playful smile appeared. Now I knew I was a goner. “Though a kiss wouldn’t hurt…”
“You’re not as charming as you think, Luke Donovan,” I said. But he was exactly as charming as he thought. Maybe even more charming.
Luke reached out and hooked a finger through my belt loop, pulling me to him. “You were wrong. You overreacted. You panicked. But then you realized how sad your life would be without me in it. I’m sure you can find some way to convince me to forgive you.”
“Oh trust me, I have some ideas.” Then I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him so passionately that we both tumbled backward onto the bed. Luke’s hands slipped inside my sweater, and then he was pulling it over my head. As his lips moved over my collarbone, I sensed that we were no longer alone.
“My goodness!”
Luke shot up, holding me to him to prevent me from falling off the bed. “Mother,” he said, more annoyed than embarrassed.
“I didn’t know you had company,” she said.
I hugged my arms over my chest and died a little inside.
“You remember Kasey?” Luke kept his arms around me and I burrowed closer to his chest, turning only my head to acknowledge Virginia.
“Hello,” I said.
She looked down her pointy nose at me, both literally and figuratively. This time I didn’t really blame her. “Kasey. It’s nice to see you again.” She frowned harder. “I just came to let you know that Lola is here.”
“Can you give us a minute, Mother? We’ll join you shortly.”
“Do what you need to do. Preferably, put on some clothes.” She actually smirked. “We’ll be waiting for you.”
Once Virginia was gone, I let out a horrified groan. Luke just laughed. “Virginia is really going to hate you now.”
“Not. Helping.” I smacked him on the chest, then regretted it because my hormones were still running wild. “I’m mortified.”
“You shouldn’t be.” Luke kissed my bare shoulder, then traced kisses up my neck and over my jaw. When his lips reached my mouth, he planted a sweet kiss and said, “You are the best thing in my life. I don’t care what my mother thinks about us.”
“Who’s Lola?” I climbed off Luke and reached for my discarded sweater.
Luke stretched lazily. “My sister.”
I turned to him in confusion. “I thought your sister’s name was Alexis?”
“That’s my younger sister. Lola is my older sister.” Luke smiled fondly. “She’s the crazy one, but in a good way.”
“Good crazy?” I wondered if he also thought his mother was a good kind of crazy. “Any other siblings I should know about?”
Luke ignored me and pulled some clean clothes out of his closet. I took a seat on the bed as I watched him strip down to his boxer briefs. I had to remind myself that this was a non-erotic strip down. “You’ll like Lo. She has no problem calling my parents out on their bullshit. She kind of reminds me of you, actually.”
“Your crazy sister reminds you of me?” There had to be a compliment buried in that insult. “Thanks, Luke.”
“Good crazy, remember?” He pulled on a faded pair of jeans and an old University of Chicago t-shirt. He flashed me his dazzling smile and a sly wink. “God knows you drive me crazy.”
“Is that so?” I pretended to be offended. Luke took my hand and pulled me to my feet.
With his hands resting on my hips, he gently kissed my lips and whispered, “I can barely focus on anything else.” A longer kiss. “You’ve bewitched me.”
“Your mother is waiting for us,” I said as his hands moved over my hips.
Luke winced. “Yep. Cock definitely blocked.”
“Only temporarily. I promise.” I jabbed him in the side. “Get it together. We can’t hide up here forever.”
“Yeah. Let’s go.” Luke led the way to the stairs and I followed reluctantly. Like it or not, his family scared me. Especially his mother.
“I think that’s him now.” Just the sound of Virginia’s voice gave me chills.
“Lukey is that you?”
“You’re not as charming as you think, Luke Donovan,” I said. But he was exactly as charming as he thought. Maybe even more charming.
Luke reached out and hooked a finger through my belt loop, pulling me to him. “You were wrong. You overreacted. You panicked. But then you realized how sad your life would be without me in it. I’m sure you can find some way to convince me to forgive you.”
“Oh trust me, I have some ideas.” Then I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him so passionately that we both tumbled backward onto the bed. Luke’s hands slipped inside my sweater, and then he was pulling it over my head. As his lips moved over my collarbone, I sensed that we were no longer alone.
“My goodness!”
Luke shot up, holding me to him to prevent me from falling off the bed. “Mother,” he said, more annoyed than embarrassed.
“I didn’t know you had company,” she said.
I hugged my arms over my chest and died a little inside.
“You remember Kasey?” Luke kept his arms around me and I burrowed closer to his chest, turning only my head to acknowledge Virginia.
“Hello,” I said.
She looked down her pointy nose at me, both literally and figuratively. This time I didn’t really blame her. “Kasey. It’s nice to see you again.” She frowned harder. “I just came to let you know that Lola is here.”
“Can you give us a minute, Mother? We’ll join you shortly.”
“Do what you need to do. Preferably, put on some clothes.” She actually smirked. “We’ll be waiting for you.”
Once Virginia was gone, I let out a horrified groan. Luke just laughed. “Virginia is really going to hate you now.”
“Not. Helping.” I smacked him on the chest, then regretted it because my hormones were still running wild. “I’m mortified.”
“You shouldn’t be.” Luke kissed my bare shoulder, then traced kisses up my neck and over my jaw. When his lips reached my mouth, he planted a sweet kiss and said, “You are the best thing in my life. I don’t care what my mother thinks about us.”
“Who’s Lola?” I climbed off Luke and reached for my discarded sweater.
Luke stretched lazily. “My sister.”
I turned to him in confusion. “I thought your sister’s name was Alexis?”
“That’s my younger sister. Lola is my older sister.” Luke smiled fondly. “She’s the crazy one, but in a good way.”
“Good crazy?” I wondered if he also thought his mother was a good kind of crazy. “Any other siblings I should know about?”
Luke ignored me and pulled some clean clothes out of his closet. I took a seat on the bed as I watched him strip down to his boxer briefs. I had to remind myself that this was a non-erotic strip down. “You’ll like Lo. She has no problem calling my parents out on their bullshit. She kind of reminds me of you, actually.”
“Your crazy sister reminds you of me?” There had to be a compliment buried in that insult. “Thanks, Luke.”
“Good crazy, remember?” He pulled on a faded pair of jeans and an old University of Chicago t-shirt. He flashed me his dazzling smile and a sly wink. “God knows you drive me crazy.”
“Is that so?” I pretended to be offended. Luke took my hand and pulled me to my feet.
With his hands resting on my hips, he gently kissed my lips and whispered, “I can barely focus on anything else.” A longer kiss. “You’ve bewitched me.”
“Your mother is waiting for us,” I said as his hands moved over my hips.
Luke winced. “Yep. Cock definitely blocked.”
“Only temporarily. I promise.” I jabbed him in the side. “Get it together. We can’t hide up here forever.”
“Yeah. Let’s go.” Luke led the way to the stairs and I followed reluctantly. Like it or not, his family scared me. Especially his mother.
“I think that’s him now.” Just the sound of Virginia’s voice gave me chills.
“Lukey is that you?”
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