Hard to Resist (Sexy Nerd Boys, #3)

by K. M. Neuhold

  “What are you two whispering about?” Chase demands, looking suspiciously between Ravi and me. Out of the corner of my eye I catch my mother giving me a covert smile, like she’s guessed our secret. Knowing my mother, she probably has.

  “Just talking trash about you,” I tease Chase to divert his attention.

  “Whatever baby sis,” Chase taunts back. He knows how much I hate that so he laughs when I glare at him.

  Ravi

  When we get back to our apartment I finally breathe a sigh of relief. Being around Chase is getting more and more difficult. I can hardly even look at him. I’m such a shirt friend. And yet...I look over at Hadley snuggling our kitten. She’s so beautiful. Not just her looks, although I can’t deny she’s the sexiest woman I’ve ever seen, she has a beautiful heart. My chest aches with longing just looking at her. I can’t give her up.

  “Present time,” she demands, holding her hands out. I chuckle and pull her against me. Her curves mold against me sinfully and I can’t resist tilting her chin up so I can briefly taste her lips. She returns the kiss, gently nibbling my bottom lip then flicking her tongue against mine.

  “So it is dirty then?”

  “No, I just got distracted. Although, if I had known I could get away with counting sex as your birthday gift I could’ve saved myself some money,” I tease. She shoves my chest and I scoop her up to carry her to my bedroom. Setting her down on my bed I take a second to appreciate the sight of her in my bed. I don’t think I’ll ever get over that. Then, I finally go to my dresser to get her present.

  “You didn’t have to get me anything,” she says, her eyes widening when she sees I’m holding a jewelry box.

  “Shut up, of course I was going to get you something.” I bump my shoulder against hers, nodding for her to open her present.

  She pulls out the heavy, antique looking locket and gasps.

  “It’s so beautiful, I love it.”

  “Open it up,” I encourage. I had the inside engraved with the words with you, I’m home.

  She reads the inscription and bursts into tears.

  “It’s so perfect Ravi, thank you.”

  I pull her into my arms and stroke her hair, reveling in the feel of having her in my arms. The words ‘I love you’ are on the tip of my tongue, but it doesn’t seem right to say them yet. I shouldn’t say them until everything’s sorted out and we can at least tell Chase about us. I look down into her winter green eyes and my heart stutters. We need to tell Chase soon.

  Chapter 17

  Hadley

  I pout silently as I stalk through the empty house. Not that I begrudge Ravi time with his mother, but the apartment feels extremely empty when he’s not home. I decide to indulge in my favorite guilty pleasure, smutty romance novels.

  I slither into my bed and reach into my bed side table in search of 50 Shades of Gray. But, instead of finding my book my hand lands on a small stack of stapled papers. I pull it towards me and read it curiously.

  Hadley,

  I found your lady porn and I must say I’m extremely disappointed. That drivel is poorly written. And, to be frank, it’s an affront to the English language. I thought if you were in the mood to read porn, I’d try my hand at writing you a little something.

  xoxo

  My stomach flutters excitedly as I flip to the next page. The idea of Ravi writing me something dirty as me tingly and excited already. The last time he wrote something dirty my panties were wet in seconds.

  Ravi

  Kashi told me this morning that she was planning to tell her parents tonight about her pregnancy. Which means I’m going to have to tell my parents that Kashi and I aren’t together so that they don’t find out for the first time when their friends tell them about the pregnancy.

  “I wanted to tell you something,” I say carefully between bites of rice. I force myself to look up and meet the gazes of my parents across the dinner table. They are both looking at me expectantly. I clear my throat and force the words out. “Kashi and I aren’t seeing each other anymore.”

  My mother’s face falls.

  “But you seemed so perfect together. You have so much in common.”

  I try not to grimace. The only thing Kashi and I have in common is our old world parents. Maybe that could have been enough for us if neither of us had found our true other halves. I could see how being with Kashi would be comfortable and easy. But now that I’ve had Hadley the last thing I want is comfortable and easy. I want heat, and urgency, and laughter, and love. I want Hadley.

