Page 59 of I Am Sin

“You don’t have to get out right away. But I think you should look.”

“Who was that guy you were with?”

She furrows her brow. “Antonio? I told you. He’s a friend.”

Recognition dawns on me. “He was at the party.”

“Yeah, he’s actually Teddy’s cousin. He owns a music store here in town.”

My eyebrows nearly fly off my head. “Does he?—”

“Before you say another word, yes, he employs instructors for vocal and instrumental music. But after tonight, I’m not so sure you’re what he has in mind.”

“I’m as good a drummer as anybody.”

“I certainly wouldn’t know.”

“Ask Jesse. He always said I was better than any of the percussion performance majors he knew in school. And I’m completely self-taught.”

“Dragon…”

“You know what?” I run my hands over my face and through my hair. “Never mind. Doesn’t matter anyway. I’ll be out of here as soon as I find another place to live.”

I close the door in her face.

I head back toward my shower when she pounds on the door.

No knocking softly this time. She’s pounding on it like her life depends on it.

I open the door. “Yes?”

Her hands are on her hips. “Damn it, Dragon. You willnotclose the door on me. You will not…”

She’s yelling, her cheeks red, her hands balled into fists.

And all I can think about is that my life is a piece of shit, but here stands before me the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.

And she’s full of fire I didn’t know she had.

She’s yammering about something, her lips flapping like a hummingbird’s wings, and all I want is for her to shut up.

So I shut her up the only way I can.

I crush my mouth to hers.

ChapterNineteen

Diana

How is this man’s tongue in my mouth?

He holds me tightly, and I grab his shoulders, try to wrench myself away from him.

But his kiss…

His kiss is giving me something I can’t deny…

His tongue is velvet, his lips so soft and full, and he tastes of chocolate and cherries.