Tequila Sunrises over Georgia (a novella) Read Online Free Page B

my heart.
    Can she feel it beating?
    Can she tell that it’s drumming so fast it’s
about to win a race all of its own?
    Would she know that this heart has never been
affected by anyone this way?
    While we know it’s still in my chest, I feel
it trying its hardest to get closer to her, as if it could jump out
of my body and into her hand?
    Impossible.
    Or is it?
    “Carter…”
    “Yeah.”
    “I know we aren’t best friends or anything
like that, but… but please know this… If you ever need me, I… I
will always be here for you. Carter. I promise.”
    The intensity of her gaze is nailing me to an
invisible wall, one that I cannot move away from, a wall that gives
me no other choice but to face her, this woman who I’ve known and
cared for so long.
    “I know, Gia. I feel the same way about
you.”
    Her full lips move upwards to gift me with
her smile, while her hand moves to my right arm, never losing
contact. Then she gets on her toes while at the same time she’s
pulling me down to place a chaste kiss on my cheek.
    No.
    Not going to let this moment get away.
    There’s something important happening between
us.
    God, I hope I’m right.
    Just as her lips were to make contact with my
cheek, I turn my head.
    Our lips hover near each other’s for a brief
moment.
    I can feel the heat of her mouth on my
lips.
    Our eyes meet only momentarily, because I
move my hand to capture the back of her neck and with a firm
possessive grip on her hair, I kiss her.
    I kiss her .
    I kiss her with passion.
    With feelings I didn’t know I had.
    I kiss her to let her know she was no longer
a child in my eyes.
    As my tongue started to tease her mouth,
begging for access, her hand finally leaves my arm and takes new
hold behind my neck, where both hands grab a hold of my hair,
searching, pulling, playing… possessing.
    I move my tongue to find hers.
    I taste her, lick her. I inhale her. I don’t
want the moment to end.
    She tastes like mint, cherries and
obsession.
    I press behind her back, pulling her
closer.
    We lost ourselves in that kiss.
    We found each other in that kiss.
    Our bodies melded while we kissed.
    It was a perfect unexpected seal.
    I was out of breath and willing to let her
take all my oxygen.
    It was a kiss to be remembered.
    A kiss where our lips worshipped each other
and marked us as marred for other people.
    When we finally came up for air, it was done
slowly.
    I don’t think I will ever experience another
first kiss like this with anyone else, because I want all my future
kisses to come from her.
    Only her.
    “Gia…”
    “…Carter.”
    The warmth we imposed on each other’s mouths
was now forced to cool off, as the chill of the night mingled with
damp lips, creating goosebumps on our exposed skin.
    We stared at each other and were painfully
aware that our union had abruptly ended and we didn’t know where to
go from here.
    Her eyes were portraying the same confusion
that she was finding on mine.
    The only thing I knew for sure, it was that
Gia Black claimed a small part of my heart tonight, and in her
arms, a full treasure awaited to be discovered.
     

Chapter 4
Gia
    It’s been days and I have done a great job at
avoiding talking to Carter about the kiss .
    A mammoth of a kiss that left my legs shaking
like gelatin and took my lips by surprise through a storm of
emotions.
    I have no idea what I feel.
    Carter tried to corral me earlier in the
week, but as soon as we were done talking about work, I would make
an excuse to leave. The fact that we have cameras following us
around, have helped him stay away from me.
    He’s frustrated, I can tell.
    To say that it’s been difficult for both of
us being on the same jobsite it’s like saying “ant” when you really
meant to say “whale.”
    Watching him parading around without a shirt
doesn’t help my situation. Yes, I know the weather’s uncommonly hot
for this time of year, but still. It makes my concentration work
double time.
    He’s caught me looking