Breaking the Bro Code by Stefanie London

Author:Stefanie London [London, Stefanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Elise knew it wouldn’t be showing, but on the inside she was shaking. She’d never told another person the real reason she left the Australian Ballet. Everyone had assumed it was because of her father’s death, and she never bothered to correct them because it was easier than admitting such a fundamental flaw.

Now she’d blurted out the truth to Col and he wasn’t running. He didn’t think her vain or stupid or frivolous for the real reason. In fact, he was looking at her with such burning intensity that she wasn’t sure what to do next. She had assumed the story would put him off, make him see how broken she was. But it only increased the crackling energy between them.

Suddenly her palms felt scorched against his magnificent, muscled chest. Thinking about the past had taken her mind off his physical prowess, until now. He was fair but the summer had warmed his skin to a light tan shade, dark hair dusted the tops of his forearms, the rings around his nipples and paved the way from his belly button to the well-placed knot of his towel. Her breath hitched and she withdrew her hands.

‘So now you know.’

‘Now I know,’ he echoed. His hands dropped from her face to the tops of her arms. It was as if he wanted to give her space but wasn’t quite ready to let go yet. ‘I know something real.’

She’d never felt more exposed in her whole life, including the time that her leotard strap broke in the middle of dress rehearsal and the time Madame Bershov gave her a public dressing-down for being late to class. She felt even more exposed than when she stood at her father’s funeral and was the only person not crying.

He’d managed to get her to reveal more of herself than any other person, and he hadn’t even asked for it...not directly, at least.

‘You have nothing to be ashamed of, Elise. You’re a wonderful person, you’re caring, incredibly beautiful...’

His breath was coming heavy now, the muscles in his arms tensed. A droplet of water ran down the roped muscle of his neck and pooled at the base. Instinct took over and she leant forward, her tongue collecting the drop from his skin. He tasted fresh and clean, smelled of sandalwood soap. She pressed her lips against him, sucking on his skin before pulling back and looking up with her heart in her mouth.

‘Elise.’ Her name was a long, low growl on his lips.

‘Shut up, Col.’ She wound her hands around his neck and dragged his head down until their foreheads touched. ‘I think we’ve talked enough.’

He pulled her to him roughly, the knot of his towel and the erection beneath digging into her belly. His mouth found hers, hot and desperate and open. His hands thrust up into her hair and he tilted her head back, kissing her as deeply as he could. The world tilted around them, the view blurring until it was a haze of golden dots on an inky piece of velvet.

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