Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

PART 3 - CHAPTER 146 LUKE

Every step I took felt like dragging a fucking boulder behind me. The anger bubbling inside me was overwhelming, and the guilt from the last month was suffocating. I couldn't shake it-not just at the situation, but mostly at myself. I had let Jess slip away when all I wanted was to wrap her in my arms and protect her from everything, including her own amnesia.

As I opened the passenger door of my truck, Jess stepped in, and time slowed. I paused, taking a moment to just breathe her in.

She moved past me, and the air around us ignited with a tension that made it hard to concentrate. My pulse raced as I took in her full lips, slightly parted like they were begging for a kiss. Those flushed cheeks told me she'd been running, but it was the sweat glistening on h I wanted to peel that tank off her feel her skin against mine, and taste her sweetness. Instead, I found myself freezing in place. She had no idea who I was or how much I wanted her. That thought twisted in my gut like a knife.

"Shit," I muttered under my breath. It was my fault she didn't remember anything-nothing of us or the deep connection we had shared.

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"Get it together," I told myself as climbed into the driver's seat, my irritation simmering just beneath the surface. When I caught her gaze, I felt both relieved and

frustrated. There was that same look of concern, those wide eyes that sparkled with innocence after everything that had happened. It felt like a slap to the face.

voice. Just hearing her made my heart pound, but the way she looked at me

my pulse racing. Inside, though, I was anything but fine; I was a goddamn storm of

the key in the ignition, the engine roaring to life, drowning

adjusted her seatbelt, how the fabric hugged

right, and it took everything I had not to let my thoughts spiral out of control.

down on the urges tearing through me. She shouldn't be this tempting-not when I was scared to death about crossing lines. She's not ready. If I move too fast, I could lose

her to see me again, remember what we had, and know I was right here, still fighting for her. My hands tightened around the steering wheel, knuckles white, as I wrestled with the

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urge to pull her close to remind her of

- all I could think was that I

main road onto the gravel path that led to a hidden lookout point. The tires

echoing like a starting gun. Jess's eyes widened

of pent-up desire and longing in

tasted her sweetness, as intoxicating as the wildflowers that surrounded us, and all I wanted was more. I pulled her closer, her warmth melting any reservations I