Holding You (Love Wanted in Texas 3)

I could hear his smile in the way he talked. “What are you wearing?”

There was a moment of silence before my phone beeped. Smiling, I pulled my phone back and saw I had a text from Colt. Putting him on speakerphone, I opened up the text and gasped. It was a picture of Colt lying in his bed . . . naked.

Good lord, his body was perfect. Licking my lips, I stared at the picture. I wondered if I could get it printed out and carry it around with me. Feeling sad . . . pull out Colt’s picture. Feeling angry . . . pull out Colt’s picture. Feeling horny . . . oh yes. Pull. Out. Colt’s. Picture.

“I’m saving this forever,” I whispered as I began biting on my thumb as I stared at it.

“Lauren?”

“Mmm?”

“Baby, will you take me off speakerphone now?”

Look at his abs. Oh my . . . it’s getting rather hot in here. What did Colt say?

“What? I mean . . . um . . . did you say something?”

Laughing, Colt said, “Sweetheart, take me off speakerphone.”

Colt’s laughter snapped me out of my trance. “Right. Speakerphone.”

Putting the phone back to my ear I said, “Okay, you’re off speakerphone. Tay couldn’t hear you anyway.”

“Where is, Tay?”

My heart started beating faster and my hands began to sweat. I knew where this was going and I was for sure going to let it go right down that path. “She’s um, in the shower.”

“Get your headphones baby and call me back on FaceTime.”

Hanging up my phone, I quickly ran over to my purse and dumped it out to find my headphones. Something red caught my eye. There you are! Running back over to my phone, I pushed my headphones into the jack and called Colt back on FaceTime.

Seeing him lying on his bed, naked, caused me to smile. “Colt,” I whispered.

“Can you go anywhere, Lauren?” Glancing back to the bathroom door I wanted to cry. There was nowhere I could go. Then I remembered I had the keys to the rental.

“The car!” Jumping up, I ran to the bathroom door and yelled, “Tay, I left something in the rental car. I’ll be right back!”

“Oh. Okay, Lauren. Be careful, it’s late.”

Grabbing the keys, I made it out the door and to the elevator. “I’m going to lose my signal. I’ll call you right back.”

Colt winked. “I’ll be waiting, sweetheart.”

The screen went blank as I pushed my phone into my pocket and practically ran to the elevator.

The whole way down, I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. My phone pinged as I stepped out of the elevator. Pulling it out, I saw it was Grace.

Grace: Bitch, I saw you running with the rental car keys. Get your freak on!

Rolling my eyes, I deleted her message and walked out front. The valet came running over to me. “Yes, would you like your car?”

Oh shit. I didn’t think this through very well. “Um, no! I just need to get something out of it. We parked it ourselves.”

Giving me a smile he, asked, “The Tahoe right? It’s parked right next to our valet parking lot.”

Nodding my head, I smiled. “Okay. Great! Thanks so much.”

Giving me a sweet smile, the valet said, “Would you like me to run and get it for you?”