Page 29 of One Last Chance

She moans, and it’s like music to my ears. Then I cover her mouth with mine, delving my tongue inside hers. She feels amazing in my arms. Her breasts are a perfect size, larger and firmer since the last time I had my hands on them. She’s so beautiful, she literally takes my breath away.

“So?” I ask her between kisses. “Are you going to give it to me?”

“Give you what?” she asks breathlessly.

“Give me another chance to prove how great we can be together?” My hands slide around her body to her back, then down her sweet ass, and I lift her. Chloe’s legs wrap around my hips, and I pin her against the tree and look deep into her eyes.

Chloe’s eyes are still closed, and her mouth is open.

I smile. “Chloe?”

She flutters them open. “Oh, um… yeah?”

“You gonna give me a second chance?”

As if coming out of a daydream state, she places her hands on my shoulders with pain shining through her eyes. She drops her legs to the ground, and I miss her heat instantly.

“What was I thinking?” she breathes out as she moves away from me. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have let this go so far,” she says, then she turns to walk away.

No, this can’t be happening again.

My heart beats rapidly at the thought of losing her. “You can’t be serious, Chloe. You can’t kiss a guy like that and act like it was nothing. You know you want this.”

She turns to face me. “And what about Cassandra,” she asks with her arms folded, jealousy now clear.

I take a few steps toward her and stop at reaching distance. Moving a few strands of hair out of her face, I ask, “What about her?”

She widens her eyes. “Just like that, you will let her go? You obviously love her. Why else were you going to propose to her?”

“To forget you,” I admit, my voice coming out more like a murmur. “I thought if I moved on and got married, I could concentrate on my future, and maybe just maybe, you would be out of my mind once and for all.”

The light of the moon shines down on her beautiful face, exposing the moisture growing in her eyes.

Clearing my throat, I try to explain how serious I am and why. “Chloe, I know now that Cassandra didn’t have a chance at making me happy. And the reason I know that’s true is because just seeing you today confirms how strong my feelings are for you even after all this time. And I can’t ignore that. Can you? Do you feel this?” I ask, moving in closer, our breathing mingling with each other’s as our chests come together.

CHLOE

Present

I can’t do this.

I can’t.

Not again.

I can’t think with him this close,so I turn and run.

Dealing with all these emotions are simply too much, so I run as fast as I possibly can.

He smells amazing.

Hot Domenic Reed, the star quarterback, wants me.

Me.

He wantsus.

My heart flutters with his admission. Why is it so hard for me to believe this is happening? Isn’t this exactly what I’ve always wanted? To be Domenic’s girlfriend. Something I had dreamed of being since that first day in high school when I laid my eyes on him for the first time—his blue eyes, his dark hair that has a way of looking tussled all the time—he’s delicious.

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