Free Unbreakable by Amie Nichols Page B

standing so close to me that I
have to look up to see his face. “I’m sorry about earlier, I
shouldn’t have been so forward with you,” he says about the kiss. I
don’t even know what to say. All I can think about is being in his
arms kissing him again.
    Without another thought, I put my hands on
his sides and stand on my tiptoes so I can reach up placing my lips
on his. I move my hands up behind his neck so I can pull his lips
harder into mine. He responds by meeting my pull and moving his
tongue into my mouth as he grasps my face in his large strong
hands. I move my hands down to his shoulders and I can feel the
hard muscles beneath his shirt. His kiss deepens more and I can
hear a low groan come from his throat. This makes my stomach
tighten and I move closer to his body. He wraps one arm around my
waist picking me up so we are more level, and puts his other hand
flat on my back pressing me into his chest. His tongue invades my
mouth with a forceful desire and I respond the same. I feel hot all
over again, my whole core on fire. He pulls his lips from mine and
rubs my nose with his. All I can do is moan as my lips ache for
more. The electrical current racing between us is so intense that I
want to rip off all his clothes.
    “Well, I guess you feel the same way I do,
Lilly flower.” He gives me a half-smile and a raise of his
eyebrows.
    “It would appear so.” I gasp for air, my feet
still off the floor, and I wrap my legs around his waist moving in
for another kiss. This time my tongue moves into his mouth first
and I can feel him grinning against my lips. I push back from him
wondering what is so funny. I look at the smile on his face and
whisper, “What?”
    “I am just really happy,” he says still
grinning. “I wasn’t sure if you would still feel the same way,” he
admits. I start to squirm so he knows I want down. He sets me down
gently looking wounded that I want out of his arms.
    “Well, you would have known if you had
contacted me at all,” I say feeling a little betrayed all of the
sudden. “I understand why you left, don’t get me wrong, but why did
you wait so long to come back?” I don’t know why, I just felt like
he would come rush to be by my side.
    He grabs my face in his hands kissing my
forehead sweetly then kisses each of my eyelids and my cheeks. “I
wanted to, believe me. I wanted you to have some time to live your
life and didn’t want to mess with your feelings. I wanted to make
sure that I wouldn’t be a crutch. Dad wanted me to stay away a
year, but I couldn’t stand it another day,” Luke says looking me
straight in the eyes. I can see his pain.
    “I know you have been on a few dates,” he
says to me and I look away. I didn’t want him to know that.
    “They didn’t mean anything. Emma set them
up,” I defend myself to him but I don’t know why. I had every right
to go on as many dates as I wanted. For all I knew, he was married
with kids.
    “It’s okay. You wouldn’t have done that if I
were here. That’s what I wanted, for you to have the chance to
experience some life. That’s why I asked Emma to set you up,” he
confesses rubbing my cheeks with his thumbs.
    “You wanted me to go on dates with other men?
You had Emma do that on purpose?” I’m stunned by the admission and
step away from his grasp.
    “What would you have done if I fell in love
with one of those men?” I ask stepping back so we are farther
apart.
    “I don’t know honestly, but I want to spend
the rest of my life with you and I wanted to make sure that you had
a chance to see what else is out there,” he says with so much
longing. I can hardly keep my distance.
    “The nights you were out with those guys,
those were the worst nights of my life. You have no idea what I
felt like when Emma would call me and tell me that you weren’t
interested,” Luke says. This also shocks me. Emma and Luke did a
lot of talking that I had no idea about.
    I’m so blown away that I just stand