Page 126 of Faking it For Summer

“Remember when we were in high school and I asked you to stay? You left. You left because you needed to prove yourself to Rex. And I don’t think you’ve finished proving yourself yet. There’s still that tension between you two, and I don’t want to be the person who stops you from achieving those dreams and goals.”

“You’re not, Mia?—”

“I’m just saying that, sometimes, love isn’t enough. You’re the best friend a girl could ever have, and I don’t want to lose that. But we’re arguing all the time, and we’re not agreeing on things. You’re not seeing my side, and I’m not seeing your side. We’ve never been like that before. And I think if we continue to go down this road, there’s a distinct possibility that our friendship could end, and I don’t want our friendship to end. I don’t want us to end.”

“I know. Neither do I.”

“And that’s why I don’t think we should continue.”

“So, what are you saying? You want to end this fake relationship?”

“No. What I’m saying is, I want to keep this fake relationship for the summer, and then we go our own way. I don’t think we should make it real—even though we love each other. I’d muchrather have you as my best friend for the rest of my life than my boyfriend for a year and then we break up and never talk again. I couldn’t live without being able to call you at any time of the day.”

“But you don’t mind being the crazy best friend?”

“I’ve never minded being the crazy best friend. You know that.”

“What can I do to convince you this is more than friendship, Mia?”

“I just don’t think that we’re compatible, Luke.” I rise on my tiptoes and kiss him. “Doesn’t mean I don’t love you. Doesn’t mean I don’t crave you. Doesn’t mean I don’t want to feel you inside of me.”

He groans against my lips. “You can’t say things like that and tell me you don’t want to be with me, Mia.”

“I’m just being honest with you, Luke. I think that’s what we’ve always had, and that’s what we need to keep. We need to be honest. And the fact is, I want to take you up to the hotel room right now and sit on your face and have you make me come.”

“Fuck,” he says, reaching behind and squeezing my ass.

He pushes me up against the wall, and I groan as he runs his fingers down the side of my dress. He shifts next to me, and I feel him pressed up against me. He kisses the side of my neck and then sucks on my lower lip. I feel his hand on my breast, squeezing.

“You’re not the only one who loves our intimate moments. I would fuck you right here and right now, Mia, but it’s not just about the raw passion. It’s about what I feel when I’m inside of you—that closeness, that magic, that connection. My cock was made for your pussy. I want to live in your pussy. Do you hear me? I love you, and I will convince you that we are meant to be and we are compatible.”

He presses his lips against mine.

This is about us becoming one, and I want to believe him. I want to tell him that I want that, too, but I realize he hasn’t responded to the one thing that’s holding me back. He hasn’t told me I come before his job. He hasn’t told me I am number one, that I matter more. And it breaks my heart because I know the reason he hasn’t told me is that he can’t lie to me.

Because it’s not true.

I will not go the rest of my life being number two to his job. I can’t. I deserve better, and he deserves someone who’s okay with that.

I reach down and squeeze his cock. “Well, I think if you want to do something naughty, I can do it too.”

“Are you sure?” he says in a hoarse voice.

“Well, I don’t mean right here, right now because anyone could walk out—including our grandparents—and I don’t really want to give anyone a heart attack.”

“Then let’s go up to the room because I want to make love to you, darling Mia. I want to make you come a million different ways, and then I want to lick every single drop off of you.”

“Keep sweet-talking me, bad boy,” I say, grinning at him.

He shakes his head. “This is insane.”

chapter twenty-five

Luke

“Good morning, beautiful,” I whisper to Mia as soon as she opens her eyes.

She rolls onto her side and looks at me, a light expression on her face. As she gazes at me, I lean forward and give her a quick kiss.