This isn’t a big deal. It’s just a gift.
To a friend. Who feels like a lot more than a friend, but still.
I bring the jersey with me before I can talk myself out of it, then make my way down to her apartment.
My foot bounces nervously on the floor of the elevator as it descends.
When she opens the door, she looks at the jersey in my hand, and the happiness radiates off her, and all my doubts about this gift are wiped away.
“This is for you,” I tell her, handing it over.
Lily takes it and holds it up in front of her before turning it around, reading Bennet on the back, just like the one she bought herself.
“It’s perfect. Thank you, Sebastian.”
She goes into the bathroom, and when she emerges in the new shirt, I’m just as speechless as last time.
She looks flawless.
And mine.
She does a turn before she comes over to me. When she links her hands around my neck, I’m almost hoping she’ll lean up on her toes and kiss me.
Seeing her like this is heightening my need to kiss her. I would devour her if she pressed those perfect lips to mine.
But instead, she hugs me tightly.
I soak in her touch, enjoying how perfectly her body fits mine.
When she lifts her head from my chest but doesn’t step away from me, I’m not even thinking when I start closing the distance between us.
I need to taste her.
Just when my lips are nearing hers, my phone rings, ruining the moment.
I curse under my breath as I bring out my mobile.
Lily steps out of my arms and looks down at the caller ID.
Luke Hastings.
She huffs before she turns away, clearly frustrated by the interruption of her brother.
I’m hit with a wave of shame as I take the call, knowing I was just centimetres away from kissing Luke’s sister—knowing I haven’t come clean to him about my feelings for her.
I really should be going about this differently, but I don’t have a clue how.
“Hey, man,” I greet him, dragging a hand through my hair.
Hell.
What would have happened if he hadn’t called at that exact time?
Would I still be kissing Lily?
Making out with her pressed to the wall?
“Hey, man! Just calling to wish you good luck tonight.”
