23 On His Lap

"You shouldn't sit like this," James said, his voice tinged with warning as he did his best to focus on Laura's face. Laura had had a few more drinks as they talked and decided that rather than sit sideways on his lap, she was going to straddle him instead.

"Why not? I read that sitting like this would have the most effect. Were they wrong?" Laura asked and even tilted her head in confusion, which made her look adorable.

"I don't know what effect you were going for, but I need to know what you've been reading," James said with a sigh. He had kept his hands off of her since earlier on, since he had started reacting to her.

The way she smelled, the way he would catch glimpses of the body jewellery she was wearing from the sides of her skimpy dress, and even how she kept touching him were constantly poking at his instincts.

Now she was even straddling his lap, her dress riding up so high he was almost getting a glimpse of her underwear.

"I browsed through a few forums for some dating advice," Laura said to him. If Rachel heard what she had said, she would have laughed in her face. Rather than dating advice, it was seducing advice. James immediately knew what she was not telling him, just from the way she pursed her lips together as if she was hiding something from him.

"Dating advice?" James asked as he used his thumb to pull her bottom lip from between her teeth. She nodded readily, making James smile. But his smile did not reach his eyes as he was staring at her wet bottom lip.

"Don't look at me like that," Laura said, and covered his eyes. His eyes seemed to be making so many promises, and she couldn't understand any of them. She only felt her body heat up in response.

"You are the first person to cover my eyes, do you know that?" James asked as he held her wrist and pulled her hand, forcing her to fall against him.

"Hehe," Laura giggled and wrapped her arms around his waist to hug him. It was similar to the way she held on to him on the night of his young brother's birthday party. She rested her head on his shoulder and her warm breath was blowing over his neck.

He could only vaguely feel it because of the turtleneck he was wearing. But the smell of brandy that came from her open lips combined with her own scent made him feel intoxicated even though he hadn't drunk anything.

"So what dating advice did you receive from those forums?" James asked, curious about whether or not she was doing this deliberately.

"Rather than tell you, why don't I show you?" Laura asked as she lifted her head to look at him. James, who looked at the challenge in her eyes, smiled at her. In his eyes, she was like a kitten trying to challenge a wolf.

"Go ahead," James said with an amused smile. With his go-ahead, Laura smiled happily. She would have tried doing this, whether she was tipsy or not. The difference would have probably been that her execution would be much better if she was sober.

James held her waist as that felt like a safer place to hold compared to the bare legs that were on either side of him and looked at the mischievous expression on her face.

Laura held the side of his face with her hand and kissed the back of his jaw before moving upward to his cheek. When she kissed the corner of his lips, James smiled because of how the atmosphere had become ambiguous.

Laura stared into his grey eyes when they were finally face to face. They were so close that their noses were almost touching. The smell of brandy almost overwhelmed his senses. Laura moved her gaze from his eyes to his lips before kissing his bottom lip, then his top lip.

As tempted as James was to pull her in so that he could kiss her aggressively, he remembered that he had told her that he would go at her pace. And since she took the initiative to learn something by herself, he was going to see the results of her 'studying'.

Laura finally pressed her lips against his after what he felt was an agonisingly long time. She pulled down on his chin to meld their lips together before hesitantly licking his bottom lip. This hesitation was about to drive him half-mad because he felt like she was teasing him, even though he knew that she wasn't.

When she pushed her tongue into his mouth and tangled it with his own was when James's rationality snapped. He moved one of his hands to the back of her head and enthusiastically sucked on the tongue in his mouth.

Laura was both surprised and excited by the sudden aggressiveness. Besides the soft music that was playing in the room, the only other sounds that could be heard were the wet sounds of their kissing.

Laura, who was already hot from her drink, felt her body heat up even more and she gradually loosened as she sat on top of him. James could only feel her wrap her hands at the back of his neck as her body pressed even more against him. She was short of starting to rub herself against him.

The atmosphere was getting more heated as James started rubbing the sides of her hips with his palms. He finally caught himself when he was about to slip his hands under the short dress and abruptly ended the kiss.

As much as Laura wanted to complain, she was too breathless to do so, so she only lay on top of him while trying to catch her breath. James groaned and looked up at the ceiling as he tried to get his brain to work once more.

He had even started getting hard, just from a kiss at that. If his old friends heard of this, they would never have let him live it down. Even he couldn't stop the low chuckle that escaped his lips.

Laura, who had been getting comfortable, looked up at him in confusion but could only see his chin for a while. He then tapped her soft butt twice and gestured for her to get off of his lap. The actions were so natural it took a while for them to notice what he had done.

James got off the sofa and took the glass of brandy that had already been heavily diluted by the melted ice cubes and downed it in one go. It looked like they should go home soon, lest he finds himself using the bedroom in the private room.