Treacherous by L.L Hunter Page A

towards me and
put both hands on my face. He held me still as if I were a wild
filly in danger of fleeing. That was the way these men made me
feel. Ignoring everything my conscience was screaming, I let go and
stepped into his arms.
    “ Nathan. Stay,” I
whispered the last word and he looked up into my gaze. I was about
to kiss him when he answered my request instead, kissing me hotly
and with more passion than I could ever have imagined. I pulled him
backwards with me into my room and kicked the door shut behind
us.
     
     
    Nathan
     
    I couldn’t believe I was giving in. I
was weak. But I didn’t care. Our layers came off between us as we
moved together towards the bed.
    “ I
don’t want to be alone tonight,” she whispered to me as she pulled
me down on the bed and wrapped her limbs around my body. When our
underwear came off and nothing but bare skin was between us, no
barriers were stopping us, I gave myself fully to her. I was one
with her desire, and our fates were intertwined. We got lost in the
passion of our love. In that moment, everything came lose, and even
though it was oh, so wrong, it also felt— oh so right.
     
     
     

Chapter
Nineteen
     
    Charli
     
    Falling into bed with
Nathan was easy, but the thought of Frankie still entered my mind.
I had tried calling him before leaving my parents place to go back
to campus the following morning, but his phone had gone straight to
voicemail. I had no clue what I was doing. Was I messing around
with two guys? Were they messing around with me? When I had
unloaded all of the bags out of my car and taken them up to my
room, I decided to go down to the café for a coffee and reassess my
thoughts. As soon as I pushed the door to the café open, I saw him.
He was sitting in the exact same chair he had when we met. My
breath caught in my throat and then left my lungs all together. I
couldn’t breathe and felt as though I might pass out. I leaned
against the counter.
    “ Are you alright?”
asked the cashier.
    “ Huh?” I looked up and
saw her watching me, concerned. “Oh, yeah. I just had a dizzy
spell. I have them sometimes. I’m alright.”
    “ Would you like a
drink of water?”
    “ Oh, yes, please.
Thank you.” The girl left to get me some water, and I stayed
standing near the coffee grinder at the counter watching Frankie.
He was deeply immersed in the book he was reading. It was a
well-loved and old novel. I couldn’t see the title but the cover
looked familiar. He was wearing glasses, and as he turned the page,
he pushed the brown-rimmed frames up on his nose. He was sexy as
hell, and I wanted to go over there and tear the book away from his
hands and kiss him like no tomorrow. But I waited, and I watched,
and I observed him.
    “ Here’s your water,”
said the cashier, sliding a plastic cup towards me. I took it
without moving my gaze from Frankie. He must have sensed me there,
because all of a sudden he looked up, took his glasses off placing
them on the table in front of him, and rubbed his hand over his
face. As he turned his head my direction, he stretched out his arms
and grinned a lazy grin. My heart raced and again I felt
breathless. I was torturing myself.
    “ Charli, hey. You’re
back.”
    “ Yeah.” I came and sat
opposite him. “You left without saying goodbye.”
    “ Oh, yeah. Something
came up and I…” he was lying. I could tell. “I had to leave
quickly.”
    “ Oh, that’s okay. You
should’ve texted me.” I put my head down to pretend I was hurt. I
had to play along with his game, if that’s what he was
playing.
    “ Charli…. I’m sorry.”
He reached across the table for my hand. I let him. “Let me make it
up to you. I promised you a date, didn’t I?”
    I looked up at him and gave him a small
smile. “Yes.”
    “ Okay. Well, tonight
I’m taking you out. Somewhere nice.”
    “ That sounds lovely. I
can’t wait.” I reached over the table and took his other hand,
squeezing. I didn’t want to get in too