Treacherous by L.L Hunter Page B

deeply with Frankie,
especially if he wasn’t whom he said he was, but I had to find out
what he was doing, if he was blackmailing my father.
    “ Good. I’ll come get
you at six.”
    “ Great.” I sat back in
my chair then realised I needed coffee. Well, real coffee. I had
only had black instant coffee at my parent’s place.
    “ I need a coffee,” I
said, standing up and grabbing my purse.
    “ Here, let me.” He
pulled his wallet out of his pocket and handed me a ten- dollar
note.
    “ Are you
sure?”
    “ Yes. I owe
you.”
    I grinned. “Yes. You
do.” As I stepped up to order my coffee, I could feel his eyes
burning through my clothes. It was unsettling, but also made me
feel good. I didn’t let him see my smile.
    When I sat back down,
Frankie had his laptop out, typing away.
    “ What are you
writing?” I asked, stirring my coffee.
    “ Oh, just an essay. I
hate these things.”
    “ Me, too. What’s it
about?”
    “ It’s about the female
psyche.”
    “ The female psyche?
Are you trying to get inside my head, Frankie?” I
teased.
    “ Not yet. But I want
to. If you’ll let me?” He leaned forward over the table. I
automatically leaned forward too, to taunt him.
    “ Hmm. I’ll have to
think about that.”
    “ You’re already in my
head,” he whispered. Oh My God, this man was impossible. He made me
want to abandon any feelings I had for anyone else, giving into him
completely. He stood and brushed his lips softly over my bottom
lip. His breathe smelled of coffee, chocolate, and mint. I felt my
breath slip away again. I wanted to kiss him and give into him… Oh,
to hell with it. I kissed him pushing aside any thoughts and
feelings for Nathan.
    Nathan .
No!
    My head screamed at
me to stop kissing Frankie, but I couldn’t stop. I didn’t know what
it was with Nathan. It was like the good girl side of me loved
Nathan, and the bad girl side loved Frankie. My life was starting to mirror a science fiction
novel. Either that or I had split personality disorder.
    Put it this way, I was kissing Frankie
for Nathan, I told myself. I had to get inside his head like he was
in mine.
    Frankie pulled away for a moment, still
holding onto me but leaving his face extremely close to mine.
“When’s your next class?” he asked me, rubbing his thumb over my
knuckles. It distracted my mouth from forming words.
    “ Um… um… at
two.”
    “ Excellent. Come on.”
He stood, pulling me up with him.
    “ Where are we
going?”
    “ To study.”
    My mind travelled to
all sorts of dangerous places as we headed to his room. I knew
exactly what I was in for...
     
     
     

Chapter
Twenty
     
    Nathan
     
    What on earth was I
doing? I woke at the normal time I usually woke on a weekday, 6am,
which was before Charli. As I sat up on the side of the bed to find
my pants, I looked back over my shoulder at Charli’s naked body on
the other side of the bed. Her hair was fanned out over the pillow
behind her head, and she looked like an angel. Last night I knew I
shouldn’t have stayed, shouldn’t have given in to my desires, but I
couldn’t help myself. I could feel myself falling for her very,
very fast. I leaned over to plant a kiss on Charli’s forehead, but
she stirred and rolled over, exposing her breasts to me. God, she
was beautiful. And I was going to hell.
    “ Mm, are you leaving?”
She mumbled with eyes still closed. She reached out for me, and my
hand found hers automatically.
    “ I have to go to
work.” I couldn’t lie about that. How else would I explain my
absence from the Campus? I had to go back to the station to follow
up on my case at some point.
    “ Mm. Okay. I better
get back to school.”
    “ I’ll call you later.
Okay?” I kissed her sweet lips and brushed hair away from her
face.
    “ Sure.” She watched me
as I dressed and smiled when I looked her way. I didn’t want to go
back to the station. I wanted to climb back into bed with her and
make love to her again, but that would have to