Vi’s lips are silk, warm and tender, electric in every touch against me. I press for entrance with my tongue, and she opens up, as much taking me in as I am invading her mouth. She moans against me and I swallow the sexy sound.

As the elevator door opens and we half twirl, half stumble our way to the door of my penthouse, all I know is I want her and she wants me.

Reality hits, though, when Violet stumbles on the single step that leads down to my living room area, and I remember that she’s drunk. I’m tipsy, for sure, but she’s drunk-drunk . . . and I’m not going to take advantage. Certainly not of Violet.

“Where are you taking me?” Violet says as I help her up and lead her to my bedroom. “Ooh . . . I’ve wanted to see this for awhile.” Her eyes are glassy as they bounce around the room, and I wonder what she thinks of my space. Does she think it suits me? Does she like the décor?

“I’m sure you have. Probably want to tell me that the color’s atrocious or the Feng Shui is all wrong,” I tell her, holding myself back as I pull the comforter and sheets down. “Need help with the heels?”

Violet shakes her head, which seems to disorient her because she tumbles down to the mattress before rolling onto her back. She sticks her long legs up straight in the air and giggles as she pushes off one of her heels with her toes. It falls to the bed and bounces off, hitting the floor. “Boom . . . missile launched. Preparing missile two, Captain.” She repeats the move, her other shoe clattering to the floor.

Violet is definitely a happy drunk, looser and less biting than her usual self. I wonder if this is how she is with people other than me.

Her legs flail, bending and opening, which gives me an unexpectedly spectacular view.

Holy shit, she went commando tonight. Beneath the short hem of her dress is nothing but the same soft caramel skin of her honeyed thighs, leading up to a cleft that has my cock leaking precum into my pants before I can do anything about it.

Shiiiiit.

Violet is stunning, and I’m a total asshole for never noticing. But I’m sure as fuck noticing now.

“Now you . . . no ssshoes on the bed.” She pats the mattress next to her, and I realize that she thinks I brought her to my bed to fuck her. And in the surprise of the century, I want to. I want to fuck Violet Russo, the annoying pain in my teenage ass whom I honestly haven’t given a moment’s thought about until tonight.

But not like this. Not so drunk she doesn’t even know what she’s doing.

Someone should nominate me for sainthood.

Instead of doing what every instinct in my body says it wants me to do, I pull the sheet up over her body and she starts shimmying underneath the sheet.

“What are you doing?” I ask, my brow furrowing. She grunts a little, her pink tongue sticking out in concentration. “You need a drink? Some water?” I clarify.

She doesn’t answer, but getting a bit of space seems like a good plan right now because Violet’s writhing around in my bed is looking better than I would’ve thought it ever could. “I’ll be right back.”

Before I can even get to the door, her dress hits me in the back of the head. I glance back to see her triumphant face and hurry to the bathroom, where I stick my face underneath the cold water of the sink until I can actually think.

Violet Russo is in my bed. Naked. Lusting for me. Me? And I want her?

How did this happen?

My cock’s rock hard at seeing even a quick peek of her pussy, and I force myself to focus and play memory games, an old trick that I used back in my college days, reciting Super Bowl champions going backward until my brain’s able to take hold again.

It takes me all the way back to the Miami Dolphins before I feel the pressure in my balls subside enough that I don’t think I could crack a brick with my dick, and I quickly flush the toilet for my cover story. I splash my face again, looking at the confused, haunted eyes in the mirror when I’m done.

Holy Shit. Leaving my thoughts of naked Violet for a moment, I’m struck with the bigger reality of the night.

I said I’d marry her.

Not a silly flirtation we could play off as a one-time thing. Not a drunken night we could both ignore. Not even a short-term fling to get people off my back.

But I said I’d walk down the aisle with her, fake or not, in front of her friends and family. In front of my family.

What the fuck was I thinking?

The devil on my shoulder laughs, knowing exactly what I was thinking. That she’s sexy . . . and kissed me . . . and needs me.

And doesn’t knowing ball-buster Violet Russo needs me do something squirmy to my insides? Just yesterday, I would’ve said it was glee at getting one over on her. Tonight, I’m not so sure that’s what this warmth is. It feels bigger, deeper, hotter than our . . . what did she call it? Frenemies? Yeah, this feels like more than a frenemy-ship.

What the fuck am I going to do?

This is such a bad idea. I know it. She knows it. Hell, Abi set us both up, and even she’s gotta know it. Even if it would solve some problems temporarily, I don’t think anyone would actually believe that our bickering and teasing caught fire and led to insta-love and marriage. Would they?

Taking a deep breath, I head back to my bedroom. I need to break this off before it goes too far because this is so many types of mistake that I can’t even list them all in my foggy brain. And when Violet’s not desperate and drunk, she’ll see that I’m right.