Guarded Dreams by L. J. Evans

Author:L. J. Evans [Evans, L. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 43801469
Published: 2019-05-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Ava

I THINK I FELL IN LOVE TODAY

“Looks like forever in his eyes

That don't happen all the time

But when it does, it changes everything

I think I fell in love today.”

—Performed by Kelsea Ballerini

—Written by Ballerini

Eli was kissing me. I felt the kiss not just on my lips, but I swore I felt it in the very fabric of me. The molecules and the DNA that made up my body. The body that was no longer mine. Instead, it was as if somehow our negative and positive ions were finding their rightful positions next to each other. Part of each other. That we were one.

His hand moved from my cheek to the back of my head, as if, by that motion alone, he could somehow bring us even closer together. His tongue whispered against my lips, and I let him in where he found new parts of me to explore.

I responded by placing my hand behind his neck and pulling him closer, finding solace and peace within a kiss that was always meant to be. It was no wonder that other boys’ kisses always turned me off, shut me down. I had experienced this kiss once before, and my body knew the truth. There was only one man who should ever kiss me.

A throat clearing near the doorway brought our lips apart, but our eyes still found each other, our hands still held our heads together. He rested his forehead on mine, and a glorious smile lit his face—the one that I’d said changed him back when I was nineteen and clueless. I was obviously still clueless because I hadn’t realized that this was all I needed.

“I was just checking in before I left. Do you need any more ibuprofen?” the voice behind me said—a nurse, obviously.

“I have everything I need right here,” Eli responded, his words a kiss to my heart that I promised to keep forever. His voice was so low, so thick with emotions and desire that I was sure the nurse would be blushing all the way home, but I didn’t care. I only cared that Eli was there. In my hands. In my soul. In my life.

“Oh. Okay.” We could hear the whisper of her scrubs and the squeak of her shoes as she left the room.

His smile widened. I didn’t think it was possible. What was impossible was to keep from smiling back. “Did I answer your question?” I teased.

“I’m not exactly sure. We might have to try that again.”

He didn’t wait for my answer; his lips were already back on mine, exploring, touching, tongue slipping back between my lips. The ache in me to be one grew, surrounding my heart, filling my chest, expanding until my entire body wanted to melt into his. And when I tried to do just that, leaning forward into him, he let out a sharp groan that had nothing to do with the beauty of our kiss, and I pulled away.

“I hurt you,” I said, looking down his body

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