Running in Place (Mending Hearts) by L.B. Simmons

Author:L.B. Simmons
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-10-21T21:00:00+00:00

“Fuck no, Tate.” I grab hold of the stick and tug it from between her lips, still red and swollen from our frenzied kissing. Leaning forward, I slowly run my tongue along them, taking my time to savor the sweet sugar before stepping away from her. I just can’t help myself. She tastes too fucking good. “You’re going to kill me with these damn things.”

I’m rewarded another giggle as I place the sucker in my own mouth for safe keeping. I really hope she doesn’t have any more, or my heads will explode. Both of them.

Jerking my chin toward the door, I smile at her as I drape my arm around her waist, pulling her close into my chest, and guiding her safely toward the exit as she places her cheek against my body and her left arm swings around my back. Removing the candy, I lower my lips to the top of her head, kissing her gently before I reach for the latch to open the door.

“I’m going to hang out in here for a while and take inventory.” Laughing, she nods and turns to leave. The restless beast inside me is pacing back and forth, not ready to release her.

And neither am I.

Stepping forward, I hook her arm, softly urging her to turn and face me. With my other hand, I gently graze my fingertips down her cheek, then across her lips. “Come home with me tonight, Tate. For no other reason than I just want to be with you.”

Her stare breaks from mine as I continue to speak with my head shaking back and forth as I finally throw down my gauntlet. “I’m tired of denying myself the only thing in my life that I’ve ever really wanted. And I want you. Every part of you, flaws and all.”

Her eyes glisten as they dart up from the cooler floor to meet mine.

With her chin trembling, she asks in a hushed tone, “What are we doing, Noah?”

Reaching toward her, I take her hand and lace her fingers with mine while moving in closer to her body. “I don’t know. I don’t know anything other than I have absolutely no fight left in me when it comes to you. I have no walls, no defense, no safety net, no plan. I just am when I’m with you. And as selfish as it may be, I want you for as long as I can have you.”

Tears cascading slowly down her face, she quickly pushes up on the balls of her feet and presses her lips gently against my cheek. On a light whisper, she responds, “Then I’m just as selfish as you are.”

Lowering herself away from me, she turns and leaves me standing alone in the cooler.

As soon as the door shuts behind her, my cell buzzes in my pocket. Removing it, I almost laugh at the name displayed and his impeccable timing. In frustration, I rub the back of my neck with my hand, the idea of sending him to voicemail at the forefront of my mind.

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