Tempting Eve

Chapter 29

***This chapter is dedicated to one of the sweetest people. Someone who can make me smile and blush and laugh all in the same second. Hardinishotok  Love yah!

~Ethan~

I turned away from the Hudson and went east down twenty-eight street. Traffic slowed and I swore under my breath as Eve leaned forward to look at the building in front of us. The buildings in this area weren't the looming skyscrapers of downtown, these were strictly residential units, around ten stories tall, but the flowing lines where concrete turned glass and blended into seamless balconies that wrapped around every corner were always eye catching to tourist.

But not just tourists.

Journalists - If you could even call them that - lined the side walk in front of my building. How anyone ever got used to this shit was beyond me... but if it meant taking that piece of shit Frank down, I would deal with it. Enough was fucking enough. He didn't just have a closet with skeletons, no, Frank had industrial sized warehouses full, and people like Elizabeth - even my crack head mother - deserved to have him put away for life. Or dead. Whichever came first.

Eve stayed quiet as the pap spotted my car and started snapping photos our way. Of course, they couldn't see jack shit through the black tinted windows, but it didn't stop me from flipping them off regardless before turning into the dark tunnel of a parking garage and watching the rear view mirror to make sure the door slid shut behind us.

"Feel better?" Eve grinned.

A smirk lifted the corners of my mouth. Eve should be pissed at me for what happened at school - for what was happening now - but she handled it with so much grace.

I held up one hand with my thumb and pointer finger about an inch apart. "A little?"

She laughed and I whipped into a spot and cut the engine. I didn't know what the worst part was. How much I felt like I needed her around... or the fact that it didn't scare me like it should. Fuck me.

I let the thought evaporate as I reached over to release her belt. Everything was dark and quiet in the garage, and the small pop of it unlatching was almost deafening in the sudden silence.

I watched the change in her breathing and the staccato pulsing of her blood pick up speed on her slender neck. We both felt that invisible heat pick up around us - fuck, I could taste it - and she suddenly looked eager and nervous in the same moment.

I brushed my thumb over her bottom lip where she had just licked it. Spreading the moisture around. "I missed you little Eve."

Before she had a chance to reply, I pulled her over the center console and sat her in my lap, wrapping my arms around her and burying my nose in her hair. "I feel like a fucking addict with you. I was in meeting all day, and all I could think about was this soft fucking hair, and this sassy little mouth..."

"I was thinking about you too."

I nodded, but my grip tightened. "...and then the station said they got tipped off to the mystery woman in the photo and I was going crazy trying to warn you, only to find out you were at Hawk's house." I was trying really hard to keep my temper in check. She was obviously fine, and the only thing that would happen by me taking my fear and frustration out on her, would be to push her away.

Something I wasn't willing to do.

She twisted toward me and brushed her hand through my hair. "I'm sorry." She whispered. "Mason told me why you don't like him, and I can see why you didn't want me at his house, but I'm fine... and you can think I'm stupid, or gullible... but Mason didn't do what you think he did."

I sighed, running my nose up and down her jaw. "I know."

She sat back. "You do?"

"Yeah. I mean, realistically, I know. Physically, I still want to bust his mouth open every time I see him."

She sat dumbfounded. Eve had probably been prepared to state her case... only to have the jury vote in her favor before the trial even started... she still wasn't going back in that house, but we'd discuss that at another time.

I tilted her head towards me and kissed her gently on the lips. They were insanely soft and warm and we both opened up, deepening the kiss until she let out a small moan.

"Mmm." My lips vibrated against hers. "We better go inside before we have a repeat of the last car incident." I could already feel my cock throbbing and straining to get closer to her.

She glanced up at me through the longest lashes."I liked the last car incident."

And... I was fully hard. "I bet you did, dirty girl, but I'm not sure how secure the parking garage is, and I don't think you want your naked ass splattered all over the tabloids." I released my belt and grabbed the keys. "I'd rather have that ass spread out on my bed... for my eyes only."

She squealed as I opened my door and climbed out still holding her - bridal style-  and carried her to a set of elevators two spots away from the car. After we stepped in, I let her slide out of my grasp, gently setting her on her feet.

The inside of the elevator was all golden tinted glass. I used to think it was gaudy until I saw her gorgeous reflection looking up at me - glowing from every direction.

"What?" She said, noticing my stare.

I turned her around so she could see us as I did. We both watched as I slowly lowered my mouth to her ear. She was so much smaller than my wide, six-two frame, that I nearly engulfed her. With my tattoo's and dark, lust filled eyes, I looked like the devil seducing an angel. "Do you know how fucking beautiful you are?"

Eve shook her head - the rest of her trembling with adrenaline. "N-no?"

Goosebumps broke out along her skin, and I watched myself lick a trail of chilled flesh from her shoulder to that sensitive spot behind her ear before biting it and letting a breath rush past my lips. "I need to be inside you little Eve."

Her eyes closed and she leaned her head back on my shoulder, opening herself up to me. "I think I need that too."

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Hey lovelies!!!

I think this is the longest I've gone between uploads, but I needed to really reconsider where this whole thing was going.

I veered off my plot outline somewhere around 4-5 chapters ago, and that's totally fine to let your characters act naturally and let them take off with a story, but I needed to get my head straight before moving forward.

Plus, we had my husbands birthday party (I got him VIP tickets to Florence + The Machine!!! It's apparently a gift for me too), and lots of sunny outdoor time with the kids!

I know I left you guys on a cliffhanger today, I promise we'll have a good dirty chapter in 1-3 days!!!

As always, thank you times a million for the reads, votes, comments, ect. I can't believe Tempting Eve is at 13K reads after starting a random story prompt 2.5 months ago. Ahhhh!

I value my friendships I've made during the process so incredibly much. Gah! I'm getting choked up.

With love always,
xxxBre