Be My Baby: A BWWM Romance by Nia Arthurs

Author:Nia Arthurs [Arthurs, Nia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-15T18:30:00+00:00

Nineteen

Chance

She’s nervous. It’s there in the constant lip-bite. There in the sudden distance between us as we share the elevator. There in the tremble of her fingers that she tries to hide by clutching her purse.

The switch catches me by surprise. The fear in her. The hesitance.

As if she hadn’t noticed the way I’ve been eyeing her all night.

Desire raged in me the moment I saw her in that dress. That tight, sexy piece of black wrapped around her body. It’s a dare. A damn challenge. Try and keep your hands off me tonight, Chance.

I almost whisked her straight upstairs I was that eager to be buried inside her.

She asked.

In more ways than one.

And I’m here.

I’m all the way in.

Yet her breath gets deep and shallow. And sweat forms on her temples. And her toes are curling in her shoes.

I want to reach out and hug her, but I’m afraid she’ll break.

What’s wrong, Tori?

Maybe it’s too real now.

Maybe she’d gotten used to my restraint and doubted this moment would come.

Whatever it is, I need to know.

I want inside her head just as much as I want inside her tight little body.

The numbers on the screen keep changing.

The elevator’s going to the top floor.

We have time.

Even if we don’t, I’ll make time.

I stride closer to Tori.

She holds herself incredibly still. A human statue. A pillar of tangled nerves. I can see the strain in her eyes, dark pupils darting back and forth.

“We can go back downstairs,” I murmur.

“No.” The answer is breathy but immediate. “I’m okay.”

“You’re shaking.”

“I’m…”

“Don’t.” Even if she tries to lie, it won’t be believable.

“I’m scared.” She releases the truth like it burns. “I’m terrified.”

“I won’t hurt you.”

“I know.”

“I’ll stop if you ask me to.”

“I know that too.”

My brows knit.

She licks her lips. “I want this.”

“Then?”

“What if it doesn’t work?”

I lean closer. Focus on her as if her words hold the key to my world, to my everything.

“What if I wasted your time, what if I risked all of Make It Marriage, put Kayla, Venus and Amina’s reputations in jeopardy, what if I go to all these lengths… and I fail?”

For a second, I stay silent.

That’s what she’s worried about? That’s where her head is right now?

Tears pulse in her eyes. “Maybe it’s better to…” she swallows, “ to stop here than try and fall flat on my face.”

“Maybe it is.”

Her eyes slide to mine. A tear falls.

“It’s okay.” I assure her. “It’s okay to feel overwhelmed.” The elevator stops. Doors whir open.

A path covered in thick purple carpets rolls before us.

I punch the elevator button.

The doors whir shut.

Ground floor.

We’re heading down again.

Tori sucks in a breath. “What are you doing?”

“We can ride this elevator all night.”

Her lips inch up slightly. “Chance.”

“You’re worried about everyone else and all I’m worried about is you.”

She shakes her head. “Don’t say things like that.”

“It’s true.” I stare down at her. “Your love for people is one of the reasons I chose your profile. It’s one of the many reasons.” My voice is low and steady.

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