  “I’m sure you’ll hear this from her parents soon, but Kashi is with someone else. They’re having a baby.”

  My mother gasps and then looks at me with pity.

  “Did you like her a lot?”

  I smile and shake my head.

  “I think we’re better as friends.”

  My mother seems disappointed but appeased, and the rest of the meal continues as usual.

  *****

  Hadley: when are you going to be home?

  Ravi: not long, why?

  I slide my phone into my pocket and lean down to give my mother a hug.

  “Stay strong mom,” I tell her sternly.

  She smiles fondly and pats my cheek.

  “Don’t worry about me.”

  Once I’m in my car I check my phone again.

  Hadley: because I just read the naughty story you wrote me and I’m horny as fuck

  Fuck. My cock stiffens immediately and I quickly throw my car into gear. Instead of texting her back I call her.

  “Hi,” She answers breathlessly.

  My mind immediately conjures the image of her laying in my bed touching herself.

  “Where are you right now?” I ask gruffly.

  “In bed,” She purrs.

  “Yours or mine?”

  “Mine.”

  I grunt in disapproval.

  “Go get in my bed...and you’d better be naked,” I instruct.

  Hadley lets out a soft moan and I hear rustling. My cock throbs with need as I step on the gas.

  “I’m in your bed,” She says after a moment.

  “Good. Now, tell me what got you so hot.”

  “Your words painted such a vivid picture in my head. I swear I could feel every touch you described in the story. I imagined you writing it, thinking of me and getting turned on.”

  “I was. Do me a favor baby, slip those delicate fingers between your legs and tell me how wet you are for me,” I command, staring at a red light, willing it to turn green and doing my best not to whip my hard cock out here and now and stroke it, to ease the urgency.

  Hadley lets out a breathy moan and my hand tightens on the steering wheel.

  “God Ravi, I’m so wet for you. I’m fucking drenched. I need you so badly.”

  Heat pools in my stomach and zings up my spine as I attempt to rein in my heavy breathing.

  In record time I’m screeching into our driveway. As I jump out of the car, the phone still to my ear, I hear faint moaning on her end.

  “Are you still touching yourself?” I demand, sprinting up the stairs to our apartment.

  “Ah...yes,” Hadley gasps.

  I growl and hang the phone up. I bolt through the door and slam it shut behind me. I skid through a halt in my bedroom doorway and attempt to catch my breath. Unfortunately, the scene in front of me steals what’s left of the air from my lungs.

  Hadley’s perfect, curvy body is spread out on my bed. Her slender fingers are sliding into her glistening sex. Out of the corner of my eye I notice my belt on the top of my dresser and a wicked idea enters my mind. If she wants to play, then we are definitely going to play. I grab the belt and then return to the bed, grabbing her hands to stop her from touching herself. She whimpers in protest and arches her body towards me, desperate for relief.

  “You’ve been a bad girl while I was gone.”

  Her eyes go wide as I pin her hands above her head and use my belt to bind them to the headboard.

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nbsp; “Now you’ll have to be punished for being such a dirty slut while I was gone.”

  She gasps and writhes on the bed, a small smile ticking at the corners of her lips.

  “Yes, I was so bad.”

  “And bad girls have to be punished, right?”

  She nods fervently and I lick my lips, dropping to my knees at the foot of the bed. I run my tongue through her slick folds and moan out loud at the taste of her sweet pussy.

  Hadley moans and bucks her hips. I still her with my hands and give her a warning look.

  “You’re being punished, which means you’re going to lay still and let me do whatever I want to you. And, you’re not going to come until I tell you to. Do you understand?”

  “Yes,” She gasps.

  “Good girl.”

  Capturing her clit in my mouth and flicking it with my tongue, she gasps and struggles to hold still. I slide a finger inside of her slowly and she immediately begins to clench around my finger, seeking release.

  “Please Ravi, Harder.”

  I roll my tongue firmly against her clit and slide a second finger inside of her, thrusting roughly and listening to Hadley’s pleasured cries.

  “Yes, yes, yes!”

