Without You

“Where are you from?” Luke asked.

Will cleared his voice.

“With the twenty questions, I’d think Luke was the brother,” Zack said with a laugh.

Both Will and Luke snapped their heads at Zack, and Grace chuckled nervously.

Libby attempted to laugh. “Zack, one thing you need to know is we are all very close. We grew up together. Will, Luke, and Alex’s brother, Colt, have always been a bit…overprotective. Let’s chill out on the questions, Luke. Okay?”

Luke glared at Zack and then looked at Libby. “Fine,” he said between gritted teeth.

“Well, to answer your question, I’m from Colorado Springs.”

“I love Colorado,” I said with a smile.

Zack turned to me and smiled.

“So, what? No good schools in Colorado? You had to come to Texas?” Luke asked.

Zack’s smile lessened just a bit. “No. We have plenty of good schools. My father lives in Austin. I wanted to be close to him while I attended school. My mother passed away during my senior year of high school.”

Grace and I both sucked in a breath of air. “I’m so sorry,” we both said at the same time.

Luke looked down and then back up at him. “I’m really sorry to hear that.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, Zack,” Will said.

“No worries. Thank you though. It’s much appreciated.”

For the rest of dinner, Luke didn’t utter a word to Libby or Zack. He never even so much as looked at them. He mostly talked to Grace about UT and us coming to A&M next year. He asked about her plans for the weekend, and then he made arrangements to show her around tomorrow and Saturday.

My heart hurt as I watched the whole thing play out. I couldn’t help but notice Libby looking at Luke. I could understand her wanting to move on since Luke hadn’t made a move.

Dinner ended, and we all made our way out to the parking lot. Luke kissed Grace and me good-bye.

He turned to shake Zack’s hand. “It was nice meeting you, Zack.”

“Same here, Luke.”

Luke turned to Libby. His whole body seemed to slump over, and his eyes looked so sad. “Lib, I’ll see you around.”

I saw the light from the streetlamp catch Libby’s eyes. They filled with tears as she nodded her head without uttering a word back to Luke.

“Right. See y’all later.” Luke turned and headed to his truck.

When he pulled out his phone, I knew what he was doing—texting Abigail. I looked back at Libby, and I knew she was thinking the same thing.

She turned to Zack. “I’m not ready to end the night. Let’s go dancing.”

Will and I shook our heads.

“I’m tired, so I’m going to have to pass,” I said.

“I’ll go with y’all!” Grace said.

“Y’all have fun,” Will and I both said.

We made our way to Will’s truck. After we got in, we both let out a sigh. Will looked back at Libby and Zack as they walked to what I guessed was Zack’s car.

“Shit. Why do I have a feeling Libby is going to do something she will regret?”

My heart literally hurt. I prayed that Libby wouldn’t do the one thing I had a feeling she was going to do—give herself to Zack to push Luke out of her heart.

I glanced up from my notes to see Lex reading on the bed. She was swinging her legs around as she lay on her stomach. She was so beautiful. This weekend had been amazing. We had made love earlier, and the glow on her face was still present. When she had whispered in my ear that she was mine and I was hers, I’d come so hard and had such an intense orgasm that I had to look away from her. I had felt the tears building in my eyes.

She looked up and smiled when she saw me staring at her. “You taking a break?”

I nodded my head. “I’m distracted.”

“By what?” she asked with a crooked smile.

“Those legs.”

She sat up and crossed her legs. “Oh, yeah? What about my legs?”

I decided we’d had enough of sweet lovemaking. It was time to get a little dirty. “I want them wrapped around my body…while I fuck you.”

Her eyes widened, and she licked her lips. My dick jumped as I watched her body react to what I had just said.

“Can we try something different?” she asked.

Oh hell, I think I just came.

“Lex, I’ll try whatever you want.”

She got up on her knees and pulled her T-shirt up and over her head. Then, she took off her bra. She held it in her hands and bit down on her lip. “I want you to tie me up and take me from behind.”