Page 134 of Light My Fire

It’s just her.

She is just a beautiful human, inside and out.

Brooke tilts her head and smiles, her expression a little curious. I must be staring at her like the lovesick fool that I am.

“Thank you, Wyatt. It’s good to see you.”

“It’s good to see you, too. I missed you,” I tell her because it’s the truth. I’m not going to shy away from my feelings about her.

I lean forward and take her chin with my fingers and sweep my gaze over her lips and up to her eyes. “I know we said no sex but I didn’t hear any rules in there about no kissing.”

The tip of her tongue sweeps over her bottom lip. “No, there weren’t. I’d love a kiss from you.”

For a brief second, I wonder if the other guys kissed her, but then I decide, and actually mean it, that I don’t care. Brooke wants me to kiss her, and that’s all that matters.

I don’t have any clear intent to deepen the kiss, but the minute our lips touch, we both get drawn into a passionate embrace. Her arms go over my shoulders and I slide my fingers into her hair, swirling my tongue around hers. It’s like we haven’t seen each other in months, which is how it feels to me, and now we’re hot and heavy and can’t get enough of each other.

Finally, Brooke pulls back and grins. “Wow. Hi.”

“Hi.” I nuzzle along her temple, dropping gentle kisses everywhere I can. “Told you I missed you.”

“I missed you too.” She glances back at her open doorway. “Want to come in?”

I know a trap when I see one.

“For coffee or more kissing?” I ask her.

“For anything you want.” She drags her thumb across her bottom lip.

I almost groan.

Brooke has definitely found her sensuality and she knows how to use it. I can resist a lot of things but our sweet virgin turned temptress isn’t one of them.

Part of me thinks the hell with Luke and Jackson.

But I’m also a man of my word.

Unless those assholes broke it.

In that case, I’m sweeping Brooke up in my arms and carrying her into the apartment and laying her down on the nearest surface.

“I wanteverything,” I tell her. “But I need to know—did Luke or Jackson break the rules and have sex with you?”

She shakes her head. “No. Just kissing. And maybe a little touching.”

I take a deep breath. “Then come here.” I take her hand and tug her forward. “We’re not going inside, because if we do I’ll break my promise to the guys and I’ll strip you naked and kiss every single inch of your sexy body.”

“I’d like that.” Her expression is eager, open.

Now I do groan. “You’re killing me. Be a good girl.”

She pouts. “Okay, I’ll be good, I promise.”

Even that pout and those words are ridiculously hot. But I lead her toward the stairs by sheer willpower.

“Where are we going?”

“It’s nice outside today. The sun is shining and it’s in the fifties. I think spring has almost arrived so I thought maybe we could go to the Lincoln Park Zoo. I’m sure you’ve been there a million times but it’s nice to just stroll through.”

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