Page 306 of Nobody's Girl

I release Laura and he dances away with her. I slide my arm around Ally’s waist, pulling her close to me. Her hair smells like jasmine and her body forms perfectly to mine. Something in me clicks, and I want her. I want all of her.

My lips move close to her ear. “This is how it’s supposed to be, Ally.”

I try to read her thoughts, but she’s either hiding them from me or she just doesn’t have any right now. She lays her small head on my shoulder, her face so close to mine. One small move and our lips would touch.

Just one little kiss. Who would even care?

“I love you, Kyle,” she says and I almost fall apart.

“I love you too, Ally. I always will,” I tell her as I squeeze her closer to me, as if that’s even possible.

Her light pink cheek is just too close for me to resist. I touch my lips to it and feel a warmth spread through to my lower regions. The damn song ends and I have to let her go. I allow her to move back a bit before I take her hand up to my lips, leaving a long kiss on the top of it.

Her eyelashes flutter as she smiles at me. “Thank you for the dance, my partisan.”

“Your new name for me, my princess?” I ask. “And what does it mean?”

“It means you have an emotional allegiance to me. I like the way it rolls off the tongue. So much better than primary guardian or protector, don’t you agree?” she asks.

‘I do,’ I send her.

Eden and Laura come to us. “Can I have my wife back, Kyle?”

“She is yours, Eden,” I say as I look into the deep sapphire blue of Ally’s eyes, then turn to smile at Eden. “I will want to borrow her again, though. She’s a really good dancer.”

“Let’s mingle,” Eden tells us all as he leads us off the altar and into the crowd of people.

Eden takes us to say hello to Linda Banks. Why he has to continue to push this woman in Ally’s face is a mystery to me. I tense up at first because she has on a little short dress with sky high heels and I see Ally is green with jealousy already. I look at Laura, who’s smiling at Ally.

Laura leans forward to tell her something in her ear. “Be good, Ally. He only loves you.”

I smile at Laura, happy she’s being such a good friend to Ally.

Trying to reign in her jealousies, Ally looks at me and smiles as I send her, ‘That old lady ain’t nothing compared to you, doll.’

Eden has to go and make it really freaking hard. He lets go of Ally’s hand to hug Linda, then holds her back, taking a look at her.

Dumb move, dude! It would really help him if he and I could communicate telepathically. I could save him an ass chewing!

“You’re looking sexy tonight, Linda,” he tells her.

I close my eyes at his words and see my Ally’s mind go red with anger, tinged with the green of jealousy.

It’s a nasty color. Yuk!

Laura’s hand slips out of mine. I watch her walk away from me, going up to Eden and the poor woman my Ally would like to see dangling from a branch up high in one of the giant oaks in this backyard.

My Ally would fight dirty if she was given the chance.

I send to her, ‘My princess, control that temper. That’s not fighting fair.’

Ally’s eyes don’t leave Eden as she sends back, ‘Wouldn’t she deserve it, though?’

Linda wraps her arms around Eden’s waist, pressing her body into his. “Thank you, Eden. You look delicious as well.”

You’re fucked, dude!

Laura eases in between them, almost gracefully. “Hi, Linda. I want to thank you for picking out all of the beautiful things for us. I hate to shop, as does Alyssa. Having you and your exquisite taste is a dream come true for us.”