Page 29 of Love Me

“What would I do without you? You’re too good to me.”

“You’d probably have just the half-eaten box of your favorites, so you should probably keep me around.” I shrug, not understanding what the big deal is. She loves them, I ate them and knew she would want some later. Seemed like an easy thing to do to make her happy.

I drive into The Moonlit Theater and pay our fee to the attendant, pulling into a slot at the very back so thateveryone is in front of us. May not be the best spot in the lot, but I didn’t want eyes on us all night.

“It’s freezing, you want me to run in and get snacks or do you want to come with me?”

“And trust that you’re going to get exactly what I want? Not a chance. I’m coming!” she says as she unbuckles her seatbelt and reaches for the door.

“Two boxes of nonpareils, one Snickers bar, popcorn with extra butter, and a vanilla cream Dr Pepper.”

Hannah’s head whips in my direction, the skin around her eyes crinkling as a huge smile fills the face I’m obsessed with.

“Plus, you’ll eat my Hot Tamales, only the green and red Skittles out of my bag, and my salted popcorn when you pretend you hate the salt on top.”

She shrugs. “Lucky guess.”

“Not luck, or a guess. I know everything about you, Han.”

She squints as she bites her bottom lip in a devilish little look. “Noteverything.”

“Fair. But I plan to change that.”

Leaving her stunned, mouth falling open, I jump out of the truck and head around the hood in her direction when I see a group of people from town that we went to high school with. They nod their heads at me in a hello and I wave back. When I get to Hannah’s side of the truck, she’s already got the damn door open and is bracing herself to climb out when I slide my hands up her thighs and settle them around her trim waist.

“I’ve got it, bear, I’ve jumped out of this beast a million times.”

“Yeah, but that was before you agreed you weremine.”

I easily lift her out of the truck, setting her down on her feet in front of me, crowding her space with my body just as I did in front of Barrel House. My hand threads through the pretty muted locks of her violet hair that I love so much, tilting her headback to look at me. The little intake of air she pulls in through her teeth every time I’m this close is so fucking cute. And goes directly to my dick.

Leaning into her, her eyes flick to my mouth, her tongue peeking out and slowly swiping across her soft pink lips before disappearing. Shit, she thinks I’m going to kiss her and seems more than okay with it. My eyes shutter closed for a brief minute while I reel the control I’m losing back firmly into place. I wasn’t planning on that happening tonight.

Instead of kissing her, I lean my head down, running my nose up her jaw from chin to the bottom of her ear, inhaling as I go. “Mmm.” She smells like vanilla, chocolate, and something that is just so inherentlyher,and it wakes my dick right up. Hannah stands stock-still, frozen, probably in shock at how the close proximity is making her feel, fighting it.

“People are watching,fiancé. Thought you could act better than this.”

Her hand shoots out, clasping the back of my neck, nudging me closer to her. “Why didn’t you say so? You want me to act, I can fucking act.”

Her hips gyrate against mine ever so slightly, and I nearly groan out loud at the feel of her pelvis against mine. My dick is rapidly hardening now, and I wouldn’t be able to hide from her if she keeps this up.

She must see someone behind us because her spine straightens for a split second and before I can process what’s happening, Hannah’s hands grab the sides of my face, pulling me down, her lips crashing hard against mine. I stumble for a second before my brain catches the fuck up.

Hannah is fucking kissing me. Tightening my hold around her waist, my other hand still holding the back of her head, I press my lips more forcefully against hers. There’s no tongue, nothing about it is romantic or how I envisioned what kissingHannah would be like. The entire thing is over quicker than it started, and I’m left stunned that she did it at all. When I pull back, she’s looking up at me with a smug-as-shit look plastered to her face, while I’m left dazed and confused.

Goddamn, Hannah just kissed me.

“Gotcha. Told ya I could act.”

“You’re gonna pay for that one.”

“Payback. Payback. Always with the threats. Our food is getting cold, let’s go get our snacks so we can eat!”

Hannah pushes against my chest, effectively bringing me back to Earth, grabbing my hand and pulling me behind her into the theater’s concession stand. We order our food and drinks and then pile back into my truck, Hannah kicking off her shoes and getting comfortable before the first movie starts.

I can’t take my eyes off her as we eat and relax into the comfortable silence between two people who have known each other, and been close, their entire lives. I just hope that I can change the future for us, because I want to keep my girls forever, I just need to get her on board.

CHAPTER 10

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