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My laugh caught me off guard and I buried my face in my hands to muffle my giggles. “You’re a naughty boy, Luca Marino. I never would have guessed.”
He shrugged. “I’m full of surprises.”
Bastard. Now I was curious what else would surprise me. If he were anyone else, I would’ve accused him of doing that on purpose, but guile didn’t feel like it suited Luca.
Maybe I would take the time to uncover those surprises. It would be stupid. This should only be a one time thing. My life was too busy and far too complicated to even think about more. But damn if I wasn’t intrigued.
I shook the thought away. I couldn’t date someone who was so important to my friends. I was a dating disaster. The pressure for things to work out with Luca would immediately ruin it all for me and then it would make things awkward.
For both of our sakes, this couldn’t go further than tonight.
I stood on my toes and he took the hint to lean down so I could give him a quick kiss before turning toward the door. “Keep the panties. But don’t tell anyone they’re mine. See you on the dance floor?”
“I’ll be there soon. Save me a dance.”
“Will do.”
I pulled open the door, Luca angling away from sight. Meg was waiting for me.
“There you are. You okay?”
“Yeah, I just needed a little breather. Guess the champagne made me a bit sensitive to the crowds.”
A bald-faced lie, but Meg had likely consumed enough champagne herself that she wouldn’t call me on it. I leaned away from her so she wouldn’t catch Luca’s scent all over me.
“Let me go pee real quick.” I swerved around her and dashed to the bathroom, snatching up the de-scenting spray to send a billowing cloud I could twirl through to obscure Luca’s scent further.
Meg and I retreated out to the dance floor and found Nicky sipping a glass of water at one of the many tables. I was jealous the bride and groom had already departed for their night of wedded bliss because damn if I wasn’t craving my own hotel room right now so I could ride Luca into the mattress.
Instead, I dragged Nicky up to dance and got through a handful of songs with my friends and other guests before Luca finally emerged and stole me for his own dance.
His brown eyes burned with desire, but also gentle humor, as he twirled me around the dance floor. I bit my tongue when the song ended and he went to dance with Meg; a tendril of jealousy curled through me.
Fuck.
I shouldn’t have told myself I couldn’t have him.
That made him forbidden.
And that was the one thing I could never fucking resist.
Istared at my phone. I had Luna’s number saved along with the rest of the bridal party, though I wasn’t sure if I should reach out to her now that the wedding was over. She hadn’t said to call her. But that was basic protocol, wasn’t it? You hook up in the coat room and then you call them.
Maybe a text would be safer.
I stared up at the ceiling, the same one I had slept under for the last twenty-six years. The odds of Luna being interested in me when I still lived at home were small. I hadn’t gotten any closer to moving out. A lot of times being the baby of the family came with perks, but worrying about my mom’s reaction was not one of them. Being the last to leave meant I was finally turning a once crowded home into an empty nest.
Mom wasn’t good with stuff like that.
I had heard on more than one occasion that I was welcome to stay forever.
Please, god, don’t let me stay forever.
I had to be strategic about leaving. She didn’t need to know I had been looking at apartments. The same way she didn’t need to know I’d been thinking about Luna every night this week since the wedding. Normally I would ask Sidney about something like this, but he was off in the tropics with his new bride, which left me woefully unequipped to handle the hookup that I desperately wanted to be more. Not that I could’ve told him anyway, since I’d promised Luna I wouldn’t tell anyone.
Luca:
It feels weird that the wedding is over after we spent so long planning and prepping
