Ignite by Kinley Cole

Author:Kinley Cole [Cole, Kinley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kinley Cole
Published: 2018-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

IT WASN’T FAIR, AND I only had myself to blame. I’d had to make that godforsaken wisecrack about being jealous of that fucking Twix bar, and my mind couldn’t seem to get beyond the mental image of her lips and tongue as she indulged in her favorite sinful treat. Paired with my own body’s memory of the heat and desire when I’d kissed her, I was having a hard time concentrating on anything else other than my overt awareness of there being only a wall between her and I.

I don’t know how many times I checked my phone for missed texts or calls before Leah’s number finally came up on my screen, but it was enough that my desperation to see her was definitely showing. I stared at her words on the screen as though I could hear them falling from her lips.

Call me when you have time, to chat about Luxe. I’ll be up for a while.

“You and me both,” I whispered to no one in particular as I tapped out my reply.

Up for company instead of a phone call? To hell with dancing around the subject. She either wanted me there, or she didn’t. But I was going to let her decide, not my pride. I wasn’t too proud to beg, either.

Her response was instantaneous. Come over, but don’t knock. Luxe is asleep. I’m in the laundry room.

I didn’t even bother to try to hide my eagerness, and I slipped down the hallway in my sock-covered feet without a sound. Silence surrounded me, and the absence of voices or another neighbors’ television carrying through the air gave my trek a secretive, clandestine feel to it.

The door didn’t even squeak as I let myself into Leah’s apartment, and I instinctively locked the door behind me. Luxe’s bedroom door was closed at the end of the hall, but the urge to check on his sleeping form tugged at me, anyway. That urge wasn’t quite as relentless as the need to set my sights on Leah, so I ducked into the little room off the kitchen, announcing my arrival with a soft knock.

“Hey,” I whispered loudly over the sound of the dryer. “You really need to lock that front door, even if you’re—”

My words were lost as she turned around and looked at me. Dressed only in plaid pajama shorts and a fitted gray t-shirt, she was the picture of comfort and natural prettiness. Her eyes, however, were a different kind of vision, and spoke to me louder than the rumbling of the washing machine she’d just started. They shone with a fiery heat, barely contained, as she stood completely still and took me in, her gaze lowering and then raising to meet mine.

The air between us crackled with electricity, and I swallowed as she bit down on her bottom lip.

Then, “Jason...”

My name was said on a sigh. It was a plea, a wish, or maybe a promise. I couldn’t tell which.

And I didn’t care.

I don’t know if Leah came to

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