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Halle charmingly, her voice teasing as she looked back on last night. “Other than brute force, your skills weren’t that great.”
James narrowed his eyes, amused by her obviously fake smile.
He didn’t bother arguing. He pushed her back onto the bed, leaned close, and gave her a wicked grin. “You know that kind of talk only upsets a guy who can’t perform,” he murmured. His lips brushed her ear as he spoke. “But I can.”
Halle’s body softened at his teasing, but her voice stayed steady. “Only women get to decide if the skills are good or not.”
James kissed her earlobe, then her neck. “Then tell me,” he said, “what exactly did I do wrong last night?”
Halle didn’t reply.
He kept talking, but he wasn’t stopping his kisses. He moved from her neck to her cheek. When he saw the impatience in her eyes, his smile grew even more playful. “Oh, so all that shouting last night wasn’t because it felt good, but because it didn’t?” he teased.
Halle refused to stay pinned. “Get off.”
James sighed dramatically. “You’re impossible. I’m trying to have a serious discussion here, and you get annoyed.”
Halle had never met someone so shameless. She pushed at his face.
Instead of backing off, James kissed her lips. It was a hot hungry kiss, full of need. He pulled the blanket aside and kept going lower.
Very quickly, Halle felt his hair brushing against her chin. It tickled like crazy.
He had loved that spot last night.
And now he was kissing it again.
Halle couldn’t take it. A little angry now, she put both hands on his cheeks and tried to pull him up.
She barely had any strength left, but James loved to tease. He let her “pull” him up easily, like he was cooperating or just playing along.
She could see the shine of moisture on his lips. She refused to look. “No,” she said firmly.
But the moment she said it, he grabbed her waist with one hand. “Your waist is so slim,” he said, squeezing lightly. “But somehow these places I like grow just fine.”
Then he squeezed her.
Halle was speechless.
She felt like a stress ball. Some people liked squishing balloons for fun. James was doing exactly that to her.
Her hands were still on his cheeks. She wanted to flatter his face but decided to hold back. “James, weren’t you supposed to cooperate with me?” she said.
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“I will,” he answered. “But it’s not time for our next meeting yet.”
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His hunter eyes looked bright, almost shimmering like lake under sunlight. When he smiled, it was warm and shameless. He stared straight at her, not hiding what he wanted at all. “I like to do this with you,” he said plainly.
Halle said nothing.
James proposed, “This time I’ll be careful. I won’t make our voice go hoarse again, okay?”
Halle never liked hooking up. She preferred closeness–cuddling, talking, leaning against someone on the couch. Even though she had dated a few people before, he rarely slept with any of them. Most dates were simple: watching TV together, grabbing dinner, taking long walks. And when things did happen, she needed at least an hour to get ready–shower, perfume, and everything neat and proper. It always felt like a scheduled task, not something wild.
But even during those times, she had never heard the kind of rough things James said last night. Things like “You don’t gain weight here, but you do here,” or “I really like doing this with you,” or “You’re going to scream your lungs out.” No one but James would dare say stuff like that.
All her exes had been gentle types, so James’s wild, reckless style had truly shocked her. Last night had been something she had never experienced before, so wild that just thinking about it made her ears burn.
There was no way she was doing that again. “I have things to do today,” Halle said flatly. “No time.”
James could read the room better than anyone. He saw Her mood drop and knew he shouldn’t push.
Still, he looked at her with obvious disappointment before getting up.
Halle, unfortunately, couldn’t avoid seeing his willy being very awake. He probably felt miserable, but he still managed to smile radiantly. “Mind if I use your bathroom?” he asked.
Halle clenched her teeth. “If you make a mess, we’re going to have a problem.”
“I won’t,” he promised.
“You better not.”
She was already planning to call cleaning services the moment he left.
James stepped to the side of the bed. There was a decortive fireplace in the room. He looked at it like he was trying to remember something. “Last night,” he said casually, “were your hands here? And I was standing behind you-”
Halle grabbed a pillow and threw it at his face.
He laughed, brushed it aside, and then, almost annoyingly considerate, picked it back up and tossed it gently toward her. Still humming a tune, he strolled in the bathroom–shameless, cheerful, and absolutely annoying.
Halle dropped face–first into the soft comforter. It already smelled like him.
James’s roughness came from his personality–his way of talking, his way of doing things. His whole vibe screamed trouble. He looked a lot like Max too, the type whose face practically said, “Yeah, I date three people at once.”
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He wasn’t as well–dressed as Max, but he was still absolutely that type. Even his cologne smelled unfairly good.
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