Page 71 of Sangre
“Are you planning to go back?”
She shrugged, brushed her hair off her face, and stared at him. “Why didn’t you ever contact me after I left Alina? I kept waiting and hoping to hear from you, but I never did.”
“I was pissed as hell at you for cutting out without saying goodbye. I was shocked when I found out you moved. You didn’t even call to tell me you were going.”
She leaned back on her elbows. “After we kissed on that Fourth of July, things seemed awkward and tense between us. It felt like you pulled away. I guess I did too because I was mixed up about it. I loved that it happened, but I was dating your friend Jay, and you and I were best friends, so there was a lot of confusion inside me.”
“There was for me too, but not even a fuckin’ phone call to say goodbye?”
“My dad was such a bastard that summer. He kept telling me and my sister that we could finish out high school in Alina, and then, at the last minute, he told us we all had to move with him to California. He knew the entire time that we were all going to move, but he made us believe we could stay. And Ireallywanted to stay. I tried to call you, but you weren’t home. I had literally a few hours to get my stuff together before we headed out. I didn’t want to text you or leave a message on your phone, so I wrote you a letter and put it on the door.”
Sangre cocked his head. “A letter? I never got it. There was nothing on the door. Believe me, my family would’ve given it to me if they saw it. I didn’t see any letter when I got home that day.”
“I left it on the screen door. I taped it really well so it wouldn’t blow away or something. I can’t believe you didn’t get it.”
“I didn’t. I’ll be damned. For all these years I thought you dissed me.”
“Me too,” she said softly.
“What did the letter say?”
“That I was leaving and would miss you. I told you to call me right when you finished reading it.”
He moved closer to Isla and ran his fingers up her arm. “I’m sorry I didn’t swallow my fuckin’ pride and get in touch with you. I should’ve figured you wouldn’t have just taken off. I guess I thought you didn’t want anything to do with me after we’d kissed.”
“I was scared because that kiss turned everything upside down for me. It was the best thing that had happened to me.” The eyes gazing at him blazed with desire.
Slowly, he ran his fingertips along the side of her face. “Looking at me that way is gonna get you fucked,” he said hoarsely. Isla glanced down at his crotch then back to his face, her eyes locked on his. He traced her bottom lip with his thumb, and she poked out her tongue and licked it. Lust pulsed through him as he pushed his thumb into her mouth. Her lips closed over it as she sucked it sensuously, making his cock strain painfully against his jeans.
Reaching up, Isla looped her arm around his neck and drew him to her, and he hovered over her, his gaze boring into hers. “You’re so beautiful,” he rasped, his dick aching to be inside her.
Pulling him closer, Isla teased his lips with soft sweeps of her tongue. He groaned and shuddered.Fuck.Sangre’s willpower waned as he tangled his hand in Isla’s hair and ground against her, wanting her to feel what she did to him. A small gasp escaped from her parted lips as she squirmed when his mouth hungrily covered hers.
She’s mine. There’s no turning back.
