Page 46 of Reckless With You

“I’ll be okay,” I whispered.

“Good.”

Caleb didn’t say anything else, just helped me dry things until we were done, then I walked back out to the living room. That was where I heard Devin and Tucker talking.

“You hurt my sister, I’ll kill you.”

Tucker nodded before I got a chance to say anything. “Got it. I’m not risking you guys. I’m not risking my family because of this. Okay?”

Jesus Christ, I was a horrible person. We were his family. He had no one else, and I was using him.

I needed to stop this. I needed to be honest and break it off because I refused to hurt him. I should be the one hurting, not him. But then he met my gaze and gave me a slight shake of his head, and I didn’t say anything.

He wassogood.

And I was a horrible person.

We said our goodbyes, and I was quiet in the car on the way home, not sure what to say. By the time we reached my house, I could barely swallow, though I tried to be okay. But I really wasn’t.

Tucker walked me to the door and then walked me all the way inside as I tried to sort through my thoughts and feelings.

“Okay, that wasn’t so bad.”

I blinked at him. “It sucked.”

“Maybe.” I shrugged and looked off into the distance as I tried to calm my heart.

“I know my payment,” he said softly.

Payment? “What?”

“My payment. For this. For all of this. I know what it should be.”

“Okay. Do you want money or something? You make more than I do. But I can get you money.”

He smiled. “I don’t want money. Every date? Every lie we tell? I get to kiss you.”

I froze, my throat going dry.

“What?” I asked, but then I couldn’t think at all. Because Tucker lowered his head, and his lips were on mine.

Chapter 10

Tucker

No,I shouldn’t be doing this.

Yes, it was a mistake.

But, damn it.

I wasn’t going to stop.

I couldn’t.

Amelia’s mouth under mine was even better than in my dreams and fantasies.

And I’d had a whole fucking lot of them when it came to this mouth.