As she moved to put her purse on the bar, a knock sounded at her door, and she jumped. Shit. Lucie had hoped to at least have a shower before Kane showed up. Without thought, she opened the door; not wanting him to knock again for fear that the noise might disturb her neighbors. She didn’t want to give them any reason to hate her.
“You said you would be at the club for another half hour,” she huffed in exasperation as she shut the door behind him.
Her apartment wasn’t big by any stretch of the imagination, but when Kane walked in, it suddenly felt even smaller.
“I couldn’t wait,” Kane remarked, making his way into the apartment.
Couldn’t wait for what? To come over there and tell her how every decision she’d ever made was the wrong one? Hell, she knew that already, so he wouldn’t be telling her anything new.
“For what?” she asked, flipping the deadbolt before turning to face him.
Oh hell.
Looking up into his eyes, Lucie knew her life was about to veer off course yet again.
Chapter Three
Kane stared down into the chocolate brown eyes that he’d been dreaming about for the better part of the last six years. Ever since the first time he laid eyes on Lucie Werner, he’d been captivated by her delicate beauty. Even more so now than back then.
“To do this.” Backing her up against the front door, Kane pressed his body against hers, trying to contain the hunger that pulsed hot and fast through his bloodstream. Cupping her head in his hands, he whispered, “I couldn’t wait to put my mouth on you.”
Expecting her to move, or even push him away, Kane paused briefly before gently pressing his lips to hers. He had to keep himself grounded in the moment as soon as her soft, warm lips met his because the inclination to thrust his tongue deep in her mouth was overwhelming.
Her hand lifted to his chest, and he could feel the slight tremor in her fingers and the heat of her skin through his shirt. He had to coax her lips open with his tongue, but her resistance wasn’t nearly as strong as he knew she intended.
Once he delved into her mouth, he licked and tasted every soft, succulent inch of her, pressing his body more firmly against hers, aligning his rock hard cock between her thighs and grinding like a damn teenage boy who’d just figured out what it meant to have a hard on.
Damn she was hot. There was absolutely nothing reserved or timid about this woman when she kissed him.
The urgent scrape of her fingernails against his scalp when she slid her hands into his hair had Kane pulling her closer, growling into the kiss. There was no turning back tonight. Since he couldn’t turn back time to relive that moment from years before, it was high time they made some new memories.
After long, drugging kisses, Kane reluctantly pulled his mouth from hers but didn’t put any space between them. When their eyes met, Kane knew there wouldn’t be any talking tonight. He was confident that’s what she thought he wanted and maybe somewhere deep down he did want to know why she thought it best to keep such an enormous secret, but right now, he just needed to feel her. More importantly, he needed Lucie to give herself to him.
“I need a shower,” he finally said, as he held her close, his palm pressed into her lower back, the other on her hip.
After having been at the bar for fourteen hours, he could smell the revolting stench of cigarette smoke, beer and the various liquors he poured all night. He knew she would be able to smell it on him too.
“It’s down the hall,” Lucie stuttered, not breaking eye contact.
“Show me,” Kane told her before taking a step back. He fully intended to take a shower, but he didn’t plan to do so alone.
Kane could feel Lucie’s reluctance; it billowed around her like a lingering cloud undisturbed by the forceful winds churning around them. If he guessed, she was both nervous and anxious, both emotions warring inside of her, and like him, she wasn’t sure where this was going. He was going to make the decision for her unless, of course, she told him no.
Kane wanted her with a gut wrenching passion, but he would never force her. He just couldn’t sit back and wait for her to come to him anymore. It was clear she was keeping herself distant, and there was no way in hell he was about to let another man intrude on what he considered his.
When Lucie stopped in front of the bathroom, he took her hand in his and pulled her to him once more. He wasn’t letting her get away that easily, and he knew if he left it up to her, she would run and hide from him until he forced her to face the searing heat that they couldn’t deny any longer.
Moving her backward until she was in the bathroom with him, Kane shut the door, letting her know his intentions. It was now or never. Either she would succumb to the inferno of lust that ignited when they were in close proximity, or she would turn and run. Either way, he was ready to move on to the next phase of what was happening between them.