My Kind of Trouble by Becky McGraw Page B

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    Luke slid his hand under her tank top and
rubbed it along her ribcage up to cup her breast. When his thumb
found her nipple, desire ripped through her like a summer wildfire
and she linked her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss,
letting out all the pent up frustration that had been building in
her since she laid eyes on him again.
     
    Cassie moved her hip to stroke his
steel-like erection which was nudging against her, then opened her
mouth to tangle her tongue with his. Moving her hand down to the
hem of his t-shirt she tugged it out of his jeans, then slid her
hand over his hard abs up and up to his pecs. His heart beat like a
sledgehammer against his ribs, just like her own. Cassie flicked
his nipple with her fingernail and he groaned, then put his hand
over hers.
     
    "We need to stop, Cassie," he told her
breathing heavily then pulled her all the way inside the cab and
sat her on the passenger seat.
     
    Hot and bothered with her brain muddled with
passion, Cassie looked over at him dumbfounded. Breathlessly she
said, "What the hell?"
     
    "We have an audience."
     
    She looked outside the truck and saw Cole
and Bud holding the battered and bruised almost rapist between
them, with wide grins on their faces. Cassie dropped her head back
against the seat and groaned. "Aw, shit...not good."
     
    Luke looked over at her curiously and said
in a slightly hurt tone, "Felt pretty damned good to me."
    It was beyond good, Cassie thought. Kissing
Luke was spectacular...being with him again would be heavenly.
Something she wanted more than her next breath right now. But that
was the problem. She shouldn't be feeling what she was feeling with
Luke...shouldn't be doing what she was doing.
     
    "I'm engaged Luke and when my daddy finds
out about this he's gonna give me hell."
     
    "Why's that?"
     
    She hesitated. How the hell could she tell
him her daddy had been trying to hook them up since the day she got
here? "Um...you'll just have to trust me on that one."
     
    He looked over at her and his brown eyes
were dark and intense, full of passion. "Cassie, there's something
going on here between us. The way you ran off left us with some
unfinished business. We need to get it out of our system, so we can
move on."
     
    The temptation to agree with him was
enormous, but she resisted. "Luke, we can't go back...we'd both
just wind up hurt again. And James would wind up hurt too."
     
    Luke leaned over and grabbed her shoulders.
"Fuck, James. How the hell can you marry him when you want me?"
     
    Cassie felt the sting of tears behind her
eyes and took a deep breath then forced sincerity into her voice,
"I love him," she lied hoping it would end this discussion.
     
    Luke growled and let go of her shoulders to
put his hands back on the steering wheel. Without looking at her he
hissed, "Get out, Cassie."
     
    She slid away from him toward her door and
opened it, but stopped to look back at him. His jaw was clenched
and his lower lip was trembling with the effort.
     
    "Luke, I'm sorry."
     
    "Just get out, Cassie, and think about what
I said. If you change your mind let me know, but in the meantime
keep your damned hands off of me," he told her his voice deep and
raspy.
     
    "Okay," she said sadly then shut the door
and stepped away from the truck. Luke turned the key in the
ignition violently then hit threw the truck in gear and peeled out
of the driveway leaving a dust cloud behind him.
     
    Bud had evidently headed back to the
bunkhouse, but Cassie saw Cole stuffing his prisoner inside the
SUV. She needed to bawl like a baby, but she wasn't doing it in
front of Cole. Cassie lifted her arm and swiped at the tears that
had slipped from her eyes, then turned and ran toward the
house.
     
    "Cassie Wait!" Cole slammed the back door of
the SUV locking his prisoner inside and caught up with her right
when she stepped up on the porch. "What happened, honey?" He yanked
her back against his chest, but she kept her face