“Maybe, but what’s your excuse?”
“What do you mean?” He frowns.
“Why haven’t you been back home?”
“You know I’ve been busy with work. You?—”
“Yeah,” I say, my voice trailing off.
I’m starting to feel annoyed and upset, and I don’t want to. I don’twant to have this out with him now, and I don’t want to seem insecure because as much as I love Luke and our friendship, I’ve been dissatisfied in ways that I haven’t even expressed to myself.
“You guys playing?” Josie calls out. “It’s your turn, Mia.”
“Okay, I’m coming.”
I head over and spin the dial and put my hand on blue. I see Luke standing there, just staring at me, his face illuminated by the moon. He looks thoughtful, handsome, worried. He looks like the Luke I’ve always known, the guy I’ve depended on my entire life, and yet he also looks like a stranger. My heart pounds as he spins the dial, and he stands next to me on the board.
“Don’t be mad at me,” he whispers.
“I’m not,” I say.
“You sure?”
“I’m sure.” I give him a warm smile because the truth is, I could never be mad at him for long. He’s Luke, and Luke is just someone who fills a part of me that can never be filled by anyone else.
“Oh boy,” Luke says as he spins again, and he comes up behind me. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to get in your space.”
“It’s okay,” I say as I realize that my ass is now up in the air, right in front of his crotch. “I think you planned this.”
“This could be dangerous,” he says as he shifts slightly, his eyes laughing at me.
There’s a twinkle in his eyes that makes me flush. He reaches down and lightly taps me on the ass, and I shake it back and forth. I laugh as I see his expression widen. He didn’t think I knew how to twerk.
“Like what you see?” I say, teasing him.
He doesn’t answer. Instead, his eyes darken, and he licks his lips, and suddenly, I’m taken back to the previous night and the way he touched me, the way his fingers gently and easily caressed me.
Shit. I’m lusting over Luke. I want him to touch me again. I want to feel him.
“Oops,” Josie says suddenly as she goes falling and takes all of us down with her.
I fall to the ground, and Luke falls to the side of me. He rolls over and grabs me and pulls me on top of him. I straddle his lap and laugh as I look down at him. My skirt rides up slightly, and he grabs my hips to steady me. I slowly grind back and forth, my panties gliding across the top of his pants. As I continue to move, I feel his cock stiffening, andheat radiates into my increasingly wet panties. Finally, he pushes me back into the ground and kisses the side of my face. I am unable to look at anyone as we lay there because I’m sure everyone is wondering what is going on. No-one is used to PDA by Luke and I.
“I’ve been waiting to do that all night.” His voice is a growl.
“What? Kiss the side of my face?”
“No, just touch you.”
He runs his fingers down the side of my face and through my hair, down my arm, and then along the inside of my thigh. My breath catches as he trails his soft touch up my dress toward my hidden spot. My breath catches as I debate allowing him to caress me here and now.
“We’re on the beach, Luke,” I hiss at him, and he throws his head back and laughs. “And other people are here.”
“So, you’re saying if we weren’t on the beach, it would be a yes?”
I stare at him and just shake my head, but he knows that if we were in private … I don’t know what would happen.
“Stop thinking,” he says suddenly. “You’re always in your head, Mia. Get out of your head.”
