“I gave it some thought,” he says, “and I know how desperate you are for attention. Now you’re a star.”
I shake my head. “You do the sweetest things. And then you ruin them by talking.”
I feel his chest rumble as he laughs. “Happy Valentine’s Day.”
I moan. “My gift is not going to compare to this.” We weren’t supposed to get presents, so I’d only picked up something as a gag.
He lifts his head to peer down at me. “No? What is it?”
“A new copy of Hustler and then…some sex?”
“Both are acceptable,” he says, patting my shoulder. “Also, ‘new copy of Hustler’ implies I have an old copy, and I think we both know I don’t.”
“My mistake.”
He sits up. “All right. Let’s go inside and start knocking boots.”
I sit up too. “You’re so romantic.”
He grins at me, sexy and unapologetic and everything I never knew I wanted. “The last time we were up here, I desperately wanted to kiss you,” he says, surprising me. “I’d wanted to for a long time, and this seemed like the perfect place. Then the next thing I know I’m pointing out guys for you to hook up with—”
“You suggested absolute losers.”
“Yeah, well, I have my methods. Now look around.”
I study the empty street, the dark houses, all the parties hosted at sororities on the other side of campus. There are no cars, no people, no distractions.
“What am I seeing?” I ask.
“Nothing,” he replies. “You see what you want to see, and sometimes you see what I want you to see.”
“We’re probably on the same page with this one.”
“We both want you to see me,” he confirms.
I stroke his bicep. “How could I not see you? With all these huge muscles…” I sling a leg across his thighs and slide a hand under his jacket, over his stomach. “And this six pack…”
“It’s an eight-pack,” he mutters, eyes sliding shut.
“And this adorable messy hair…”
“Don’t ruin it with the wrong adjectives.”
“Fine, no more compliments. Just facts. I love you, Crosbie Lucas.”
“I love you too,” he replies. He smiles and opens his eyes, his gaze trailing over my temple, my brows, my nose, my mouth, my chin. Just looking at me.
Seeing me.
Only me.
thank you!
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about julianna keyes
Julianna Keyes is a Canadian writer who has lived on both coasts and several places in between. She’s been skydiving, bungee jumping and white water rafting, but nothing thrills—or terrifies—her as much as the blank page. She loves Chinese food, foreign languages, baseball and television, though not necessarily in that order, and writes sizzling stories with strong characters, plenty of conflict, and lots of making up.
In addition to Undecided, she is the author of four contemporary romances: Just Once, the story of a world weary socialite and a stubborn ranch foreman; Going the Distance, a love story set in China between a kindergarten ESL teacher and a former army interrogator; Time Served, the tale of an ambitious young lawyer whose perfect world is jeopardized when she reunites with her ex-con ex-boyfriend; and In Her Defense, in which a ruthless young lawyer realizes there’s more to life than being the best…right?
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