  Just before she explodes I pull back.

  “No!” She protests, struggling against my still fingers, trying to force me to finish the job.

  “Are you going to be a good girl from now on?” I taunt, flicking my tongue slowly against her clit. She’s panting digging her fingers into my belt.

  “Yes, anything you want.”

  I grin, feeling the rush of the dominance game in the pit of my stomach. Finally, I reward her answer, returning my tongue to forceful strokes against her clit and my fingers to rough thrusts.

  Hadley bucks her hips up and cries out as her sex clamps down hard around my fingers.

  Hadley

  My legs are shaking from the intensity of the orgasm Ravi just gave me.

  Before I can even catch my breath he’s spreading my legs wide and easing between them. I legitimately almost come again just from the sight of his chiseled, golden body hovering over me.

  “I could never get tired of looking at you,” He murmurs in a hushed voice as he gazes down at my naked body spread out beneath him.

  “Funny, I was just thinking the same thing,” I admit, looking him over again.

  My eyes stall at his thick, rigid cock poised at my entrance. I stain against the binding of my hands, wanting to pull him deeper inside of me. His eyes drift over me in my vulnerable position and his gaze turns feral before he slams into me. We both moan. My eyes actually roll back in my head, and my toes curl as he thrusts into me over and over.

  Ravi’s lips descend to find my scar and kiss it from top to bottom, all the while maintaining a steady, unhurried pace with his thrusts. He’s savoring me like he has all the time in the world.

  His lustful invasion is unbelievably full and deep. I writhe beneath his strong body, desperate for a second release, which is already on the horizon.

  “So tight, so good,” Ravi murmurs in a gravelly voice.

  I run my tongue along the side of his neck and he shivers, his thrusts increasing in pace. His fingers dig into my hips firmly, his gaze meeting mine. The unconcealed emotion in his eyes pierces my heart and sends me tumbling over the edge of pleasure once again.

  Ravi groans loudly, pounding hard into me as I clench and spasm around him, sending him spiraling into his own orgasm.

  He collapses against me, catching his breath for several seconds before he shifts to be able to unbind my hands. He tosses the belt aside and gently kisses my wrists before pulling me against his chest.

  “Was that okay? I didn’t hurt you did I?”

  “It was perfect. Maybe it’s weird but I kind of liked it, being totally at your mercy like that.”

  “I like it too,” he admits.

  Without another word we snuggle under his covers and fall asleep.

  Ravi

  A smile plays at the corners of my lips as I slowly blink awake, feeling Hadley’s soft body cradled against me. Her round ass pressed firmly against my morning wood is a fantastic way to wake up. I reach up and brush her hair off of her creamy shoulder and start to kiss her shoulder and neck. She purrs sleepily, wiggling against me. I want to wake up with Hadley in my arms for the rest of my life. This thought stops my heart, because as soon as I think it I know it’s true. I am so hopelessly in love with her.

  “Good morning,” She murmurs, rolling to face me.

  I tilt her chin up and kiss her lips sweetly. The words are on the tip of my tongue. My hands travel over her back and down over her shapely ass, pulling her firmly against me.

  “The best morning,” I agree with a suggestive grin. Her lips find my pulse point in my throat. She nibbles and licks my neck and then reaches down and starts to stroke my cock in that way that drives me crazy. “Hadley,” I groan appreciatively.

  The sound of the front door opening stops my heart. There are only two people who walk right in without knocking, and one of them is-

  “Had, don’t tell me you’re still asleep, lazy ass,” Chase’s voice rings out.

  Hadley jumps up and slams her bedroom door closed before Chase can reach it and see us in such a compromising position.

  “Hold on Chase, I’ll be out in a minute.” She calls through the door. I jump up and start pulling my clothes on frantically and Hadley does the same.

  “What do we do? It’s going to look really suspicious with me coming out of your bedroom,” I whisper frantically.

  I’m cursing myself for our late night change of location. We never really think much about which bed we end up in. So, after our first round last night we had a midnight snack and played a round of MarioKart racing before randomly deciding to go to sleep in Hadley’s bed. Why am I even wasting energy thinking about this? It would be no less damning for Chase to find Hadley in my room in the morning.

