While You're Away Part III by Jessa Holbrook

Author:Jessa Holbrook
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2013-10-04T00:00:00+00:00

Now that we could be with each other, I wanted to be with him every hour of the day. But it wasn’t enough to just sit in each other’s company. Because Will had once surprised me with the meeting beneath the pool, I was determined to find someplace just as special to show him.

Everything in the school’s theater was out. He already knew where the catwalk was. My house wasn’t an option, because meh, it was my house. It was full of parents and sisters, and that weird outdoor cat that people kept feeding even though it wasn’t ours.

When inspiration struck, I stopped dead. The date muse had finally reached down to grace me with her gifts. It took a few days and two favors from Jane to get everything in order. But I knew it would be worth it.

I texted Will to meet me at the old botanical garden after dark. In the shadow of chestnut trees, I watched for his car in the gravel parking lot. The familiar grinding of tires on stone excited me much more than it should have. The sleek lines of his Miata reflected moonlight and the hazy green streetlights above.

When he parked, I bounded toward him. He was barely out of the car before he had me pressed against the door. Looping my arms around his neck, I rose up to meet his kiss eagerly. The current between us switched on. It hummed and pulsed, our heat pushing away the warmth of a near-summer night.

Reluctantly, I broke away. I had to press my fingers between our lips to ward him off. Laughing, I brushed my nose against his. I felt full of starlight, spilling over with it as I gazed up into his silvery blue eyes.

“You have to wait,” I said.

“Haven’t we waited long enough?” he asked teasingly.

Since I’d blocked my lips, Will dipped to my throat instead. He strung a chain of searing kisses there, following the maddening race of my pulse. His hands skimmed beneath my shirt. Smooth fingertips swirled ornate patterns against the small of my back. Somehow, he made even a lazy brush of thumbs against my waist feel wickedly delicious.

Catching his hands, I wriggled from beneath him.

Using my best, most flirtatious smile, I said, “I’ll make it worth your while.”

That perked him up. One black eyebrow arched high, he tugged me closer. Nimble and sure on his feet, he spun us around. It was a split second, but a split second when I felt every inch of him pressed against me.

“Follow me,” I said. I knotted our fingers together and led him into the old abandoned botanical garden. We passed a No Trespassing sign that was weathered gray and black. The arch of ornate iron at the entrance felt like we were stepping into another world entirely.

A lush, tangled jungle spilled out in front of us. Ivy scaled the fences and most of the trees. A glossy green carpet, it spilled over the neglected walkways, which had never been paved.

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