About a minute later, her phone beeped. “Can you take me to Luke’s? I’ll ride home with Colt.”
“Um…sure.”
I was almost to Luke’s driveway. I put on my signal and turned in. I punched in the gate code and started down the long driveway. When I pulled up and parked, I shut the truck off. I turned to see Lex staring at me.
“You don’t regret it, do you?” she asked.
My mouth dropped open, and I pulled her over to me. She crawled onto my lap. I put my hand behind her neck and brought her lips to mine. I poured nothing but love into the kiss. It was slow, sweet, and meaningful.
I barely broke our kiss when I whispered, “I’ll never forget this night for as long as I live, Lex. You have stolen my heart forever.”
A tear moved down her cheek.
“Baby, please don’t cry. I hate to see you cry.”
She was about to say something when someone banged on the window. I turned to see Luke.
He opened the door and grabbed Lex. “Get the fuck out of his truck, Lex.”
“What? Luke! Let go of me!”
Lex pulled her arm back, but Luke pulled her out.
“Luke, stop it right now!” Grace yelled.
I took a deep breath in and let it out as I got out of the truck. I had to put myself in Luke’s and Colt’s shoes.
How would I feel if I found out one of them had slept with Libby?
I shut the door and turned to face Luke. Colt was walking out.
Lex stepped in front of him. “Colt! Stop this right now! Grace, stop your brother.”
Luke walked up and pushed me. “You motherfucker. You went forward with it? You slept with her?”
“Luke, I’m not doing this with you. You knew—”
That was when it happened. He punched me square in the jaw. Lex, Grace, and Lauren all screamed.
Libby came running up to me. “Will! Oh my gosh, are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Lib. Just step back, honey.”
Luke hadn’t hit me nearly as hard as he could have.
Libby turned around and walked over to Luke. She pushed him on the chest. Luke just stood there, staring at her.
“You asshole! He loves her, and she loves him. It’s none of your goddamn business what they do!”
Luke looked stunned as he stared at Libby.
She pushed him again and then began hitting him. “He loves her! Alex is lucky to have someone love and worship her like Will does. You wouldn’t know what that is like…to love and respect someone, you prick.”
Luke grabbed Libby by her arms to get her to stop. She took a step back and looked at him.
“Libby…I…” Luke looked away as Libby began sobbing.
I walked up and took her in my arms. I had no idea if Libby was more upset by what Luke had done to me or if he had done something to her.