With a seductive glint of my own, I did well enough to evade his reaching hands to flick open the buttons of his shirt and the tug off his tie. An iresistable nibble here and suckle there later and I had him shrugged out of his jacket.
Leveling the playing field had never felt like a bad idea. But it did so now. Eyeing his chiseled abs on display, I couldn't help flicking my tongue to moisten my lips.
I was pushing the shirt off his the breadth of his shoulders when the door bell suddenly pealed.
With a yelp of surprises I spun around on my heels tittering to a halt before glancing back at Eric. The intensity of his darkened gaze that met mine had stumbling over my query," Ww.. were you expecting someone?"
" Do I look like I am expecting anyone?"
With a slow shake of my head, I answered my own question.
"Well aren't you going to get it?"
The insolence of his question matched the heat of his gaze as they lazily swept over me.
I bent over to grab his discarded shirt off the floor and shrugged into it. Buttoning it part way up, I was at the door peering into the peep hole before with a startled cry, I yanked the door open.
"Nikki!" I gasped in surprise. I hadn't seen her since I got back from Jace's. For some unknown reason I had avoided her like a plague. And I think she did the same with me. I wasn't sure of her reasons but sheer guilt rode my own.
I was her best friend for so long and she knew everything there was to know about me. I guess, I felt the guilt of not returning her affection then her uncle Jace's in much the same way. I didn't love them like that. I loved only Eric.
Undeserving though he may be.
Answering the door dressed as I was, or more precisely, undressed... was a mistake. I fidgeted under the instant arousal in Nikki's gaze.
"I missed you, " she murmured before reaching out to draw me into her embrace.
I stood there awkwardly, wanting to return the hug of my best friend but not wanting to give her the wrong idea, either. I just didn't swing that way. I groaned inwardly at the feel of her hand running over my back pressing me closer.
But then Eric came to my rescue, grabbing my arm, he rudely and pointedly yanked me out of her embrace.
" What are you doing here?"
The ice in his tone matched that of his gaze. If I didn't know for sure that they were smoldering heat only a moment earlier, I would have thought it had been entirely my imagination.
The hard glint in Nikki's own eyes rivaled his.
I sighed inwardly and tossed a look back and forth between the two adversaries, before turning heels again to saunter back in.
"Lets take this inside," I said insistently as I made my way towards the kitchen. I paused at the entry turning back to ascertain the situation and almost stumbled over my feet at the blatant lust in both their gazes. Directed not at each other... but at me.
