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Ruined Promises (Promise #1)(5)
Author: Stefanie Jenkins

With my glass of Macallan 12 single malt scotch in hand, I get up from the table and walk over to the balcony’s edge, resting my arms on the railing. I take a sip from the glass and search the crowd for her.

Bingo. It’s like my eyes are drawn right to her.

I spot her in the center of the dance floor. This woman has captivated me, and I can’t take my eyes off her—the way her hips sway side to side, the way her smile lights up her face, and the way her eyes close as if she is getting lost in the music. I want to get lost in her.

I take another sip of my drink, finishing off the tumbler. I walk back to the table and place my glass down rather sternly, causing my brother to look away from one of the blondes, who are now basically in his lap, and directly at me. Keeping it real classy, Asher.

“I’m going downstairs for another drink.”

“What? Why? We have anything and everything we could ever want up here.” I give one last glance over my shoulder at our table to find one blonde grinding in my brother’s lap while the other blonde is kissing along his neck. Yeah, I definitely don’t want to be around to witness that. Plus, everything I want is down there in a little black dress.

I make my way down the stairs and through the crowd while continuing to watch her. Because of my height, I tower over most women on the dance floor and some men. I have the perfect view of her. As I approach, I follow the droplets of sweat that drip down from her forehead to her neck to between her breasts. I have to mentally tell my cock to stay down because all I want to do is trail that same path with my tongue.

I’m starting to sound more like my brother than myself, which scares me. But I already want to know everything there is to know about this woman before I even have her name. There is something about this girl that is pulling me to her like a magnet. I choose to forgo the bar because I am getting drunk on just her; she is intoxicating.

I close the distance between us. I step up behind her as she sways side to side, completely lost. I place my hands on her waist and pull her closer to me, her back now firmly against my front. She freezes a moment, her body tense as if she’s deciding whether she should tell me to get lost or not, but as quickly as it happened, she begins to relax into my touch. This beautiful vixen goes back to moving her hips side to side in a figure-eight motion, and I’m not sure how much longer my cock will obey and not let her know how interested he really is.

My hand moves from her side to her stomach, holding her protectively against me. The dance floor is crowded, and I want to keep her close. She continues to relax into me as we dance. I am anything but a good dancer—I’m not even sure I have rhythm—but with this goddess guiding me, I feel like I’m ready to take on Dancing with the Stars, or possibly Dirty Dancing. Her ass keeps grinding against my cock, and the thought of burying it deep inside her makes me harder with each motion. I’m sure she can feel what she is doing to me, but she hasn’t stepped away. In fact, with the change of song, she changes her position with her head fully resting against my chest and her arm wrapped up behind my neck. This gives me the perfect view of gorgeous tits, front and center.

I’m not sure how long we dance when I notice her friends have begun trailing off back to the VIP section. One friend in particular, a blonde, leans over and whispers something. My temptress nods, and her friend makes her way back through the crowd. I don’t mind being alone with her, not that being on the crowded dance floor of a club is really being alone.

I lean down, running my nose up and down her pulse point, inhaling her sweet scent. I can feel her swallow thickly, the tension building between us. I think it’s time, though, that I put a name to this beautiful face. I spin her in my arms, and she slowly drags her gaze up my body and the breath leaves my body. If I thought she was gorgeous from far away, I’m not even sure I can handle her this close. She is an angel sent from heaven, and I’m the devil ready to corrupt her.

 

 

When I felt strange hands grab my hips, I froze for only a moment. My eyes met Hadley’s, and we had a nonverbal conversation as to whether I should brush this guy off or not. Nobody wants to dance with an ugly creeper. But the way she smiled and nodded slightly told me he wasn’t too bad on the eyes and that she approved.

I should have pulled away and told him tonight was about me and my group celebrating, but what better way to forget about everything than getting lost in someone. And I do just that. The way his hands feel, fingers spread out on my waist, my heart beats so fast it matches the beat of the techno remix the DJ is currently playing.

We are so close that his scent of soap and pine fills my nostrils even through the crowd and sweat. When he slowly spins me around to face him, I come face-to-face with the sexiest man I have ever seen. No wonder Hadley approved.

Dark eyes.

Dark hair that lines his chiseled, sharp jaw.

Broad shoulders that fill out his black button-down shirt.

My eyes follow a bead of sweat as it drops down his Adam’s apple, and I am tempted to trace that same path with my tongue and see just how far the sweat will drop. Get a grip, Lex. You just met this man. Wait, we haven’t even officially met yet. I don’t even know his name.

When our eyes finally connect, it’s as if everyone else disappears, and it’s just us alone in the crowd.

“Ben.”

“Lexi.”

“You’re gorgeous, Lexi.”

My cheeks heat up, and my panties dampen at the sound of my name on his lips. I bring my bottom lip between my teeth and bite down. Ben grips my chin and uses his thumb to free my lip from my grasp. I suck in a breath at how intimate the movement is.

“You know, you’re not so bad yourself.” I give him a cheeky smile, now back to feeling relaxed from his touch. He wraps his arm around my waist, twirling me back around, pulling me flush against his chest.

“You’re quite the dancer, too,” he whispers in my ear, and I close my eyes as I feel his hot breath on my skin.

“Oh? I have all sorts of moves.” Woah, where the fuck did that come from? I sway my hips side to side again and then in a figure-eight motion. I hear him growl behind me as I make sure to press my ass into his groin harder, rubbing against the hardening outline in his pants.

Song after song, we continue to dance. He leans down and nibbles my earlobe, making wetness pool in my panties. “You keep doing that, I’m going to take you right here on the dance floor and devour you,” he growls.

I lean back, reaching my arm up behind him, running my fingers through the damp hair on the nape of his neck. “Maybe I want you to.”

Ben whips me around so fast I worry I’ll suffer from whiplash. He brushes the hair out of my face and pulls me tightly against his hard body. I wrap my arms around him to steady myself.

“Do you mean it? Do you want me to?” My body wants nothing more than to say yes. Before I allow my brain and heart to catch up, I nod. His grip tightens on my waist, and his lips crash on mine. This kiss is like no other kiss I have ever experienced. This kiss I feel everywhere, and I am no longer drunk from the champagne; I am drunk on his lips. I slide my arms around his neck, holding him to me. One hand goes from his neck to his chest, gripping his shirt. He groans into my mouth when I roll my pelvis against his erection. The entire time we’ve been dancing, I’ve felt it poking against my back. I can’t help but wonder what it would be like to wrap my fingers around him. This is so not like me, but there is something about this man that makes me loose control.

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