Without You (Love Wanted in Texas 1)

“You want to be treated like that again?” Colt asked.

Will grabbed Colt and began pulling him away. “You’re just making it worse, you ass. You want to push her to him?”

Colt shook his head. “No.”

“Then, shut the fuck up.”

Lauren was looking at Colt and Will with a confused look. “What is going on?” she asked as she walked up to Colt. “Why are you so angry?”

Colt wouldn’t look at her.

Lauren frowned. “Colt, please talk to me. We’re friends.”

He turned and grabbed Lauren by the shoulders. “That’s just it, Lauren. I don’t want to be friends with you. I want more.”

Lauren sucked in a breath of air. “What?”

“I want more, Lauren. Why can’t you see that?” Colt let go of Lauren. He pushed his hands through his hair and let out a groan before turning and walking toward his truck.

Lauren just stood there and watched him walk away. Why she didn’t go after him I had no clue.

She slowly turned and looked at us and then Brax. “Um…Brax, do you want to head down to the fire?”

“What? Lauren, Colt just—”

Lauren looked at me and smiled. “I know, Alex. Thanks. I’ll take care of it later.”

My mouth dropped open as I looked at Will, and he shrugged his shoulders. I turned and watched as Lauren walked away with Brax.

Libby threw her hands on her hips and said, “Where is she going? She’s going with Brax? What about what Colt just told her?”

“I have no clue,” Lex said as she looked over to me.

Luke let out a gruff laugh. “Stupid bastard shouldn’t have told her how he feels. Look at him now—alone and drunk in the back of his truck.”

Libby spun around and glared at him. “What do you think he should be doing, Luke? Maybe sneaking off with someone and fucking her?”

The left corner of Luke’s mouth raised in a smile. “Maybe. That’s what I’d do.”

Libby swallowed hard and slowly shook her head. “Well, you’re in luck, Luke. With the way Claire is walking around with nothing on, you might just find yourself getting lucky tonight.” Libby looked at me and Will as she squared her shoulders off. “Excuse me, y’all. Jason wanted a dance earlier. I think I’ll go find him.”

Libby started walking away.

Luke grabbed her arm. “Libby, wait. Don’t…”

Libby bit down on her lower lip as she looked

at Luke. “Don’t what?”

Luke looked like he was struggling with something before he smirked. “Don’t be sneaking off to fuck Jason.”

Right as I was about to grab Luke and knock the hell out of him for saying that, Libby reached back and punched Luke in the jaw.

Lex let out a small scream as Luke shook his head and looked back at Libby.

Libby quickly wiped a tear away as she said, “You’re right, Luke. There never was an us, and there never will be.”

She turned and walked away as Luke stood there, speechless.