Paired Off: The Mating Grounds by Ciree Hawthorn

Author:Ciree Hawthorn [Hawthorn, Ciree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

2.5 months after The Choosing

Ana

After that kiss a few weeks ago, Sean and I keep trading these flirty looks.

I climb out of my bunk; I get a little smirk. He passes me in the kitchen; I get the smolder. God forbid I catch his eye in the gym, then every lift starts to feel sexual.

I started doing my workouts early in the morning just to give myself a fighting chance of making it through the whole thing without getting all flustered.

As I’m getting set up in a plank position, I see the door open in the mirror on the wall. I assume it's Quinn given the hour, wave over my shoulder and go back to focusing on my form. Suddenly there are two large hands at my waist and I quickly turn over in surprise. Sean’s kneeling there, reaching out to touch me and my whole body feels hot in an instant.

“I hope you don’t mind the interruption,” he murmurs.

“Well, you surprised me, but I can’t say I mind just now.” I blush, looking down at those big hands on the exposed skin between my waistband and sports bra. He follows my gaze and moves his thumb across the bottom of my ribcage as it heaves in and out in time with my deep breaths.

We stay that way for a few moments until the anticipation gets the better of me. “Sean, you got me alone, now what exactly are you hoping to do with me?”

“I hadn’t thought that far ahead to be honest,” he groans good-naturedly. “I just knew I couldn’t let the moment go to waste. Seeing you through the window I just needed to be near you.”

A hopeful sort of feeling winds through my chest. I sit up, our faces barely inches apart now and wait to see what he’ll do next. I’m terrified to make a move and botch it.

But maybe he’s terrified too?

I bring my hand to his shoulder and lean in, watching his eyes dart to my mouth. As our lips touch, I feel him shiver against my hand and it rouses something brave in me. I reach around to the back of his shirt and drag it up over his shoulder and off.

He just stares at me, and I hope I haven’t overstepped and misjudged this.

“Ana. Are you sure?” he whispers, his fingers caressing the side of my face and then sweeping down my neck.

“Yes, are you?”

“Are you kidding?!” He leans in to kiss me, deeply this time, and I melt into his embrace. As he slides his tongue against mine, I feel him reach for a clasp on my sports bra. He fingers search for a moment before he realizes that this is a pullover style and he breaks the kiss to gently tug it off.

As the cool air of the courtyard hits my bare breasts, I thank whatever deities there may be for being blessed in the chest department. Even more so when I see his jaw go slack and his hands twitch like he’s aching to touch me.

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