Dirty Little Secrets by Elise Noble

Author:Elise Noble [Noble, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub

19

Brooke

Luca sure knew how to kiss. I hadn’t doubted for a moment that he did, but until last night, I’d never experienced the magic for myself. It was everything I’d imagined. Everything I’d dreamed of. Everything I could never have, not permanently. My insides had heated and clenched until I was basically one giant ovary with good hair and a glazed expression.

And I couldn’t stop replaying it over in my mind.

The way he’d turned and agreed to a suggestion I’d felt sick about even making. Desperate people do desperate things, okay? The way we’d both paused before moving toward each other, hesitant, neither of us wanting to make the first move. The way his lips had touched mine, the little sparks that had zapped across my skin as he deepened the kiss and wrapped his arms around my waist. I’d waited for the nerves to wash over me, for my fight-or-flight response to kick in the way I’d always feared it would, but all I felt was a delicious apprehension about what was to come. My fingers reached for the hem of his T-shirt, and I lifted it an inch, enough to feel the hard muscle and smattering of hair underneath, but he’d stopped me with a shake of his head.

“Not tonight, sweetheart,” he murmured against my lips. “There’s no hurry.”

“Actually, we are on a time limit.”

His groan sent ripples of need through my core.

“Don’t remind me. But you’re not some quick fuck, Brooke. You’re a goddess, and that’s how I’m going to treat you. Hmm… You can be Aphrodite. I’m sure she wore nothing but a sheet at one point.”

“Does that make you Adonis? Where did you learn about Greek mythology, anyway?”

“We had downtime on tour. When I ran out of porn magazines, a buddy lent me Homer’s Iliad.”

Only Luca could make me laugh in the middle of something so awkward. “Be serious.”

“You don’t think I read The Iliad?”

Was he serious? He sounded kind of hurt, and the last thing I wanted to do was upset him.

“I thought you hated English lessons at school?”

And The Iliad was heavy. I’d tried reading it myself once, but I’d only made it a quarter of the way through before Netflix won out.

“No, I hated Mrs. Gibson. When I was in eighth grade, she told me I’d never amount to much, and she prejudged every assignment I ever submitted.”

“I didn’t realise…”

“One time, I did Aaron’s English homework and he did mine. Who do you think got the higher mark?”

Luca might have offered to be my temporary lover, but above all, he was my friend. And even though years had passed since he left high school, I figured a hug might help. Our new arrangement meant I didn’t worry about squashing myself against him and nuzzling his neck. He smelled nice. A hint of woodsy cologne, and underneath, the musky scent that was all Luca.

“I’m so sorry. If it helps, Mr. Gibson doesn’t like her much either. I heard they got divorced recently.”

Luca’s turn to chuckle.

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