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Library Lock-In

Penulis: Keodiniah
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Killian’s POV

It was supposed to be a normal night.

One last study session before exams.

One last chance to prepare before we graduated and went our separate ways.

But Emma Scott never let anything be normal.

Now, here we were.

Locked in the goddamn university library.

“I told you we should’ve left earlier,” I muttered, pacing near the entrance.

Emma, completely unbothered, leaned against the librarian’s desk, twirling a pen between her fingers. “Relax, Thomas. It’s not the end of the world.”

I turned to her, exasperated. “We’re stuck here all night, Emma. That’s a problem.”

She arched a brow, her smirk deepening. “Is it?”

I stiffened.

That tone.

That look in her eyes.

I’d seen it too many times before.

“Don’t,” I warned.

Her lips curved into a slow, dangerous smile. “Don’t what, Killian?”

I exhaled sharply, running a hand through my hair. “We need to focus on getting out of here.”

She pushed off the desk, closing the distance between us in slow, deliberate steps.

“I can think of a better way to pass the time,” she murmured, her fingers grazing my chest.

I grabbed her wrist, stopping her. “Emma—”

She tilted her head, her lips barely an inch from mine. “Admit it,” she whispered. “You love it when I push you.”

Damn her.

Damn me.

Because she was right.

I had spent so much time pretending I didn’t care. Pretending she was just some spoiled, irritating heiress I had to put up with until we graduated.

But it was all a lie.

And she knew it.

Her body pressed against mine, warm and tempting. Her scent wrapped around me, making it impossible to think straight.

Her fingers traced slow, teasing patterns over my chest, her smirk widening when she felt my heartbeat hammering beneath her touch.

She had me.

She fucking had me.

Emma’s POV

Killian Thomas was a man of control.

He tried to act like he was immune to me, like I was just a problem he had to tolerate.

But I knew better.

I felt it every time I touched him.

The way his breathing changed.

The way his jaw clenched, like he was trying so hard to fight it.

Like he wasn’t just as addicted to this as I was.

And I loved breaking him.

I stepped even closer, forcing him back until he hit the bookshelf behind him.

His hands came up to grip my waist, like he was about to push me away—except he didn’t.

He just held me there.

“You’re playing a dangerous game,” he murmured.

I dragged my fingers down his chest, feeling his heartbeat hammering beneath my touch.

“So stop me,” I challenged.

His hands tightened.

His jaw flexed.

And then he snapped.

His lips crashed into mine, rough and desperate, like he hated how much he wanted this.

I gasped as he spun us around, pressing me against the bookshelf.

I barely had time to react before he lifted me, my legs wrapping around his waist as he kissed his way down my neck, his breath hot against my skin.

“We shouldn’t,” he muttered, his hands slipping beneath my sweater.

I arched against him, tugging his lips back to mine.

“But we will.”

Killian’s POV

We were insane.

Truly, fucking insane.

But I didn’t care.

Not when she was like this—breathless, desperate, pulling me closer like she couldn’t get enough.

I carried her to the librarian’s desk, setting her down as I kissed her deeply, my fingers tangling in her hair.

We were supposed to be studying.

But instead, we were about to defile every inch of this damn library.

And for once…

I wasn’t going to stop it.

I pushed her sweater up, my fingers skimming over the soft skin of her stomach. Her breath hitched, her nails digging into my shoulders.

“I can’t believe you planned this,” I muttered against her lips.

She laughed, breathless. “Maybe I did. Maybe I didn’t.”

I didn’t believe her for a second.

Emma Scott always got what she wanted.

And right now, she wanted me.

I lifted her, carrying her further into the library, her legs tightening around my waist. We passed rows of bookshelves, the dim light casting shadows over the endless aisles.

The thrill of it made my pulse race.

Anyone could walk in.

Anyone could hear us.

But that only made it more intoxicating.

She tilted her head back when I kissed along her jaw, her fingers slipping into my hair. “God, I love when you lose control,” she murmured.

I growled, pressing her harder against the nearest bookshelf. “Then you’re going to love tonight.”

We barely made it to the librarian’s couch before she pulled me down with her, her body warm and pliant beneath mine.

For the next several hours, we forgot about everything—school, exams, our impending graduation.

None of it mattered.

Not when she was here, beneath me, completely undone.

Not when she whispered my name like I was the only thing in the world that existed.

Not when I kissed her again, knowing I’d never get enough.

By the time dawn broke, we were tangled together on the couch, our bodies exhausted, our breaths still uneven.

For a brief moment, neither of us spoke.

Neither of us ruined it with words.

We just existed, caught in the aftermath of something we both refused to admit was more than just sex.

But deep down…

We both knew.

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