Without You (Love Wanted in Texas 1)

I held the passenger door open and helped her up into my truck. I shook my head. “No. They’ll just want to leave with us.” The flush that moved across her cheeks caused me to smile. I leaned in and kissed her nose. “Anytime it gets to be too much, Lex, just say stop, and we will.”

She opened her mouth slightly. “I’m not going to want to stop, Will. I can promise you that.”

Holy shit.

I smiled and stepped back to shut the door. I walked around the back of the truck, so Lex couldn’t see me panicking.

I’m actually going to make love to her.

I knew I didn’t want to wait until the end of summer. I wanted to show Lex how much I loved her. I wanted her to know that what we shared was real, and even though we were going to be a few hundred miles apart, nothing would come between us.

Opening the truck door, I was just about to get inside when I heard Lauren yell out. I quickly turned and saw Paul Hines trying to pull Lauren out onto the dance floor. She kept yelling for him to let her go.

“Ah fuck.” I looked back at Lex. “Stay in the truck, Lex.”

“Wait! What’s going on?” Lex called out.

I shut my door.

It didn’t take me long to find Colt. He was already heading toward Paul. I gave Luke one look, and he nodded. We both started running, but we didn’t make it there fast enough. Colt grabbed Paul and knocked the shit out of him. Lauren screamed and jumped back as Paul stood up and went after Colt.

Luke grabbed my arm and shook his head. “It’s his battle. Let him go for a second.”

Paul swung and missed as Colt landed another hit. Paul stumbled backward and fell to the ground.

Colt walked up to him and said, “You ever lay a finger on her again, and I swear I’ll break every bone in your damn body. You hear me?”

Paul wiped blood from his mouth and nodded his head. “Yeah, I got it.”

Colt turned and walked up to Lauren. He grabbed her hand before leading her back to his truck, and he helped her in. He walked around, jumped in, and took off.

I looked at Luke, and he was smiling.

When Paul walked by us, Luke stepped in front of him. “Dude, what in the hell made you think you could touch her? Between Colt, Will, and me, you should have known better.”

Paul looked at Luke and then at me. Then, he pushed Luke out of the way before leaving.

Maegan came running up and threw herself into Luke?

?s arms as she let out a little scream. “Dance with me, cowboy.”

Luke smiled at Meg before looking at me.

I gave him a look and shook my head. “I need to talk to you, Luke.”

He smiled and gave Meg a slight push back. “Not now, Meg. Maybe later, okay?”

Her face dropped before her smile returned. “Okay. Later it is.”

I turned and headed over toward my truck. Lex had gotten out, and she was standing next to it, but then she quickly got back in and shut the door.

“What’s up?” Luke asked.

“What’s going on with you and my sister?”

Luke laughed. “Nothing. Why?”

“Luke, cut the shit with me. I see the way you look at her, and I also see the lust in your eyes when you look at Meg. Don’t do this. You’re gonna end up hurting one, if not both, of them. I don’t want to see my sister get hurt by you again.”