Always Red by Isabelle Ronin

Author:Isabelle Ronin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-two

Caleb

“Red, wait.”

I should have let her go. I was parked in front of Kara’s home to drop her off. I needed to rush to the airport before my plane left, but I grabbed her hand before she could slide out of the car.

“I want to walk you to the door.”

When her eyes softened, I drew her in to me and just held her close.

Would I ever get used to this?

Would I ever get used to the way my heart pounded every time she let me wrap my arms around her, the way she let her walls down for me, the way she let herself trust and allowed herself to…just love me?

“I don’t want to go,” I said.

Her arms came around my back. “I know,” she said quietly. “But you’ll be back soon.”

“Think of me.”

“I think it’s impossible not to.”

I. Couldn’t. Stop. Grinning.

I pulled away and looked at her. Taking my fill, memorizing her face. “Hold on.”

I pulled out my phone and quickly took a picture of her.

“Caleb!”

“There. All set.” I hid my phone before she could grab it and look at my photos. I think there were five pictures in my photo gallery that weren’t of her. Okay, maybe four. I loved taking candid snapshots of her—especially when she wasn’t expecting it. When she was studying at her desk. Standing at the stove cooking pancakes, holding up her hand to block the camera but grinning. Glaring at me as she picked up my clothes from the floor. There was one I took as she napped that I really cherished. I felt a little guilty, but not too guilty.

Yep. I’m a creep.

Her creep.

“Where’s your phone?” I asked.

She frowned. “Why?”

“Just give it to me. No arguing.” And then I added, “I’m leaving tonight. Please be nice to me.”

I batted my lashes at her, and she laughed. She gave me her phone reluctantly.

“What’s your pass code?” I asked.

“Just give it to me. I’ll do it,” she said.

“What is it?”

I looked up from the screen to see her blushing. I raised my brows, waiting.

“It’s your birthday,” she admitted.

Damn it. Damn it. Again, I couldn’t stop grinning.

“Why you so obsessed with me, Red? Ow!”

I rubbed my arm where she’d pinched me. She was still glaring at me, so I just leaned beside her so our faces were touching and took a picture. I sent the photo to my number, made that her wallpaper, and returned her phone.

She shook her head and gave me an exasperated look, but she was smiling.

“Are you nervous? About going to work, I mean,” she asked.

“A little bit,” I answered. She tucked a loose hair that had come out of her bun behind her ear.

I remembered her ponytail coming loose earlier when I kissed the hell out of her in the parking lot. I remembered plunging my hands into the dark thickness. I’d watched her struggle to gather herself together, and it was a treat to see. I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t had a raging hard-on at the time.

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