“You do realize, chére ,” he
joked, from behind her. “If we kicked this speed
up another notch we'd be jogging.”
Rolling her eyes, Lola refused to rise to the bait,
but slowed down anyways. Not that he was right, but
in this heat and with as much clothes as she had on,
she was liable to pass out before she made it to the
door.
“Woo, thanks for slowing down Vi. I was afraid
with as quick as you were walking that I might have
to give you mouth to mouth once we got inside.” Looking
down at her outfit he gestured with his hands, “Do
you own any shorts?”
“Why?” she grumbled, waiting for the hook.
“Cause I can't remember the last time I've seen
you in any?”
“Well as you so graciously remarked today,” she
snidely said, “I'm overweight. And overweight
woman don't look good in shorts.”
“Wait a minute.” Marcus said, grabbing
her arm and forcing her to stop walking. Turning her
around to face him, Lola was amazed at the look of
surprise on his face. “When did I say you were
overweight?”
Yanking her arm back, Lola glared at him. “Don't
act like you don't remember what you said.”
“Who's acting?” he denied almost convincingly. “I
didn't call you overweight.”
“You were making fun of the size of my clothes.”
“And I recall saying that they were too big.”
I'm not going to fall for it. I'm not going to
fall for it. Lola chanted over and over in
her head. She knew that he was just waiting for the
perfect moment to pop in there with a little zinger,
and blow her out of the water. It was the way he
operated, seldom deviating from the path. Waiting,
she grew impatient with his inquisitive stare and
turned, walking away from him again.
Opening the door, Lola gestured for Marcus to enter
ahead of her, locking the door after she closed it
behind herself. “The sodas are in the back by
the freezer,” she directed with a toss of her
head, gesturing to the back of the deli.
Marcus saluted her and gave off a quick “Aye
aye sir,” before strolling in the back room.
Ignoring him, Lola followed him to the back of the
dinner and took the inventory list off the side of
the wall. Pulling up a stool, she sat down and began
to mark off what they were taking with them back to
the festival.
Lola finished just as Marcus carried the last of the
cases of drinks to his truck, and slid the pen in through
the clipboard, accidentally pushing to hard, forcing
the pen to fall out the other side. Bending over she
hit her head on the chair and dropped down onto all
fours, with a groan. See this is what happens when
you complain about stuff , Lola thought as she
rubbed the back of her aching head, things go from
bad to worse. “That's why I have to get out of
this god forsaken town,” she muttered aloud.
A rough laugh stole her breath and damn near stopped
her heart. She thought he was out back or somewhere.
“Do you always talk to yourself?” Marcus
was leaning in the doorway smiling down at her.
Letting out a frustrated breath, Lola turned her back
to him and bent over again, muttering to herself. A
low wolf whistle brought straight up, “Now that's
a side of you I could get use to seeing,” he
drawled, walking behind her and lightly running his
hand over her full derrière.
“Are you going to help or just stare at my ass
all day?” Moving backwards, she maneuvered until
her backside was out of touching reach.
“Ummm,” he murmured, stepping closer to
her. “If those are my choices, it's going to
be really easy to decide.”
“You're really beginning to bug me.”
“Really,” he teased, reaching out his
hand and rubbing it up the sleeve of her shirt. “And
here I thought you were hiding it really well.”
“I wasn't trying,” she said, staring directly
into his eyes.
“Answer me a question, chére ,
and I'll leave you be.”
Letting out a deep sigh, she blew the strains of hair
that were lingering in front of here eyes, away. “What?”
“Why did you run from me that night?”
Marcus didn't need to elaborate on what night he was
talking about. It was a night that haunted her dreams
for months now, and kept her as far away from him as
possible. “I didn't run,” Lola denied,
more like scampered quickly, she had always thought. “I
just wasn't interested.”
“Not interested my ass. You were hotter than
a Fourth of July firecracker. Just about ready to go
off when we were interrupted.”
“It was fate.”
“It wasn't fate, bébé ,
it was rotten timing.”
“Look Marcus, there never will be, never can
be, anything between us.”
“And why is that?”
Now that was a good question. One she didn't have
a good answer for so she chose to ignore him instead.
Lola turned away from him and went to bend forward,
when Marcus stepped right behind her, placing his hands
on her hips.
“Nothing has bothered me more then remembering
that night, chére . Remembering how
you felt in my arms, how right it was.”
Lola stood and turned. “Marcus…”
“No. No more words.” Pulling her close,
Marcus crushed her mouth under his. Sliding his tongue
through her parted lips, Marcus stroked his tongue
against her, and despite herself, Lola began to respond
to his kiss. It was impossible not to. The man was
gifted. There were just no two ways around it. He tasted
just as she would have expected him to. Like sin.
Her nipples tightened as her pussy began to swell.
Everything was crying out inside of her to reach down,
unzip his pants and claim his body as hers. To worship
his cock, to take it deep inside of her mouth, drinking
in his flavor and essences. Lola wanted to feel him
hard and deep inside of her, but she knew it was wrong.
Wrong to like this, wrong to feel this way about him,
all wrong. Marcus was the last thing she should want,
but she couldn't stop kissing him.
Lifting her up, Marcus sat her on the counter and
moved between her legs, all without breaking away from
her mouth. Trying to pull back, knowing she should,
Lola wedged her hands between them, trying to separate
them but instead ended up placing them against his
nipples, which hardened at her touch.
Marcus inhaled and broke away from her mouth as she
ran her fingers loosely down his chest. Grabbing her
hands that lay against his chest he placed them behind
her and gripped them both with one of his. This forced
her back to bend a little making her breasts push up.
Throbbing and aching, her nipples harden against her
bra. Poking through her thin shirt, they betrayed her,
showing her arousal to him.
“Marcus, we can't.”
“Not only can we, but we will, because I'm done
with pretending. I know you watch me, Lola, the same
way I watch you. I know that it's this,” he said
eyeing her aching breasts. “I think of every
night when I'm jerking off. It's your name I cry out
when I finally find my release.”
Lola moaned her denial, but Marcus wasn't listening.
Instead he tightened his hold on her wrist. Lola couldn't
help the way her body responded, any more then she
could help Marcus seeing the way her pupils dilated
and darkened with passion.
There was an awe like quality in voice as he spoke, “Who
would have ever thought my little sadist, liked a little
pain?”
Licking her lips nervously, Lola tried to steady her
rapidly beating heart. “No, I don't.”
“Little liar,” he chuckled, releasing
her hands and digging his fingers into her hips. The
feel of his nails biting through her jean-clad thighs
sent a chill of desire running her down her back. The
quick sharp tingling pain caused her nipples to harden
further and her clit to swell. It was like Marcus found
a secret trigger that made her want to come and come
quickly. Marcus must have sensed her arousal because
he chuckled and squeezed a bit harder. “You like
that baby?”
“No,” Lola lied. She would rather die
a painful slow death than admit she liked it.
“Really, cause I could have sworn you did,” Marcus
said, bending down. “Let's try something. You
continue to play hard to get, while I sit here getting
hard, and we'll see who breaks first.”

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