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“Around these parts you are. Anyway, we agreed I’d be your fake girlfriend, so you have every right to introduce me, and do what you need to change the public perception of you,” she says.
“That sounds awful,” I run my fingers through the wet strands of my hair. “What we’re doing doesn’t feel fake at all.” I keep my gaze down, afraid of what I’ll find swirling in the depths of her brown eyes.
“We aren’t fake, Luc. We’re as real as it gets,” she confirms, reaching out and caressing my cheek. I finally pull my gaze to her.
“What are we doing?” I ask, feeling so lost.
“I don’t know but I’ve wanted you for some time. Since I was a preteen. I told myself it would never be possible and yet, here we are, and it feels so right.”
“But we’re supposed to end this soon,” I say.
“Is that what you want?” she asks.
I shake my head and lean over the console. “I want you over and over again.” I seal my lips over hers.
“Then that’s what you will get,” she finally says, breaking the kiss.
“We don’t have forever,” I remind. “We have senior year and then what? I go to a team. You work on a master’s degree. Things will change.”
“Change isn’t always bad,” she reminds. “Are you still worried about me falling in love with you?”
“That’s a loaded question,” I laugh. “I may be more worried about myself.”
She gives me a meaningful look. “Can’t we just enjoy ourselves now? The semester is winding down. We have great sex. I’m going home to help my brothers for the summer.”
“I’m going home too. I have a job lined up with the logging company, and I can keep an eye on Elyna and Braden. She’s sounded off the last couple of times we spoke.”
Izzy pulls her gaze from me and shifts awkwardly. When she looks back to me, she says, “We’re both going home. We obviously can’t be going at it back in Val-Du-Lys. We’d be talk of the town. What would our families think?”
“They’d think they always thought we would get together. Your father may shoot me for having sex with his daughter.” I laugh.
“Daddy is protective, but I’m twenty-one. He can’t tell me what to do,” she reminds.
“You’ll need to remind him of that.” I chuckle.
“It’s probably better we keep things quiet anyway. Especially since this is all so new,” she says.
“You’re right. Besides, I don’t need your brothers kicking my ass too.”
“Definitely, Phoenix can be very overprotective.” She rolls her eyes playfully. Her older brother takes his job of protector very seriously.
“So we are set then? We have fun and you can stop overthinking us,” she says.
“I didn’t expect you to be so laid-back about this situation,” I admit to her.
“We’re exploring, Luc, but I’m not laid-back. I don’t want you falling in bed with other women. If I’m not enough, you need to tell me. We’ll end things.” She swallows.
I guide her chin toward me, holding her gaze. “You’re the only one I want, Isabelle. I don’t need anyone else.”
With that she kisses me with everything she has stealing my breath away, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Isabelle
With the guys in St. Louis this weekend for the Frozen Four, I invited Priya and Yuna over to my place for pizza and to watch a game with me. Luc had wanted me to join him this weekend, but I knew that traveling to the games and having lots of sex would tire me out. With exams coming up, I need to do well. Psychology graduate programs are competitive and I want my final grades to be top-notch. I also realized I always made the responsible decision, meaning my whole life I made sure I was on track. I did well in school, helped Daddy at home with my brothers by preparing meals and doing laundry. My oldest brother, Phoenix, and my second oldest brother, Eric, would help too since Daddy worked a lot. It came along with the job of being the head of the police department. He was always dealing with things in town.
Phoenix and Eric held things afloat since my two younger brothers were more rambunctious and not as responsible. It’s funny to think that Becket, my second youngest brother, turned out to be a policeman like Daddy.