  Fuck, fuck, fuck. Chase is going to break my jaw, and if I’m lucky that’s all he’ll do.

  “Should we just tell him?” She whispers back.

  I shake my head fervently, pleading with my eyes for her to understand that we can’t. Her face falls and then is replaced with a cold, emotionless mask. Without another word she swings her door open and walks out of the room. Chase’s sitting at the kitchen table, he smiles when he sees Hadley, and then he sees me emerge behind her and eyes narrow with suspicion. He looks between the two of us, his lips pursed.

  “Morning bro.” Hadley gives him a kiss on the cheek and turns to put on a pot of coffee. Chase’s eyes bore into me, waiting for an explanation of what I was doing in Hadley’s room.

  “Chase, it’s not what it looks like.”

  “What does it look like?” Chase’s voice is low and dangerous. Hadley ducks her head into the refrigerator as though she doesn’t even hear the exchange between Chase and I.

  “It looks like...” I can’t even bring myself to say the words. I look desperately between Hadley, Chase, and Hadley’s bedroom like I’m hoping that the words I’m looking for will magically appear out of thin air.

  “What are you getting all bent out of shape about Chase? Ravi was just killing a spider for me,” Hadley lies smoothly. Chase finally releases me from his gaze, turning to appraise Hadley. “Do you want cheese in your scrambled eggs?”

  “Um, yeah, thanks.” Chase says, caught off guard by the change in subject. “So he was killing a spider in your bedroom?”

  “That’s what I just said.” Hadley puts her hands on her hips, her eyes sparking with challenge. “What? Did you think Ravi was fucking me?”

  Chase winces and my eyes go wide.

  She grabs a bowl and starts to crack eggs into it and then starts to whip them violently.

  “Come on bro, you know you have nothing to worry about. There’s nothing between Ravi and I.”

  Her words seem to comfort Chase but they send a chill through me. Her eyes fall on me and they�
��re full of anger and regret, clearly her words were directed at me. Silence falls and she keeps her gaze trained on me. It’s obvious she’s hoping that I’ll correct her, tell Chase that there is in fact something between Hadley and I.

  “LP-” I shake my head and try to tell her with my eyes how I feel, but I just can’t bring myself to face the music with Chase.

  “Can you go down and invite Eve and Asher for breakfast,” Hadley requests coldly. I nod weakly.

  Hadley

  “I wish you didn’t have to go back to New York next week,” I tell Chase sadly after I watch Ravi slink from the apartment with his tail between his legs.

  I’m glad that Chase’s here right now because it gives me the strength to resist crumbling into a million pieces. In my mind Ravi’s made his decision who’s more important to him, and it’s obviously not me. I know it was my idea to keep this quiet, but I’m starting to think that he’s never going to want to risk his relationships with others to make our relationship known. And, honestly, I’m feeling selfish for ever thinking he could. Chase’s important to him, and so is his parents’ opinion, and I shouldn’t be expecting him to risk those things for me. So I need to be the bigger person and end this now before I fall even more deeply in love with him.

  “Me too sis, I’m going to miss you. And, I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do without Ravi. I don’t know how you did it last year, Had. You, Ravi, and I were the three Musketeers, how did you survive here all by yourself? I’m thinking about being in New York without either of you and I don’t know if I can do it.”

  “So, stay here,” I suggest hopefully.

  “Honestly, I’ve been thinking about it.”

  “If you are going to you’d better find someone who needs a roommate, because apartments get rented out around campus the year before. I was lucky to find this place.”

  Chase nods, staring off into the distance in thought.

  “Yeah, this girl has been telling me she needs a roommate, so I’m thinking about it.”

  I perk up with curiosity. Chase has never gotten serious with a girl before. As far as I know he’s never even called a girl his girlfriend.

  “A girl?” I can’t control my shit eating grin.

  “She’s just a friend,” he says defensively, but he looks uncomfortable.