“If you insist, sweetheart,” he says lowly, and oh, I kind of like it when he calls me that. His fingers fold around my wrist and his tongue sneaks out of his mouth, running up the length of my finger. His lips close over the tip, over the purple nail polish I painted on last night, and he sucks the topping right off. I did not think this through. It wasn’t meant to be erotic and sexy, foreplay to an activity we’ll never partake in because we’re friends, but that’s what it feels like this is. His eyes pin me with a heated gaze. His tongue licks over my knuckles and he hums, a satisfied rumble
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