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She locked her arm with mine and nodded. “Lead the way, Handsome.”
I needed to find a way to have her again. I needed her happiness, and her, as much as I needed air to breathe.
So I held the door open for her—and locked it when I followed her inside.
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The click of the lock rang in my ears louder than the music in the stadium earlier.
My heart hammered, but I met his gaze.
He wanted me.
Truthfully, I ached for him, too. I licked my lips as he came closer, and we were seconds from a kiss.
The space around us was electrified by our longing for each other.
My muscles tensed, because I needed to tell him the whole truth before we went any further, so I said, “We have to be downstairs in an hour.”
He reached for me, and my muscles went all tingly as he said, “True. We can be careful.”
Absolutely. I was ready for him. I lowered my eyes and gazed at his lips while the rest of the world turned fuzzy.
Then he said, "Yes, and your confidence in what you want to do is incredibly sexy.”
Oh, I absolutely wanted him. My hands curled around his muscles, and I tensed as I said, “Only you can read my mind.”
Our lips met, and I hugged him closer.
His kiss made my knees and body all melt like snow on a warm, sunny day. However, as we paused for breath, I pressed back and said, “Wait.”
He let me go immediately, saying, “Don’t feel pressured.”
I reached for his hands and tugged him back to me, saying, “I don't. I just want to talk first.”
“Sure.” He said, but his shoulders seemed stiff as we walked to the couch. We settled in, and he asked, “Everything okay?”
I scooted closer and cupped his face. “I never wanted to use you, and I fought hard against believing I could ever love you. I thought if I ended up with you, it would be like I used you forever.”
His brown eyes darkened to almost black as he said, “That’s not love.”
Adrenaline heightened my senses as I said, “No, it’s not. But that was my fear. Then I realized that by pushing you away from loving me, I was hurting you, and that broke my heart.”
His face became unreadable. I tense and hoped I hadn't destroyed us as he said, “Don’t worry about me.”
This was it. It was time to tell him how I felt. I swallowed and said, “That’s impossible. I love you. I’ve been falling for you since the day we met, and from what I understand, caring about the other person is part of loving them.”
His eyes widened, but he remained silent. Then he pressed his knee next to mine and asked, “Wait. Did you just say you love me?”
I laughed and nodded as I said, “I did. I do. I love you.”
He traced my exposed belly with the tips of his fingers sending little tremors of desire through me, but his smile got bigger and bigger as he said, “That’s all I ever wanted to hear from you.”
Once again, we kissed, and steam heat whooshed through me. I was put on this earth to make him happy because he made me ecstatic.
I tucked my legs up on the couch so I could circle him, because now we had no more secrets. And he reached for his pants.
