Page 27 of Need You Tonight
I was winded by the time we reached them, but we’d caught them. That was all I cared about.
His mouth stayed pressed in a frown, but his eyes flashed with hope. “What are you doing here? I thought you were hanging out with Jake tonight.”
“No,” I panted. “Not tonight. Not any night.” He took a step forward. “It’s you I want, Troy. I need you.”
His mouth broke into a huge grin and he threw his arms out just in time to catch me as I launched myself at him. Our lips crashed together in the next second, finally getting that kiss we’d been trying to steal all night.
His mouth was hot against mine, his lips soft and sweet compared to the hardness of his body. He wrapped his arms around my waist and held me to him while he kissed me senseless and drove me wild.
I hadn’t kissed that many boys in my life. And when I had, they’d always been compared to Jake. But now, in this moment with Troy, Jake was the last thing on my mind.
Troy Cameron knew how to kiss. By the time he pulled away my lips were swollen and I was thoroughly turned on. Luckily, he kept his hands on my waist or I probably would have tipped over.
He did make me dizzy.
When he kissed me like that, he made me totally dizzy.
Gina and Mikey were making lewd catcalls at us and clapping as loud as anyone had during the show.
“It’s about damn time,” Mikey laughed.
Troy pressed his lips to my temple. “It is about damn time, Carmichael.”
My smile stretched as wide as it ever had. “You should have made up a fake English project months ago.”
He winked at me. “I’m an idiot.”
“No,” I told him sincerely. “I’m the idiot. I was lost in my head the whole semester. I should have seen you sooner.”
He leaned down, catching my mouth in another searing kiss. “You notice me now. That’s all that matters. And we’ll get through all this stuff together. You don’t have to worry anymore, Cass. I’m here for you whenever you need me.”
“Tonight,” I whispered against his cheek. “I need you tonight.”
“Then you can have me.”
My heart swelled and my stomach flipped. I had been waiting for an epic romance all my life, but I’d been waiting on the wrong guy.
Troy Cameron was more than I could have hoped for. He was better and sweeter and hotter than anything I had ever experienced in my life.
And he was loyal.
That night was just the beginning of our love story. It started with a crazy night and a boy that was willing to do anything for me. And it was still like that today.
He got me through that wild night. And then he helped me get through first semester and then my parents’ divorce. He was there for me when I had roommate problems and life problems and I was there to cheer him on during every game and play and event in his life.
He asked me to marry him at his aunt’s diner four years later and there was no other answer for me than yes. Then he’d kissed me until the patrons had begged us to stop.
He still kisses me like that today.
He still steals all my attention and makes me feel like we are the only people in the room. In any room.
Troy Cameron was the beginning and end of my happily ever after. Without him, I would have never survived that night or first semester or any of the curveballs life threw at me after.
I needed him that night.
And I’ve needed him every night since.
