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Every student at Shame U has their secrets, and Henley Brooks is no exception. Struggling to pay for college and maintain her perfect reputation has become overwhelming. When her friend Gigi Oxford offe...
I made my way into the kitchen as Henley settled in on one of the stools on the other side of the island dwarfed by my oversized shirt.
"You hungry?" I asked as I poured us each another shot.
"Starving," she groaned before giggling.
I pulled open the fridge and grabbed the Styrofoam container with the crab stuffed mushrooms. "You aren't allergic to anything are you?" I asked as I turned to pop the food in the microwave for a few seconds.
"Just your bullshit," she joked.
"So you've said." I glanced back at her over my shoulder to find her eyes studying the tattoos on my back.
"Didn't that hurt?" She asked as I turned my attention back to the microwave as the timer went off.
"You'll have to be more specific. A lot of things hurt."
"All those tattoos."
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"No." I sat the food down on the counter between us, leaning on my elbow as I picked up one of the mushrooms. "Not as much as the reasons behind them."
"Wow, what is this?"
"Crab stuffed mushrooms. I got them from a restaurant off campus called Swank."
"Isn't that place like crazy expensive? What were you like... on a date or something?"
"You think I took some girl on a date, and I'm feeding you her leftovers? Literally sloppy seconds."
She shrugged, looking down at the food. "I dunno. It wouldn't matter if you did. We're just friends."
"So you admit we're friends now? Progress," I joked, eliciting a smile from Henley.
"Whatever."
"I went there to see someone. Not a date."
"Who?"
I sighed, rolling my eyes, my head beginning to thump for the copious amounts of alcohol we'd consumed. "Do you want me to get you something else to eat?"
"No way! They smell amazing."
I shoved a mushroom into my mouth, and she made a face before taking a dainty bite out of her own. "Mm..." she moaned as her eyes fell closed and she savored the bite. When they opened again, her face began to darken as she noticed me staring at her. "What?" She swiped her fingers across her chin. "You eat like a wild animal."
"Do I?"
"Yes. You should take smaller bites."
"Like this one?" I grabbed her hand that still held half of a mushroom and pulled it to my mouth, closing my lips around her fingers as I stole her food. "You're right. That was much better," I shot her a wink as she sank lower into her seat.
"Hey," she grabbed the container of mushrooms and hopped off the stool. I hurried around the counter and chased after her as she rounded the couch. I stood on the other side, waiting to see which direction she would dart so I could catch her.
"Never come between a man and his meal," I warned. Her eyebrow rose as she fought against a smirk.
"Wait till I tell all the girls that I had Lucas Young eating out of my hand," she joked as she batted her eyelashes.
"Henley, I will eat off of any part of you that you like as long as you give me back those damn mushrooms."
"You gotta catch me first."
I bolted behind the couch, and Henley squealed as she took off around the love seat, slipping on the rug like a cartoon character. Just before she fell on her arse, I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her back against my chest.
"Holy, shit. I thought I was going to die," she struggled to catch her breath and giggle at the same time.
"I saved your life. Now you owe me."
"Um..." she grabbed a mushroom from the container and held it up above her head. "Mushroom?"
I leaned forward, taking it from her fingers with my teeth before grabbing her finger and sticking the tip in my mouth as I swiped my tongue across the pad. "Mmm... Absolutely scrummy."
"Are we even?" She asked as she began to pull away and I let my arms fall. She turned to face me, brushing her knotty hair from her face. Her eyes were wide and wild, and there was a sexiness to miss prim and proper looking so feral.
"Not even close." I snatched the box from her hand.
She stared up at me incredulously, debating whether or not to go for round two. I held out a bite for her as her eyes narrowed before she leaned in and took it with her mouth, her lips sliding over the end of my finger and causing my cock to harden.
I used my free hand to swipe across her lower lip, catching a drip of juice before licking my finger clean. Her eyes widened fractionally as her tongue darted out to run over where I'd just touched. The air in the room had changed from playful, and I was finding it increasingly hard not to do what I would with any other woman who had been standing before me. But Henley wasn't any other woman, and the last thing I wanted to do was sending her running from me.
"Sit. Let's see if you suck at killing zombies as much as you do at pool."
She swallowed, her cheeks tingeing pink before she sank down to the floor before me on her knees, doing nothing to tamp down my growing need for her.
I turned toward the telly and grabbed the controllers as I struggled to think of anything but her perfect mouth.
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