I Swear I Still Hate Him (Atlas Lawson) novel Chapter 179

Chapter 179

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They say a kiss could ruin a man, but kissing Emery Collins didn’t just ruin me…it straight-up shattered me. Turned me into a damn vampire, craving her like blood.

I don’t know how the hell I stopped last night when every cell in my body screamed to consume her, make her mine, show her exactly how bad I wanted her. But that quiet voice in my stormy head whispered, Take it slow. She might need that. Don’t go full possessed beast and scare her off. Ten years is a long time, rushing could blow everything. So I pulled away, even though it hurt like hell, kissed her forehead, and muttered goodnight.

Guess I was wrong the whole time. I wasn’t the only one possessed.

“Wanna make out?”

She actually said that. I wasn’t hallucinating. Emery Collins, sprawled on the couch looking all flushed and frustrated, just asked me to make out.

She started to say something else, but I was already gone. She lit the fuse, there was no way in hell I was letting it fizzle out.

My legs moved on their own. The boring history book I wasn’t even reading dropped onto the coffee table with a thud. Next thing I knew, she was underneath me on that couch, fitting so damn perfect it was like she was made to be right there.

“Atlas…” she whispered, all breathy, those gorgeous green eyes I’d dreamed about every night finally locked on mine, wide and wanting.

“You’re gonna be the death of me,” I murmured, brushing her hair back from her face, “and I’m not even mad about it.”

Then my mouth crashed back onto hers.

We both groaned at the same time. Her arms wrapped tight around my neck, and she opened up for me like she’d been starving too. I deepened the kiss, tasting her, losing myself in it.

“If only you knew,” I muttered between kisses, not ready to stop, never wanting to, “how fucking bad I’ve

wanted this.”

Her fingers slid into my hair, tugging just right, and it took everything in me not to moan out loud like a teenager. “You should’ve,” she whispered against my lips, all soft and teasing.

Hearing that? Yeah, that did something dangerous to me. My kiss turned hotter, deeper, messier. ten years of wanting poured into every second. I’d stayed up nights fantasizing about these lips, what she’d taste like. My fantasies? Total garbage compared to the real thing.

I could’ve kissed her forever. Would’ve. But we were both running out of air, and sadly oxygen is kinda important if you wanna keep doing this. So I pulled back just enough, first biting her bottom lip gently, sucking it slow before I let go. I stared down at her hair all messy. Hus wollen and Fad, check lushed pink

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over those cute freckles I wanted to count with my tongue.

She was panting hard, chest rising fast under that dress.

“Why…” she breathed out, voice shaky, “why didn’t you kiss me if you wanted to all along?”

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My thumb brushed her cheek real slow, like touching her was already a habit I couldn’t break. “Because,” I said, still catching my breath, voice low and rough, “I wanted to take it slow.”

She stared at me like I’d grown three extra heads. “Slow?” She repeated it like the word tasted bad. “Atlas, we’ve been apart for ten years. The last thing we need is slow.”

I couldn’t help it, I laughed, deep and real. Then she laughed too, that warm, beautiful sound that lit up the whole room. We kept going until it turned into giggles, both of us just smiling at each other like idiots.

“Wanna know the truth?” I leaned in closer, whispering right against her ear.

She grinned, eyes sparkling. “Yeah.”

“I jerked off last night and again this morning thinking about you, Em. That’s how bad you mess me up… how bad I don’t wanna take it slow.”

Her eyes widened for a second, then she smirked. “It’s a shame I wasn’t invited… but I don’t mind a repeat.”

I groaned loud, my dick already rock-hard from the second our lips touched, twitching hard against my jeans at her words. My heart was slamming, hands itching to rip my fly open and show her exactly what she did to me. But as much as I wanted that, I wanted her feeling good even more.

“Good idea,” I whispered, voice thick, “but I’d much rather see you coming.”

She let out this soft moan as my hand slid higher up her thigh, under the hem of that pretty dress.

“I mean, isn’t that why you wore this beautiful dress today?” I teased, smirking down at her.

She scoffed, but it came out more like another moan. “Now who the hell is this cocky Atlas? And can you please tell him that me wanting to look good had nothing to do with you.”

I smirked, slow and dirty, letting my hand slide a little higher up her thigh under that dress while I watched

her face.

“I mean, isn’t that the reason you put this beautiful dress on?”

She scoffed, but it came out breathy and broken, more moan than anything. Her cheeks flushed darker, those green eyes flashing with that mix of sass and heat I loved. “Now who the hell is this cocky Atlas? And can you please tell him that me wanting to look good has nothing to do with you.”

I couldn’t help the low chuckle that rumbled out of my chest. If only she knew. She could show up in the ugliest potato sack on the planet or hell, even worse, and I’d still be rock-hard and stupid for her. That’s how bad she had me.

Of course Em was always confident as hell. She wore whatever the fuck she felt like and owned it. But I wasn’t

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blind. I’d caught the extra swipe of mascara, the way her lips looked a little glossier than usual today. She’d done it for me. And yeah, I was greedy enough to need to hear her say it out loud.

My fingers traced lazy circles on her inner thigh, inching closer but not quite there, teasing. I leaned down until my mouth brushed the shell of her ear, voice low and rough.

“You bring out all kinds of sides of me, Em. And this cocky bastard really wants you to admit you got dressed up just for me.”

She bit her lip, trying to hold back a smile, but her body betrayed her, hips shifting just a little under me, chasing my touch.

“And if I don’t?” she challenged, voice all husky and daring, one eyebrow arched.

My grin widened, dark and hungry. I nipped at her earlobe, then whispered hot against her skin, letting my hand press firmer between her thighs.

“Then I’m gonna have to find some other way to get the truth out of you.”

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