Free Passionate Addiction by Eden Summers

You’re a champ.”
    “So, are you going to give me details?”
    Gabi laughed. She’d expected the question sooner. “Nope.”
    “That bad, huh?”
    She lowered her voice. Even though she stood outside while Blake had gone to pay for their meals, she didn’t want to be overheard gossiping. “Far from it.”
    “Well then, spill, woman! You’re killing me.”
    “I don’t want to make you jealous,” Gabi whispered over a bubble of contained laughter.
    “Jealous of what?” Blake asked.
    She gasped at his whispered voice so close to her ear and melted into his chest when he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
    “I’ve gotta go, Tam. We’ll catch up later in the week.”
    Blake kissed the curve of her neck and ran his hand under the front of her shirt, teasing the low of her belly with his fingers.
    “You can’t leave me hangin’ like that! Come on. At least give me a few juicy details,” Tammy begged.
    Gabi withheld a moan while Blake’s touch slid over her skin. They were in broad daylight, in the middle of a busy thoroughfare, and all she could think of were his hands moving higher to cup her breasts, to tweak her nipples.
    “Can’t… Gotta go… Sorry.” She disconnected the call, threw her phone into her handbag, and turned within Blake’s arms. The sight of him—his heavy lidded eyes and lips mere inches from her own—stole her breath.
    “Who were you making jealous?” He leaned in and nuzzled her cheek.
    Her head fell to the side, giving him better access to work his magic. “None of your business,” she moaned.
    “How can I make it my business?” he murmured.
    Something sparked to life inside her, something heated and fluttery and overwhelming. She wanted nothing more than her whole life to be his business. For them to share everything. However, the distance between their lives made it seem unobtainable.
    “Blake.” She straightened, needing his attention to be able to read his eyes.
    He didn’t pull his lips away from her neck. “Hmm?” He kissed her again, delicate and light. “What will it take, angel?” His hands slid around her waist to grip her ass. “For me to be your everything?”
    She closed her eyes and shuddered. Pleasure overtook her—at his words, his touch, his emotion. He brought her to life, but she knew that would fade once they were no longer together. The thought was too much to bear.
    “What’s going to happen to us once I come back from Melbourne?” she asked.
    He stopped kissing her. “You’re coming to Melbourne?” He straightened and slid his hands to her waist.
    She nodded up at him. “Yes.”
    His eyes flashed. “Is it too much to ask you to come home with me?”
    Her heart squeezed at the vulnerability in his tone. She wished it was as easy as listening to her heart and saying, “yes.”
    Gabi couldn’t leave. Not so soon, anyway. Her Bachelor of Hospitality Management was mere months from completion. And she needed to graduate. She had to graduate. Six years of part-time education, including six months of overseas study and one deferred year to recover from Greg’s death, and she was ready for this stage of her life to be over.
    “Blake, I’d love to, but you know I can’t. Not yet.” It wasn’t like she hadn’t dreamed of running away with him for years. She would give up her world to be with him, if only he would wait a little longer.
    “I know.” He shot her a sad smile. “I didn’t expect you to. It was more of a wish, I suppose.”
    You’re killin’ me.
    He was so strong, so loyal to his friends, and still he didn’t believe his own worth. If only he knew she’d been mentally planning their wedding and picking out baby names since they first started voice Skyping. Moving to America wasn’t an issue.
    Placing her hands around his neck, she peered up at him, staring into those dark eyes until she had his full attention. “I would move to be with you.”
    Hope flickered in his irises and he bit his lip,