Page 46 of The Deception You Weave

His hands land on my waist, the heat of them sending my temperature soaring.

"Thanks, it was a good game."

"Good? You were on fire."

"You were watching me?"

"I always watch you at games, silly." I swat his shoulder. What else am I going to be watching aside from him and Leon? It's not like I actually like football.

It's not until the wall of the house hits my back that I realize he's moved us.

"W-what are you doing?" I ask, noticing that he's caged me in.

His eyes bounce between mine for a beat before they drop to my body.

My heart races at his attention, my previous blush burning so hot I feel it race down to my chest.

"L-Luc?"

When his eyes meet mine once more, the green has almost vanished in favor of the hazel that emerges when he's excited, drunk or… horny.

My mouth waters and I quickly swallow, my body reacting to his proximity and clean manly scent while my brain tries to keep us in line.

"You need to get dressed." His voice is so low that I almost don't hear it.

"What? Don't be crazy, it's a pool party."

I look down to see that he's wearing blue and white boardshorts, proving that he knew exactly what this party was.

"I know. But you can't walk around like that."

I look down at myself and then back up to him.

"Don't you like—"

"Don't ask a question you're not ready to hear the answer to, Let."

He takes a step closer, his body heat burning my skin, as he rests his forearm against the wall beside my head.

"O-okay."

Our eyes hold, something I'm not used to crackling between us.

"Luc, man. Put the girl down and come and get a fucking drink," a voice booms from behind him, but I can't see who because he's hiding me with his huge body.

"Unless you want me to break some motherfucker's nose tonight, you need to put your dress back on."

"Stop being such a caveman. It's not even that small."

He shakes his head. "No, it looked small hanging off your finger. On your body, it's fucking sinful."

"Luc," the guy tries again and this time, he takes a step back from me to allow me to see who's waiting for him.

Colt rolls his eyes at his captain before I look over his shoulder and find Leon staring at me as if he wants to devour me whole.

This swimsuit was a really, really bad idea.

With one last look at me, Luca marches over to Colt who leads him inside. Luc stops very briefly to say something to his brother before they both look at me.