He frowned. Why had she checked?
‘I know, but I felt like we had some kind of connection, even before the kiss, and I knew if I walked away from here in a few weeks and never explored this spark between us, I would always regret it.’
She watched him like he was a complicated maths problem she was trying to solve.
‘Look, it doesn’t matter. It’s just a silly crush, it doesn’t have to be weird between us,’ Luke said.
‘Oh, we’re already there.’
He sighed. ‘I know. But it will all be fine in a few days. I’ll get over it and we can just get back to being friends again. Goodnight Flick.’
He turned for his bedroom but she snagged his arm. ‘We’re not done here.’ She stepped closer. ‘Yesterday, after our… incredible kiss…’
His heart leapt. Had it really been incredible for her too?
‘You were all, oh but it’s not real, it doesn’t mean anything,’ Flick said.
‘You said it didn’t mean anything. I never said that.’
‘Because you said it wasn’t real.’
He sighed because they were going round in circles here.
‘And I was gutted because… it was the best kiss of my entire life and you were just dismissing it,’ Flick said.
His heart soared, his mouth suddenly dry. ‘Flick, are you saying… Do you like me too?’
She smiled. ‘Way too much.’
He laughed with relief. ‘God, there’s a lot to be said for simple honest conversations.’
She reached up to stroke his face. ‘And not jumping to conclusions. I should have let you speak last night but I was so hurt and embarrassed when you said you didn’t want to kiss me anymore.’
‘I probably could have opened with something more positive.’ He leaned his forehead against hers.
‘And for the record, I didn’t need flowers or for you to cook me dinner for me to say yes. All I needed was for you to kiss me again like you did yesterday and I’d have been yours.’
He smiled with relief and cupped her face. ‘Is it too late?’
She wrapped her arms around him. ‘Definitely not.’
He bent his head to kiss her then pulled back. ‘And Iknow I’m leaving in a few weeks and I don’t know what will happen then but—’
‘We worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. We have no idea where this will go, that spark between us might well and truly have fizzled out by the time you leave, but we can have a lot of fun together over the next few weeks while we get to know each other better.’
That sounded a bit more casual than he would like but she was right. A lot could happen in a few weeks. She might decide he was too nice and boring for one, his previous girlfriends had. He just had to enjoy what was happening now and not worry about anything else.
With his heart thundering against his chest, he bent his head and kissed her.
CHAPTER NINE
Luke’s kiss was slow at first, gentle and respectful which made her smile against his lips because that was Luke all over. He was just so bloody lovely.
Flick wanted to laugh and cry in relief. He liked her and they could have so easily missed this opportunity because they were both afraid of getting hurt.
She moved her hands round the back of his neck, pressing herself up tighter against him and relishing in the feel of his solid, warm body against hers. She stroked her fingers through his hair and he made a rumbly noise of appreciation at the back of his throat that ignited something deep inside of her.
As if reading her mind, he pulled back fractionally. ‘Shall we take this in there?’ he gestured to his bedroom. ‘We might be a little more comfortable.’
