Without You (Love Wanted in Texas #1)(101)

I giggled and shook my head. “Why is he so afraid?”

She looked down and slowly shook her head. She looked back up and into my eyes. “I told him that I can’t wait any longer.”

“What? Wait, Libby. You love him.”

“Alex, I walked away from Zack.”

“Did you love Zack?” I asked.

Libby looked away before turning back at me. “I cared about him—a lot.”

I nodded my head. “Do you love Luke?”

Libby was about to answer me when we heard Colt calling out for us.

“Libby! Alex! Come on, we’re all waiting on y’all.”

Libby gave me a weak smile. “I tried, Alex. I really tried. How long am I supposed to wait? If Luke truly cared about me, he wouldn’t be doing this to me.” She quickly spun around and began walking toward Colt.

“Libby?”

She held up her hand as if she didn’t want to talk anymore. I let out a sigh and began following her.

As we made our way back into the beach house, Luke and Grace were arguing about where to eat.

Libby walked by and headed upstairs. “I need a minute to grab my cell phone.”

“I don’t want Moby Dick’s. We always go to Moby Dick’s, Luke,” Grace said.

Luke let out a gruff laugh. “Well, princess, I’m sick of Seafood and Spaghetti Works.”

“I vote for clubbing in Corpus Christi, so I can feel a nice firm ass in my hands while I dance slow with a handsome guy.”

Everyone looked at Maegan.

“You’re such a slut,” Grace said with a laugh.

Maegan winked. “I try.”

Colt stood up and clapped his hands together. “Clubbing it is.”

Libby walked into the living room.

Grace jumped up, grabbed her hand, and pulled her back toward the stairs. “We’re changing. It’s time to put our club clothes on.”

Lauren, Taylor, and Maegan all let out a small scream and followed Grace and Libby.

I watched as Luke walked out the back door and headed to the pool house. I wanted to follow him, but when I felt Will’s arms around my waist, I froze in place.

Will’s lips moved gently against my neck, leaving a trail of fire where his lips had just touched. “I’m going to make mad, passionate love to you tonight.”

“Mmm…” I lost myself in his touch.

“Do you like the sound of that, Lex?”

“Very much.”

“I’m going to get you so turned-on tonight that by the time we get back here, all you will need is my touch to make you come.”

I let out a small moan and attempted to talk. The clenching feeling in the pit of my stomach had me wanting to slip my own hand down my panties.

I turned and wrapped my arms around his neck. “Can we skip clubbing? I just want to stay here with you.”

Will raised his eyebrows and seemed to be thinking hard about staying home and not going out.

Someone cleared her throat, and Will and I both looked over to see Grace standing there.

“Hell no. You are not skipping out on us tonight. This whole trip was all about us hanging together. And that’s what we’re doing. You two can do your thing later! Alex, get your ass upstairs. I’m going to make you up, so Will won’t be able to keep his eyes off of you all night.”

I giggled as I looked at Will. “I guess the anticipation will just build all night.” I kissed him, and then I spun around and walked toward Grace.

She grabbed my hand, and we began heading upstairs. I looked over my shoulder and winked at Will. The smile on his face made my knees weak, and my insides craved his touch again.

“I love you, Lex.”

I loved how my mother and father would always tell each other how they loved the other more. Will and I had picked it up, and every time I said it to him, he would smile bigger.

“I love you more.”

Will chuckled.

Grace pulled my arm harder to get me to speed it up. “Jesus, y’all can go a few minutes without each other.”



An hour later, I looked at all five of us.

“Holy shit. We look good!” Lauren said with a giggle.

Lauren was probably the sweetest one of the bunch. Hearing her swear always made me chuckle. Taylor was just as sweet but far more innocent.

“Hell yeah, we do. We are five hot bitches,” Grace said, walking up to Libby and messing with her hair.

I looked Libby up and down. She had on one of Grace’s dresses. It was a silver cocktail dress with a scooped back that stopped just shy of her ass. I was sure just a few more inches, and we’d be able to see the string of her thong. Her blonde hair was piled on top of her head with curls hanging down to frame her face. Taylor had done Libby’s makeup, and her dark smoky eyes and red lipstick had even me catching my breath. I knew what Grace and Taylor were up to. They had made Libby look so incredibly hot that Luke was gonna shit his pants when he laid his eyes on her.

“Damn, baby sister. You. Look. Hot.” Maegan smiled and looked at Taylor.

Taylor was dressed in a simple black cocktail dress with silver accents and a high slit on the side. Her push-up bra showed more cleavage than I’d ever seen Taylor display, and it made her look about three years older than she was.

Taylor blushed and smiled.