Hot Summer Lust (17 page)

Authors: Juliette Jones

BOOK: Hot Summer Lust

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Which would clearly be a bad idea at this point.

What I need to do is get away from him, and as quickly as possible.

I shake off his hold and turn from him to walk away but he won’t let me go.
“I
can
be exclusive
.
I
can
.
With
you
.
That’s all I want, just you
.
Please.
Give me another chance, Sadie. I promise you, it won’t happen again.”

“How can I know that, Elias?”

“Because I’m
saying
it to you. I mean it.
You’re the only one I want.
”

“Elias –”

He drops to his knees and wraps his arms around my thighs, pulling me to him.
“Don’t you dare leave me, Sadie!
I
love you.”

My heart skips a beat.

“I’ve wanted you,” he says, “since that very first secon
d I saw you.
Everything’s just so good and so right with you, Sadie
. You’re the only
one who’s ever really touched my goddamn heart
.
I
need
you, darlin’. Please don’t leave me.
”

God
, I want so badly to believe him.
Like Daisy believed Trevor.
Oh, God.

I don’t know what to do.

He’s looking up at me. I can’t help it: I’m fingering a strand of his hair
.
He continues, and his voice is careful and sincere. “I’m talking it through with Vaughn
and he likes the idea. You blew him away tonight. You blew everyone away.
I think you’re a star, Sadie. I mean it
.
I want you to tour with me, next month. I want you as my opening act.”

My insides feel like an atomic bomb’s gone off in there. I can’t quite take it all in.

“Did you hear me, Sadie?: I
love
you.
I want you with me.
Come and live with me in Nashville until we start the tour.
We can spend time in the country too, whenever you want. You can live with me and we’ll swim in the pond together, whenever it’s hot.”

I have no idea how to respond to this. It’s too much.

Elias rests his head against me, like he’s defeated and I’m his strength and his solace. Then he looks at me again and I can see starlight reflecting in his eyes
. “Please,
Sadie. I’ll do anything. Let me
prove it to you.
Trust me, kiss me, take my hand.
Don’t run away. Stay with me.
We’ll write songs and sing them together. We’ll make love every night and travel the world, you and me.
Please, s
ay yes.”

My hand slips into his.

Elias stands. He lifts me up and kisses me.

And kisses me.

I’m not sure what I’ve gotten myself into but this offer is just too damn good to refuse.

Dear Readers
,

When I started writing
Hot Summer Lust
, I thought it would be a standalone novella. But the further I got into it, the more I realized there’s a lot more to Elias and Sadie’s story. The second part of Elias and Sadie’s story will be titled
Hot Summer Love.
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