Rosie whimpered, loudly this time, making the blood traveling straight to my dick swirl with desperation. I covered her mouth.
And that—
Fuck. That didn’t help, because her body was now melting like fucking butter left out in the sun.
“Rosie,” I said, voice low, so low I didn’t recognize it. “I’m not going to make you come with your brother within earshot. Sorry, preciosa. I’m sorry.”
And I was, God knew I was.
Rosie nodded her head in understanding, and when her eyes opened, I let go of her mouth.
I brushed my lips over her temple. “When I make you come, I’ll want to hear those moans.” I trailed my mouth down until I reached her jaw, and I nibbled at the soft line. I left soft kisses all along that beautiful line. “If I make you come, I need to hear you calling my name.”
And then, I did one of the hardest things I’d ever had to do: I ripped myself off her.
Slowly, I rolled onto my back, my leg thanking me for the shift, and my dick… tenting the comforter.
Rosie turned on her side to face me, eyes roaming up and down my body. She licked her lips, and I heard myself letting out a harsh breath.
“ángel,” I breathed out. “Keep looking and licking your lips like that but please, please don’t reach out and touch me because I—” I’d lose it. I’d one hundred percent lose it. I wouldn’t fucking care who was in the room. I’d make her scream my name.
“I’ll be good,” she answered.
And why did that make me want to… do bad things to her?
My dick twitched.
Keep it together, I told myself. Think unsexy things. Like trash cans. Or… that time Taco had diarrhea.
“Lucas?”
I glanced back at her, finding her lips curled into a smile, and it hit me like a ton of bricks how beautiful she was in the mornings. In this light. In my bed. “Yeah?”
She tucked her hands beneath her cheek. “I really wish this apartment had a few more walls.”
I huffed a laugh. “Yeah. I’m not a big fan of these fancy Brooklyn studio apartments, either, Ro.”
She chuckled softly.
“I am a fan of the views, though,” I added, looking straight into her eyes. “Big fan of them.”
That blush that made her so uniquely her reappeared. “You’re so full of compliments today, Mr. McConaughey.”
“I live to make you swoon.”
My mind returned to last night when we’d kissed. Something had snapped in two the moment her mouth met mine. I wasn’t oblivious; it had been simmering between us for a long time but it had solidified on that rooftop.
We needed to talk about that. I had promised her honesty, and I didn’t want Rosie to think that it hadn’t meant anything to me, or that I was ignoring it. But I wanted to do this right—where Rosie was concerned, I needed to do right by her—and now it wasn’t the best moment to talk about it.
“I need to pick up Taco from Lina and Aaron’s.”
She nodded. “I should probably wake Olly and head to Dad’s,” she said, confirming that there were much more urgent things to deal with. “Long day ahead.”
“Do you want me to come with you?” I asked.
“I’d love to introduce you to my dad, but maybe under better circumstances.” She seemed to think of something. “How about we call Lina and ask if she can drop Taco off? You should stay in today, rest.”
I nodded, swallowing hard. “You’re probably right.”
“I’m always right. So… will you ask Lina to come?”
I rolled my eyes.
She laughed, and it was a magical sound. “Don’t make me fight you over this, Lucas Martín. I will win.”
It was my turn to smile. “Don’t threaten me with a good time, Rosalyn Graham.”
Her mouth opened but before she could say anything, a different voice spoke up in the room.
“Rosie?” Olly called from the couch, stifling whatever had been between us. “You up?”
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Lucas
Being alone in the apartment left me with more time to myself than I knew what to do with.
Rosie had gone with Olly soon after he woke up, and as restless as I felt for staying behind, I understood why she had told me it wasn’t a good idea to tag along.
This was time that Rosie, her brother, and dad needed for themselves. As a family. And very much necessary time I could use to cool myself off after what I’d been so close to doing to Rosie earlier in the morning.