Total pages in book: 94
Estimated words: 91361 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 457(@200wpm)___ 365(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91361 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 457(@200wpm)___ 365(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
“Aria.” His voice broke, as if he couldn’t believe he deserved to hear me say such things.
Stupid, silly, stubborn biker.
This time, I was the one to cup his face. “Kellion.” I strove for a voice both clear and determined so he would know I meant what I was going to say. “This...time...I want...to...make...you...smile.”
For a long moment, we could only look at each other. And then slowly, he brought my hand to his lips, his mouth warm as it pressed against my palm. I could feel his lips curve against my skin.
Oh.
“You already do.” A ragged voice, exposing his greatest fears. “God help me, but you always do.”
Before I could answer, Bobby was knocking on the door. “Sorry to interrupt you two lovebirds, but I need this room now.”
Chapter Nine
Dear Ashton,
I’m sorry for deliberately trying to make you cry before.
Well, okay, I’m not really. It’s just that you’re so cute when you cry, you know? That’s all it was. Because you were soooo cute. And you are still and will always be the cutest baby brother in the whole world.
Love, Your Big Sis
“TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. All of it.”
After Bobby had kicked us out of the club’s office, Kellion had immediately taken me to the closest place with a chair and a table. In this case, that was the cafeteria.
Like the rest of the university, the cafeteria was elegantly designed, resembling a hotel lobby more than anything else. Supposedly, it was to give students an environment most conducive to learning, but knowing how the Christopoulos were, I had a feeling it was really just because the Greek family who owned the university didn’t care to let their heirs have lessons in any place that was less than luxurious.
Even though we occupied one of the tables at the back, all eyes were still on us. Reminded yet again of how we were everyone’s focus, I tried getting off Kellion’s lap, but he shook his head. “Sorry, terataki, but I don’t think I’m going to let you go anytime soon.”
I frowned at him in exasperation. Be serious.
His lips twisted. “I feel like if I do, you might change your mind about me and stop talking to me.”
My chest tightened at his words. God. Who knew bikers as stubborn and as silly as Kellion Argyros actually existed? It had to be a crime. How could someone as hot as he was believe that a girl would be capable of resisting him? We could try but in the end, the result was inevitable.
Whoever Kellion wanted, he would have.
“Why won’t you tell me what happened?”
I rolled my eyes.
He frowned. “Is it...embarrassing?”
Hallelujah. He got it.
His lips twitched at my exaggerated expression of relief. “You could have just said it, too.”
I shrugged. I’m not the one in need of answers here.
“How embarrassing?”
My cheeks turned red.
Kellion’s eyes gleamed, which only made my cheeks turn even redder. “That embarrassing?” His eyes lowered, resting on my lips. He asked in a low, husky murmur, “Did I kiss you?”
I wetted my lips, unable to help it. And then slowly, I nodded.
Kellion suddenly groaned, startling me. And then I frowned and scribbled on my board. AM I TOO HEAVY?
Kellion shook his head. “That’s not why I’m groaning, terataki.” He shifted me on his lap. “Do you understand now?”
Since I now felt something growing harder and hotter right under my butt, I could definitely say ‘yes’. I understood quite well.
He curled a lock of my hair around his index finger. “I’m sorry, though.”
I cocked my head to the side.
“When I drink too much, I forget. And I never remember.” His tone became flat. “Which means I will never be able to remember our first kiss.”
Ah.
The thought did sadden me, but only for a second. In a way, I was glad that Kellion had his own imperfections, however selfish that sounded. At least this way, it made him feel less...unreachable.
I wrote on my board again. IT’S OKAY.
“Of course you’d say that.”
BECAUSE IT ONLY MEANS WE CAN HAVE TWO ‘FIRST’ KISSES.
His eyes widened.
Gaaah.
Did I really just write that?
Before I could convince myself I had just dreamt being that foolish, Kellion was once again cupping my face. When our eyes met, I saw that he was smiling, a dazzling and wicked one that had my heart skipping more than a beat.
“You are absolutely right.” It was the only warning I had before we had our second first kiss.
It was everything I imagined – and more. Kellion Argyros, when under the influence of liquor, was impossibly tender and heartbreakingly sweet. But a fully sober, completely conscious Kellion?
In one word: irresistible.
Just one touch of his lips and he made me feel all kinds of things. One kiss and he made me forget we were in a public place, made me proud that he was attracted to me. Seductive. Poignant. Passionate. Every word that could be used to describe a toe-curling kiss? I felt all of them.