Saving Grace (31 page)

"Yeah, i
s
that so? Believe
m
e,
little girl, I know how to do shots, and I could probably drink your little ass under the table any night!" Bliss snapped.

Bringing my face an inch in front of Shane's
,
I unbuttoned his jeans and sl
id
the lemon slice between
the material of his jeans and his warm skin. A low moan escaped through his lips and my body hummed with desire for him. I bit down on my bottom lip and slowly lifted the bottom of his shirt all the way up to his neck. I clutched the shirt in my fist against his neck and whispered, "You w
ant m
e to show her
,
Shane?"

His eyes dilated and one side of
his mouth turned up in a provocative grin
, "Hell yes, Gray
."

Dipping the index finger of my free hand
slowly
in my mouth
to get it wet, I then
eased it out and
trailed it
along his skin from his collar
bone,
over
his chest and down the tight muscles of his stomach.
Small tremors shook his body under my touch. Sprinkling
the salt along the moist trail
, I
bent down and licked all the salt awa
y, lightly pressing
my tongue along the salty trail starting from the bottom and slowly working my way up. The taste of his skin combine
d
with the salt
and knowledge Bliss was watching me
,
melted my body
into
a dripping hot mess. Grabbing the shot
glass,
I
swallowed
the tequila and bent down to take the lemon wedge from the inside of his jeans. I slammed the glass down and stood up with the lemon between my lips. With his eyes still locked on
mine,
I gently placed the lemon in
between his wide-open mouth and pressed
my lips
hard against his.

Slowl
y,
I stepped away from him. His breathing was rough and shallow
and the lemon was clenched tight between his teeth. My body craved to kiss him
.

Shane held his hand out to me with his crooked smile. "Let's get out of here," he whispered
in between jagged breaths
.

We ran for our coats and pushed through the crowds to the front door hand in hand.

"You
kno
w,
Shane," I tightened my hold on his hand. "I just realized you let the Crypt Keeper lick
salt off
you
," I teased.

Shane turned on me in the middle of a swarm of bodies, "Damn straight I did Grace. And it sure as hell was nice to watch you sweat for what was going to happen next."

I leaned up closer to him, the crowd of dancing people moving past us. "Is that what you were going for? You wanted to watch me sweat?"

Shane's gaze fell to my lips, traveled down my neck and over the thin material that barely covered my breasts. His breathing seemed to stop. "Yeah, babe. That's definitely one of the things I'd like to watch you do, among a hell of a lot of other things."

Oh
.

Shane's expression changed and he looked past me and growled. I snapped my head around to see what he was getting enraged about and my heart sank. Our friends were gathering their coats and following us out and Bliss stood in the center of them all with a knowing smirk on her face.

It was my turn to growl. And I did, loudly
,
and pulled him right out the front door with me. Outside the rain and wind whipped through the trees on the street and thunder
rocked the pavement.

Immediatel
y,
the
rain washed
over our hair, sliding down our foreheads and dripped off our noses. By the time we reached the corner
,
our clothes were soaked through, our friends trailing
a half a block
behind us.
Damn
.

We locked eyes.
A low husky rumble tore past his lips and he walked me backwards pushing me against the cold wet brick wall of an apartment building
. One of his hands slammed up against the damp bricks of the wall next to my face, the other grabbed my waist, trapping me
and
he pushed
himself
hard
against me
.
His breath hot on my skin and
huge droplets of rain dripping down our faces. He ran his wet lips along my jaw and trailed his tongue along my neck
licking at the raindrops that streamed down it
. My body ached, writhing with desire.
Hungril
y,
he pressed his lips to mine and my kn
ees went wea
k from the
kiss
and the warmth of his tongue
.
I threaded my fingers through his wet hair pressing my body harder against him.
The sounds of the rain hitting the street and the moans coming from
the back of his throat sent sheer electricity through me.

The only reason we pried our bodies apart was the loud voices of our friends walking closer to us.

Not being able to hide in the
shadows,
we ran ahead.

We reached his apartment building and everyone caught up to us in the lobby and made their way to the two apartments that were open to the party. My stomach dropped.

I leaned against the wall, my wet clothes sticking to it. Taking a deep breath
,
I sighed loudly, "Can I borrow some dry clothes?"

Without a sound, he stalked toward me. My breath caught in my throat, his eyes looked so intense
and they frantically searched my face. "Is that what you want right
no
w,
Grace? Dry clothes?" His words unraveled my senses.

"No. Not what I want at all. What do you want?" I whispered.

He leaned in closer, but that low melodic voice of his could be heard crystal clear. "I'
ll tell you damn well what I wan
t right
no
w,
Grace, I want to smother those beautiful nipples of yours in fucking honey and lick and suck them until you beg me you take you."

