Bad Boy: A Stepbrother Romance(56)

Honestly, it felt like a weight off my shoulders to have stopped caring about what everyone thought. The only thing that mattered now was this—my heaven was down here on earth, right on this bed…with Finn.

Yeah, he was my stepbrother.

So-freaking-what?





Chapter Seventeen

Finn

I thought being with her would make things easier.

I was a goddamned fool.

Ever since Rory and I had slept together two nights ago, I’d felt the attraction between us somehow growing even more, which I honestly hadn’t thought was possible considering I’d already fallen for her. And yet it was possible. I wanted her more and more each day, and the stolen glances we managed during the times with our family around…well, pretty soon they weren’t going to be enough.

I tried to resist falling more and more so fucking badly, but at the same time, I knew I was a goner. Honestly, I had been since I crashed her blind date, and I should’ve admitted it sooner. Aurora Villanueva had taken permanent residence in my mind…and my heart.

As much as we’d both wanted to repeat that night, we hadn’t found ourselves with any more opportunities to do so. Work was crazily busy for me, and Rory’s Grandma had been taking up a fair amount of her time. It sucked, but that was the way it was when a forbidden relationship was involved. We could hardly start making out in front of everyone, could we?

I’d found myself constantly looking for things for us to do together instead; things that wouldn’t look suspicious if someone saw us doing them when we did manage to get some free time together. And so I came up with the idea of doing some late Christmas shopping with Rory today, pretending that I had no idea what to get her family for Christmas, and that I needed her guidance.

What a bunch of bull—I knew exactly what to get them.

Rory’s mom, Anna, had been talking about a Lanvin scarf she desperately wanted for the last week while giving us all meaningful looks, and as for Rory’s grandma, I’d recently spotted an adorable china teapot and cup set that had her name all over it.

But all this was pushed to the back of my mind as I knocked on the door to Rory’s room. I waited impatiently, feeling my hands getting sweaty. Jesus, I was a total mess. This girl had me hooked.

Finally, the door opened a crack and a beautiful pair of eyes looked out at me. When Rory saw it was me, she opened the door wider, offering me a grin.

“Hey,” she said.

“Hi,” I replied, shuffling my feet. Seriously, I’d been acting like a teenage boy around her for so long now; a goddamned kid who didn’t know what to do with himself when his crush was—

Before I could finish that thought, Rory grabbed my shirt and pulled me inside the room. She shut the door behind her, flashing me a smile that made me hard in an instant.

“What are you doing here?” she asked. Her voice was innocent, but her eyes were naughty. For that look alone, she’d be firmly on Santa’s naughty girl list. “Anything I can…do?”

I fucking wish. I wanted to tear her clothes off, but Elijah was standing only a few feet away, lecturing one of the floor maids, and I had no doubt he’d go running right to my Dad and tell him if he saw me and Rory doing anything suspicious. After all, he’d always had a big mouth.

“Yeah, err.” I gulped, trying to make sense of what I was trying to say. It was mighty hard with Rory standing there, a hand on her hip. Fuck, she was beautiful. “I was just wondering if you wanted to come Christmas shopping with me. I still have some stuff I need to buy.”#p#分页标题#e#

“Oh,” she said. She looked suitably disappointed that I hadn’t come to screw her brains out again, and I smirked, too damn pleased about that for my own good. “Sure. You want to go now?”

I nodded, and she smiled and sent me outside to call a cab while she got ready. I wanted to tell her she already looked perfect in her tank top and yoga pants, but my tongue seemed to be tied. Instead, I went downstairs and hailed a cab like I’d promised.

Our ride to the mall was uneventful in terms of conversation, but the tension in the car was palpable. I knew we both wanted to jump each other’s bones, but we couldn’t risk doing it in front of anyone, obviously.

As we rode, I couldn’t help but replay the events of the other night in my head. The way her mouth was shaped when she moaned my name, her eyes fluttering open when her orgasm faded. The sexy smile that was plastered on her face when I’d finished. Fuck me, it was all too good…I needed to clear my throat and reposition my ass on the seat to hide my raging boner.

“Here we are,” the cab driver said, sounding bored out of his mind. Apparently, he hadn’t noticed how tense we were in the back of his car. I counted some bills and left him a generous tip, and then I followed Rory inside the mall.