Page 69 of The Heart

When I feel Leena’s hand on my cheek, I lean into it for a long moment. She shoves at me until I’m on my back, then straddles me. “You know I love you, right? I’m not going anywhere,” she whispers and I close my eyes as she presses a kiss against my lips.

When she pulls away, I tip my head to the side, realizing that Luke is still asleep before looking back to her. I didn’t tell her about last night, this is just how well she knows me.

She leans down again, kissing me slowly. So fucking slowly. I slide my hands up her bare legs, gripping her hips and reveling at how soft she is. She didn’t bother to put clothes on after her shower last night, which I appreciate. So much, in fact, I’m already hard.

When she presses her hands to my chest and sits up, I admire her perfect fucking body, letting my eyes linger on every single part of her, grateful that I get to wake up next to her like this every single fucking day.

And when she moves back, lifting herself up and reaching between us, I hold my breath, letting it out once she is fully seated on my cock.

“Fuck,Leena.” I grip her hips tighter as she slowly grinds down on me.

When I try to thrust up into her, she stops me. “No, let me,” she says softly. I relax, and she starts a slow, steady motion that has my body practically melting into the mattress.

I watch Leena move on top of me like the fucking goddess she is until I feel the bed dip beside me. I turn, finding that Luke, still half asleep, has shifted closer and he’s looking up at me. He reaches out lazily, his fingers brushing over my bottom lip.

I think about that fucking note again. See the truth of it in his blue eyes.

Were they always this blue?

My heart rate quickens, and I start freaking out like I always do in this situation. But then I think about what Colton said to me last night. I steady my breathing, keep my eyes locked on Luke’s, and just take in the fucking moment.

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My eyes meet Colton’s when I step into the kitchen. I nod to him, nearly imperceptibly, letting him know we’re good.

“You sure you don’t want to come with us?” Leena asks him as I move to sit beside her.

“Nah, I’ve got shit to do before we leave for our littlevacation. But you all have fun.” He chuckles, turning back to help Luke with breakfast.

“That bad, huh?” she asks Colton, and Luke glares at him before replying.

“It won’t be bad. But my family is…a lot.They all mean well, but still. If you don’t feel up to it, you and Seb can hang back. I’m the only one required to attend.” Luke’s eyes widen in exasperation, but I know he misses them. Especially after hearing the news about Asher. I wonder if he’ll tell them today.

If I were him, I’d wait until we’re out of the country and mail them a fucking letter.

“Of course we’re coming, Lu. I’m just… nervous,” she says.

I notice her hands are fidgeting in her lap. Leena doesn’t usuallyfidget,but I understand that meeting the family for the first time must be stressful.

Luke wipes his hands on a towel, then walks around behind us, turning Leena in her barstool to face him. He cups her face gently in his hands.

“Leena. They are going to love you,” he whispers, then tips her chin up for a kiss before letting her go and returning to the stove.

I watch him, and something deep inside of me breaks.

I wish I had someone for her to meet.

CHAPTER THIRTY

LUKE

What if they hate her? Or what if they like her, but they don’t like her for me? What if they don’t understand that I’m in love with this woman? I don’t want to introduce Leena as mygirlfriend, because she’s so much fucking more than that. So is Sebastian.

Sebastian.Fuck.

With that thought, I don’t even realize that my fist is clenched on my thigh until the man beside me reaches over and flattens it out. He gives it a pat for good measure before placing his hand back on the wheel.

We’re nearly forty-five minutes into a two-hour drive to just outside the city where my parents live, butfuck meif this hasn’t been the longest forty-five minutes of my fucking life. Actually, scratch that. Finding out that Leena had been kidnapped was probably the longest drive of my fucking life.

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