I gasped at his words...
Uh,
yesssss
please!

"Then I want to slowly pull those
little lacy boy shorts you wear to the side and taste you so damn bad, I want to bury myself inside you so deep I make you f
orget what your fucking name is.
I want to completely smother and consume you
,
so all you see is me."
Holy aching trembling knees!
"I want to watch your face when I sink deep inside you, I can just fucking imagine it, the way your hair would spill across
the
pillow
,
the way your silky skin would feel under my chest
.
I want to lose my mind in you."
He's saying the words and I'm like right there, panting underneath him, naked legs wrapped around him
.

"
Dam
n,
girl," a voice purred next to us.

I shifted my gaze to the voice that had momentarily broken the spell Shane had over my hormones. Standing beside me was Lea, red-faced and smiling. "Holy crap
,
Grace! Shane, if she says no, fuck Conner
,
you can have your way with me!" she laughed.

"I'll meet you guys upstairs!" I snapped at Lea. My body was on fire, and I launched myself down the hallway towards the studio, I didn't even look to see if he was following me, if he didn't
,
I needed to calm my body down somehow, but
Go
d,
if he did
,
I wasn't saying no. I flew down the steps and I heard him follow, "Grace, wait!"
Oh, thank you GOD! Now, please let the studio
be
empty!

I slammed open the studio door with open palms, and he was right behind me grabbing his hands around my waist pulling me
against him
,
kicking the
door closed behind us. Our clothes were icy cold against our hot wet skin. We tore our co
ats off and I shivered under the
touch
of his hands on my hips
.
My eyes lifted to his and we stared at one another
; drops of rain still falling from our hair onto our skin
. My heart crashed against my chest and pulsed hot and fast through my body.
Reaching up and pulling him down to me
,
I kissed
him and I swear the earth fell out from underneath me. He pulled me in tighter
with a deep hungry growl
and held his body hard against mine so I could feel every inch of him.

He pressed his body against mine walking me through the darkness of the studio. Every part of my body tingled. With his lips still on mine
, hungrily kissing me
, we stumbled our way through the
dark
until my body slammed up against one of the big speaker
s
.

My breath came out in short gasps, "We're on the speaker."

"Uh huh," he chuckled lifting up his arms and clicking the power switch on.
The speaker came
to
life and vibrated underneath my body.
Oh my God
!
It sent shockwaves of pleasure over my skin.

The sweet tequila taste of his tongue flooded my mouth and I moaned. His arms slid over my
cold wet
skin slowly leaving trails of fire behind.
He had to have been able to hear the pounding of my heart as it echoed off the vibrations of the speaker.

"Grace," he whispered pulling his lips from mine. He tugged at my lower lip and leaned his forehead against mine. Cupping the back of my
thigh,
he slowly lifted my leg and wrapped it around his body. His skimmed his fingertips over my skin as my
small
skirt rose up over my
hips
. He stopped his fingers
,
letting them tease and linger
along the lace trim of the back
side of my
panties.
Oh
my
God
, my panties were about to catch on fire
and
I needed him so much.

"Please
,
Shane. Don't..." I whimpered
, gasping for air, rocking my hips against him
.
This was the closest I've been to heaven in a long time.

He slid his thumb under the lace and pulled his face away. His blue eyes searched mine.

"Please...
don't
sto
p,
Shane," I begged
softly. Arching my body towards
his
,
I rocked my hips against him
, "Shane if you stop,
I swear I will
kill
you
."

His raspy laugh melted my insides. "Grace, I'm
going to touch you until you scream my name. Then I'm taking you to the party with you
r scent
still on my fingers and your thighs still trembling," he whispered hovering his lips over mine. "I'm going to make you so damn crazy right now that I'll be sure that every single moment you're not with me
like this
you'll be thinking of what it might be like when I'm deep inside you."
He brushed his lips along mine, just barely touching them
.

Oh yeah
.

Our lips collided. Frenzied, intense, passionate, desperate deep kisses. I raked my hands under his shirt and up his chest.
Skin so smooth and hot
.
He moaned into my mouth and his breaths quickened.

His breath slid hot over the
wet skin
of my neck and across my collarbone
.
He yanked the material of my shirt
away, lowered his mouth over my breasts,
and took
one of my nipples in his mouth
, his heavy lidded eyes still locked on mine
. H
e
licked and sucked
my nipple, and it felt so damn good,
I cried out his name.
His tongue w
as pure ecstasy and his lips ha
d complete power over me, I was his, all of me
,
for the taking. A hot ache filled between my thighs and I could barely catch my breath.