed smiling at her smugly.“You gave me hickeys?”“I got a little carried away.” He chuckled.“What can I say? You drive me nuts.”She turned back to the mirror.Not one or two but three nearly purple hickeys adorned the fronto f her neck.Not even in high school when the kids thought they were cool and other girls actuallyshowed them off did she think there was anything cool about them and she certainly didn’t now at herage.Especially when she was getting ready to go back to work the very next day.She lifted her hair to find a fourth one smaller than the ones in the front of her neck, just underher ear.“How am I supposed to show up to work tomorrow like this?”He stood up and came up behind her from behind and smiled into the mirror.“Oh wow.Thoseare pretty big.” She shivered at the touch of his fingers against the back of her neck.He brushed herhair away gently and kissed her nape.“Looks like I missed a spot.”Her body was immediately awakened by the feel of his tongue against her neck and she pulledaway.“Stop, Noah.I’m serious.” She stifled a gasp trying not to put too much thought into the fact thathe was obviously planning on continuing what they started last night.“I was too,” he said bringing his arms around her waist.She placed her hands over his on her belly and watched him in the mirror as he kissed the sideof her face.“Noah, I thought we said we weren’t going to do this.”“Nope.” He kissed her cheek and hugged her tighter.“You said we couldn’t handle it.I saidwe’d work something out.”She turned to face him all ready to lay her argument down, then winced when she saw the sideof his face was still swollen.Placing her fingers gently on over the lumpy area she began to ask if itstill hurt when he lips were on hers again and she was swept away into another one of his amazingkisses.When it was finally over after several long minutes of deep kissing, her legs were like two wetnoodles.She literally had to cling to his big arms for support.He leaned his forehead against herscatching his breath, his smoldering eyes looked into hers.“If you don’t wanna do this just tell me andI’ll respect your wishes.But unless you say the word, this isn’t gonna stop.”She had to think of something—some kind of compromise.As much as her brain insisted, shecouldn’t bring herself to say the words she knew she should be saying.This needs to stop before it’stoo late.But she couldn’t so she said the next best thing she could come up with.“I think we should atleast slow it down.We’re friends remember? I don’t want things to change.”With the words out there like that now, she realized that’s what it really was.She now had thishuge fear that things would change and she’d lose him.She couldn’t even bear the thought.He took a deep breath, the lust in his eyes replaced by frustration.“What do you think is goingto change, Roni?”“Everything.” She pulled away gently, a little surprised by the disappointment that he let her.“I’m going back to work.I need to concentrate on that.On getting myself back to the way I used to be.This,” she said running her finger up his hard forearm.“This will complicate everything.I have somuch going on right now, and I hate to sound selfish but I need your friendship now more than ever.Ifwe continue to do this and things change…” she took a deep breath hoping he didn’t notice howemotional this was making her.“I’m afraid we’ll lose what we have.”He pulled her to him again hugging her tight.“Nothing is gonna change I promise you that.But ifslowing things down will make you feel better, then I’ll try to control myself around you.” He pulledback to face her again.“I’m not saying I won’t slip okay? Because I probably will—a lot.But Ipromise I will make an effort.” He tilted her chin up slightly with his fingers, examining her neck andsmiled.“I don’t know what you’re complaining about.I think they look good.”Veronica peered at him unbelievably.She’d suspected it earlier but now she was sure of it.Thehickeys were no mistake.His words from last night came to mind.My Roni.This was so like him.She should’ve known the moment she saw them.“Yeah, well they’re coming off.”He smiled even bigger and kissed her nose.“Okay.Whatever you say.”An hour later and after infuriatingly having to google, “How to remove a hickey?” Veronicaknew why Noah had been so smug and agreeable about her removing them.It was basicallyimpossible to remove in a day or even a few days as dark as hers were.While there were manysuggestions on how to lighten them, she learned a few things that morning.A hickey was a bruise—popped blood vessels under the skin.Albeit a far more enjoyable way of getting a bruise it wasstill just a bruise.And the only realistic way to get rid of it was to conceal it.Thankful that it was winter and that she’d actually purchased a turtleneck when she’d shoppedfor work clothes she’d just have to get creative the first week of work.She stood in front of hermirror examining the darks spots on her neck.The thought of Noah’s mouth on her and how good hishot tongue and lips felt sucking it made her close her eyes and take a deep breath.It was crazy how fast just thinking of his lips on hers, his hard body pressing against her, hadher panties working overtime again to soak u p her puddles like they had last night.She exhaledslowly, her body trembling with the visuals of her and Noah.Deciding a long shower is what she needed she got her things together and headed to thebathroom.It might help her get her thoughts together.Before last night she was already anticipatingthis week to be an emotional roller coaster.The turn things had taken with Noah would only intensifyeverything now.It almost made her mad.She’d been looking forward to her new beginning.This was supposedto be exciting, refreshing.Instead that was overshadowed now with thoughts of her and Noah.Shemeant it when she said she was afraid to lose him and she’d known from the very beginning this couldbe the very thing that would cause that.How in the world did she really plan on getting her social life back now without it causingfriction? The life she knew.Brunches with friends her age—Friday night cocktails with the girls fromwork at a nice restaurant, not backyard parties with dance crews and brawling teenagers.Althoughshe had to admit that until that idiot started hitting on her the moment Noah was out of sight, she’dbeen enjoying herself.She glanced in the mirror just before she stepped in the shower.The ridiculous hickeys lookedalmost painful, though getting them had been anything but.She sighed shaking her head—ironic.Thiswas something a middle school kid would pull to mark his territory.And to top it off Noah thought itwas funny.Did he not get that he was not gaining any maturity points here?Veronica could only hope her shower would help her relax because she knew the next fewweeks were going to be a challenge.***Because it was New Year’s day, one of the few holidays Jack ever closed down the gym, Noahhadn’t made any plans to leave the house today.That was until Gio called to ask how he was feelingand mentioned he was going over to his uncle’s house to help him pile up more sandbags [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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