Bookends (Provo Lovers Book 1) by Eliza Ames

Author:Eliza Ames [Ames, Eliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29 — Schemed

Regina

We ended up telling Marianne and Hannah the whole story minus the personal revelations. I felt distracted through most of it and let Joel talk. He’d sort of dropped a bomb on me, though a good bomb.

I pulled up the photo Marianne had taken of us and stared at it while Hannah fawned all over Red. I didn’t look at both of us this time, just him. Joel’s face in that picture confirmed everything he’d told me in the entryway downstairs. And I thought about the dare kiss — how I’d felt that he belonged to me. How many times had I fallen for someone? I knew the feeling completely. This was the same, though maybe more intense and somehow more secure which in a weird way left me fearful that it would disappear.

He hadn’t said, “I love you,” which plenty of people had said to me, including Steven, and none of them meant it. Maybe that made it more real too.

We delivered soup to the neighbors in the building, but didn’t venture outside again. I was pretty quiet through most of it.

“Shall we go have our own soup,” Joel asked, after the last dish had been handed out.

“Okay.”

We started up the stairs, and I slipped my hand into his. His gaze jumped to mine and then he smiled.

“I was starting to think I’d really screwed up by telling you,” he said.

“Nah. Not only do I fall in love too easily, I’m almost stupidly loyal. Just ask Marianne.

“Marianne adores how loyal you are.”

“No accounting for taste,” I joked.

“I wouldn’t know, I haven’t properly tasted you yet,” he teased.

When we got to my door, I stopped him and put my arms around his neck. “When I thought I’d freaked you out, and you left, I felt like I couldn’t breathe. When you pulled me into your arms at Jim’s, I felt like I was home. When you and Hannah went out and I thought you might find someone else, I could barely cope and I think pissed off over coworker at the library. You don’t need to wait for me to catch up, I’m already there.”

His hands went around my waist and I leaned into him, brushing my lips to his, then pressing harder. Just like before, desire ignited in me. The touch of him, the taste of him, it became everything. If we ignored my apartment and went to his, I would have him naked in a very short time. But I also knew I wouldn’t want to stop touching him for at least eight hours, which would be hard to explain to his sister and my best friend. I broke the kiss.

“Before you get me embarrassingly wound up, maybe we should go in,” he suggested.

“Agreed, but I am going to want to finish that discussion.” I winked.

A smile spread over his face. “Happy to oblige.” He looked at me closely. “Did you know that your mouth is so bright pink right now that you almost look like you’re wearing lipstick?

“No lipstick, arousal.

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