Cocking his brows, Marco asked, “Would you miss me?”
Surprise flooded me at the sudden seriousness of his tone. In the beginning, Marco had been the answer to my rebellious need. Then he became a fun way to pass the time.
And then in the last two months, he became something different.
Something at the moment, I was afraid to define.
“Of course I would.” With a tentative smile, I said, “More than you could ever imagine.”
Marco grinned. “You don’t give two fucks about me. Only my fabulous cock.”
“That’s not true!” I protested.
His agile fingers tickled along my ribcage, causing me to seize up. “Admit it, Caruso. You’re just using me for sex.”
Panting from his tickling, I huffed out, “No…I’m not.”
“Yes, you are.”
With a scowl, I countered, “Yeah, well, I haven’t heard any complaints from you.”
“Maybe I’m tired of being used as a sex object,” he teased.
Rolling my eyes, I replied, “That would be a first.”
“You know it was my lover status that attracted you.”
“You mean your manwhore status?”
Marco’s legendary bedroom skills were part of the allure of why I chose him. Wherever he went, women threw themselves at him, and he took advantage of that. That’s how I knew he would make losing my virginity legendary.
“Manwhores have feelings, too,” he argued.
“Oh really?” I giggled.
“Sometimes they want a woman to see them for more than their great body and pleasure skills.”
“Get over yourself, egomaniac,” I grunted.
“Can you really look me in the eyes and tell me that you feel nothing for me except horniness?”
“Marco–”
“I’m serious, Drea.”
Oh God. He was.
As I got caught in his hypnotic gaze, I couldn’t stop myself from blurting, “I’m falling for you!”
As my face grew warm from my declaration, Marco’s tickling abruptly ceased. His hands came to gently grip the sides of my face. “You are?”
Unable to respond with words, I merely bobbed my head.
“Well, fuck me,” he murmured.
Cocking my brows at him, I countered, “That’s what you have to say at this moment?”
“Excuse me for not being suave. You kinda jerked the rug out from under me.”