Moment(s) by Terry Lisa

Author:Terry, Lisa [Terry, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The silence hums and crackles. I fling my eyes open. Someone is hovering over me. I jerk my head around, some of Emilie’s hair still stuck to my stubble.

“Sorry,” Luke whispers loudly. “Security let me in.”

Flashes of the night before pummel my head. Did we all make it through the night? “All right there, Luke?”

He pats my head. “Yeah. Just an interview.”

I mind the craic of the day. Right. We’re meeting with that reporter this morn to make up for the interview in D.C. Then we’re off to London.

Emilie makes a soft whining sound when I ease my arm out from under her cheek. She turns over. My heart heaves a sigh while I smile hugely. Never at any point in my life have I been happier…or more worried.

Tiptoeing out of the room, I ease out of the door to face Luke whose forehead is in a thousand wrinkles his eyebrows are raised so high. “We all went back to our own rooms last night.”

“Sod off,” I say, then clear my throat. Sounds like I’ve slept for weeks. It’s easier to be energetic at midnight than eight in the morn.

He shakes his head and hands me a cup with white foam coming out the top. “A double shot—wake you up. We’re supposed to be downstairs in little more than an hour. Joe says not to wash your hair.”

Aye. My hair does better a wee bit dirty.

With a groan, I slide down the wall and cringe when I take a sip. Coffee. I prefer tea. “Sure thing.”

“You’re starting to sound like Emilie.” Luke eases down on the other side of me. “Jules, I’m really glad you found your wish girl.” He eyes me. “But she’s only seventeen. Be careful.”

I’m pure dead sick of hearing that. “We haven’t slept together.”

“Looked like you were.” He smiles and looks me up and down.

I’m wearing nothing but a pair of boxer briefs.

I roll my eyes. “We haven’t had sex.”

“Has she thought about being emancipated?” he asks and when I shrug, he continues on. “You’re absolutely arse over elbow for her, yeah? No matter…I smell a happily ever after.”

“Who’d want to be stuck with me the rest of their life?” The coffee burns my lip, so I rip off the top to cool it quicker.

“Me. I’d follow you to the ends, mate,” Luke says with a scowl. “Julian, you’re buggin’ and don’t say it’s only about last night.”

Kasen’s flipout isn’t enough, is it? But Luke has me clocked. I’m starting to feel like I’m just taking and taking.

“First I wanted to meet her. Then I wanted more time with her. Next I wanted even more time, and now she’s going to London.” I rub my hands down my face. “I almost feel like I’ve wrecked her life, and what if she decides she doesn’t want me or want this? You and everyone else keep saying Emilie’s young. She’s one year younger than me—big deal. The bigger problem with getting all tied up with me is she likes temporary.

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