Crazy Beautiful Love (The Martelli Brothers #1)(40)
Author: J.S. Cooper

“I’ll just tell my brothers, no one else.” I laughed as she punched me and I leaned over to kiss her again. “Of course, I would never tell anyone.”

“Good.” She took the bra and panties off and I stared at her in lust, feeling myself grow hard again. “Don’t even think about it, big boy.” She laughed as I pushed myself against her. “There is no way that salesgirl will believe it takes this long to try on a few bras.”

“Then why are you trying to tempt me?” My eyes were transfixed on her hands as she pulled on her panties and bra. I couldn’t look away from her beautiful body. I was addicted to her touch and to her taste, and even though I had just had her, I wanted her again.

“I don’t think they’d like it if I walked out in their stuff.” She laughed. “I’d hate to steal a car but get busted for shoplifting a twenty-dollar pair of panties.”

“Twenty what?” My eyes widened. “That much?”

“Ha, ha, I was actually saying the amount was small in comparison to a car,” she giggled. “Though I’m not sure what I’m going to do with these now, seeing as you ripped them.”

“I’ll buy them for you.” I held my hand out. “And I’ll keep them as a keepsake.”

“A keepsake of what?” She was grinning at me, and I could tell she was happy to see I had a sentimental side.

“A keepsake of my first time having public sex.” I grinned.

“You mean our first time,” she corrected me and shook her head.

“Actually, no. I mean my first time and our first time.” I laughed and she looked confused. “So when I told you I liked public sex, I didn’t mean I had actually done it.” I grinned as her confused expression turned to one of shock and understanding. “I mean I’ve always wanted to. It’s always been something on my to-do list.”

“Oh my God, Logan. I’m going to kill you.” She glared at me and I pulled her close to me.

“I’m glad my first time was with you.” I stared down into her frazzled eyes and then kissed her nose. “I hope my second time will be with you as well.”

“I don’t know about that.” She shook her head, but I could see the hint of a smile on her face. She had on all her clothes now and she turned around and gave me a small devilish smile. “I’m leaving the changing room now, see you outside.” And before I had time to respond, she had left the room. I stood there shaking my head and paused as I heard Brittany talking to her.

“Did you see anything you liked, ma’am?”

“I’m still deciding, thanks.” Maddie’s voice was filled with laughter. “But you never know, maybe someone will surprise me and buy me a pair of panties and a bra.”

“Sorry, what?” Brittany’s voice sounded confused and I held back a laugh, as I picked up the bra Maddie had left hanging next to me. I looked at the price tag and saw it was sixty dollars. My head pounded as I realized I would have to spend eighty dollars to buy the bra and panties for Maddie. Plus tax. And I only had five hundred dollars and some loose change. And no prospect of making money anytime soon either. I stared at my reflection and wanted to punch the mirror. Who was I kidding? I was never going to be good enough for Maddie. I was still Logan Martelli, no matter how many fun afternoons we had or how passionate the sex was. I was never going to be good enough for her. And it didn’t even matter that her dad was f**ked up. I wanted better for Maddie because she was better. She wasn’t him and she didn’t deserve to pay for his sins. I’d figure out a way to get him without involving her. Maddie was special; she was my Maddie. And I was starting to think that I was falling in love with her. My breath caught as I realized the gravity of my thoughts. The emotions welling up in my heart were unfamiliar and I was scared. In less than a month, Maddie had come into my life and turned it upside down and I wasn’t even sure who I was anymore. The even scarier part was that I no longer knew who I wanted to be, either.

Chapter 9

Logan

“You shouldn’t have bought me both the bra and the panties.” Maddie frowned at me as we waited on the bus.

“I wanted to buy you a present.” I ran my hand through my hair and gave her a quick smile. “And I knew I had to keep the panties, so I wanted you to have the bra.”

“Logan, you shouldn’t have spent your money on me.”

“It’s okay.” I tried not to think of how much my family needed that money. I didn’t want Maddie to think that I was a loser, someone who couldn’t even afford to buy her a small gift. I laughed at the irony of the whole situation—who ever heard of a broke thief?

“I had a good day today.” She changed the subject and slid down closer to me. “I’m glad I came over.”

“I’m sorry we left the plate of cookies in the car.”

“Ha, ha, ha. I don’t care.”

“It was nice of you to bring them over.”

“I wanted to see you.” She grinned sheepishly. “I told myself I would try one last time, and if you still hated me, I would just forget about it.”

“I never hated you.” I shook my head, staring at her in disbelief. “You can’t have thought that? I haven’t stopped thinking about you since the first time I saw you.”

“When I jumped into your car?”

“No,” I laughed. “When you were running away from the cops.”

“Really?” She looked surprised, but her eyes lit up.

“Yes, really.” I grabbed her hand and held it in mine and we sat in silence waiting for the bus to come. There were so many things I wanted to tell her, but I just didn’t have the words. My heart wanted to tell her about my newly discovered feelings, but my head knew that was foolish. This was nothing more than a summer romance, and it would just hurt both of us if I were to pretend otherwise.

“Here’s the bus.” Maddie stood up and we walked to the curb.

“I’m sorry you have to ride the bus with me.”

“Hey, I’m not a princess, I’ll live.”

“Your dad would be pissed if he knew you were on the bus though, I bet.”

“My dad can be a snob at times.” She rolled her eyes. “It’s fine. Like I said, I’m not a princess, no one is looking to kidnap me or do anything bad to me.”

“I guess he’s just worried about his little girl.” I could have laughed at the fact that I was sticking up for the mayor. Today really was a day of firsts.