Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 46448 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 232(@200wpm)___ 186(@250wpm)___ 155(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 46448 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 232(@200wpm)___ 186(@250wpm)___ 155(@300wpm)
“Yeah, it was a human store.” He dipped the spoon into the ice cream and held it out to her. She lifted and wrapped her lips around the spoon. “I saw Emmaline.”
The ice cream was cold, but the chocolatey taste seemed to go bitter at the mention of Emmaline.
“You did?” she asked, swallowing.
“Yeah. Do you remember her?”
“Of course, I remember her.” Luna ran her hands through the water. “Many people didn’t have a nice thing to say about her.” Mainly girls because Emmaline had slept with their boyfriend.
Luna had seen Matthew with her.
“What about her?” She didn’t even know if he knew that she’d seen them together.
Matthew put the ice cream down and sat up. He took her hands and locked their fingers together. “I know I made a lot of mistakes in the past. Emmaline was one of them.”
“Matthew, we don’t need to do this.”
“I told her.”
“What?”
“I told her that you were my girl. That I was taken.”
“Why, why would you do that?” Luna asked.
He reached out and tucked some of her hair behind her ear. “Because you’re mine.”
Luna stared at him, her heart pounding.
“I want it all with you, Luna. Every single moment. I want you to be my old lady. I want to marry you. I’m in all the way. This isn’t just words for me. I’m fully committed.”
“You have the club.” Words were hard to form. This was different. She’d heard him tell her so many times how much he loved her and that he wanted to be with her, back then and even now.
This was different. They weren’t just words. He meant them.
“I know I’ve got to prove to you that I’m not going to mess up, that I won’t step out on you. I’m going to do that. You don’t have to say anything.”
She let go of his hands and then moved closer, straddling his waist and kissing him. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pressed her body against his and just kissed him.
Matthew’s hands banded around her, and she felt alive.
Luna broke the kiss first. “I love you, Matthew. So damn much.”
“I told her that you were mine. That you were my girl.”
She giggled. “I bet she hated that.”
“She did, but I don’t care. I’m not hiding anymore. I’m not running away from you.”
Luna felt the hard ridge of his cock press against her core.
“One day, when I’m a patched-in member, you’re going to be my old lady.”
She wrinkled her nose. “Do we have to do that?”
“We do. I mean, unless you— Do you want me to quit the club.”
Tonight was supposed to be easy, about romance and just some fun. This was a whole lot more. It was heavy and life-changing. She would have to tell her parents about him. That was going to be a big deal. She wasn’t sure how they’d take her dating Matthew.
“You love the club, Matthew. You always talked about being part of the club.”
“I know, but I want you more.”
“No. The club is what you want, and I won’t ever take that away from you. Ever. I’ll learn to, you know, be part of it.” She wasn’t a fool and knew she wasn’t used to large crowds, but that had changed in college. “For you.”
“You’d do that?”
“I’m not going to let you give up what you love for me. Not ever. You want to be a fully patched-in member. I don’t exactly know what it all means, but I’ve got an idea.” It was why she was going to call that number and arrange a meet-up. To protect Matthew and make sure his spot at the club was there. “Also, when my parents get back from their trip, you’re going to have to meet them.”
“Your parents?”
“Yeah, but a word of warning, they don’t exactly know about the whole pregnancy scare thing.”
“They don’t?”
“No.”
“Oh.”
She giggled. “I’m sorry. I never told them. I was kind of freaking out at the time, and it never came up.”
Matthew kissed her. “Then I’m glad. Because that means I don’t have to try to win them over with some bad blood between us.”
“They’re going to adore you.”
“You think?”
She cringed. “I have no idea.”
He chuckled, and as he did, she felt his cock. Reaching into the water, she wrapped her fingers around his length and started to work him up and down.
“Fuck, that feels good. I want to be inside you.”
She wanted that too. “We need a condom.”
He growled. “They’re downstairs.”
Luna kissed him.
“Baby, come on.”
“Nope, not without a rubber.” She climbed out of the tub, grabbed a towel, and turned toward him. “I’ll be right back.” She winked at him and made her way downstairs, going to where his pants were. They hadn’t lasted long and his pants were in the dining room.
Matthew had closed the curtains and locked the windows and doors before they sat down for dinner.