Chapter 23
For the next several days, Luke and I lived our lives as if we were a normal couple. We ate junk food, watched movies, played with Neo, took showers, but the one thing that was lacking was the sex. It seemed that ever since that night under the stars Luke was afraid to touch me.
He kept me busy during the day, making sure not to make any moves that would lead me on to thinking he wanted something more. It couldn’t be because I was sick, because we had made love the first night I was home. I also noticed that he had been on his cell phone a lot and when someone called he left the room. I had told myself that I would not push him. I was sure that something was going on that was keeping his mind occupied and if he wasn’t touching me he had a good reason.
By Friday I had cabin fever and I was going to go crazy if I didn’t get the hell out of the house. Luke had been shady all morning and I had decided that after lunch I was going to seduce him whether he wanted it or not.
While Luke was out at the clubhouse with Tiny, who had still not left, I decided to put makeup on for the first time in over a week. I applied some mascara, blush and lip gloss to my paled skin. This weekend we would be spending the day at my house so I could lay out by the pool. Luke didn’t know that yet, but I was sure I could persuade him. I put on the red dress he had brought for me that I had yet to wear, and let my long, straight hair down; relieving it from the ponytail it had been in for days. My legs were shaved, my face was pretty and my dress was short. There was absolutely no way I was going to let Luke deny me.
I walked into the kitchen to find him leaning on the counter with his head in his hands. Something was wrong. “Hey baby, everything ok?” I asked walking over to him. He lifted his head and smiled, but I could see the worry in his eyes.
“Yeah, baby. I’m good. Look at you,” Luke said gesturing with his hand at me. “You look gorgeous. Although, I’m gonna miss the site of you in my t-shirts and shorts,” he said walking over to me and wrapping his arms around my waist. He pulled me to him and buried his face in my neck. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled myself up, wrapping my legs around him. He readjusted his grip, but still kept his face buried in my neck. This was not working out like I thought it would.
“Dallas, we need to talk,” he said never looking up.
Oh shit. He called me Dallas, not ‘babe’ or ‘baby’ or ‘darlin’-just Dallas. I couldn’t answer him. I tried to unwrap my legs from around him, but he tightened his grip on my thighs and held me in place.
“I have to leave town for a few days. I should be back by Monday, Tuesday at the latest. I know I told you I would be here, but I’ve been putting it off and I have to go.”
I breathed an audible sigh of relief and smiled. I managed to pull my head back and his face away from my neck so I could look at him.
“That’s fine baby. You have been great, but I’m good I promise. I was actually thinking about maybe inviting the ladies over to my place for a pool party. This is probably the last week we can swim before the weather gets cold.” That was the thing about Mississippi, the weather was always unpredictable. It was the middle of October, yet it felt like June.
“I am undeserving of you,” Luke said right before crushing his mouth to mine. His tongue ran over my lips begging for permission and I opened my mouth inviting him in. His kiss was hard and deep. His fingers dug into my thighs then moved to my ass, kneading it. I needed this so bad. It had been days, and I didn’t think I would ever get enough to make up for it. I was expecting him to carry me into the bedroom, but instead he sat me on the counter pushing the day’s mail to the floor and laying me on my back. With two hands he grabbed the middle of my dress and ripped it, splitting it down the middle. I gasped in surprise and delight. Shit he turned me on.
“I’ll buy you another one,” was all he said before his mouth was on my stomach, kissing his way up to my breasts. His greedy hands already had my bra off and thrown to the floor by the time he made it to my nipples. He sucked hard causing my back to arch off the counter in pleasure. This was rough and was exactly what I needed. His thumbs hooked into the thin lace of my panties and shredded them. He added them to the discarded clothes on the floor which now consisted of his shirt and my bra. My dress still lay underneath me, open in the front as if I were wearing a bath robe.