Fool for You (Southern Bride #7) - Kelly Elliott Page 0,28
things.” And six months to come up with a reason why there would never be a wedding between me and Landon.
A plethora of sighs and gasps filled the room.
“Before you ask any more questions, we should probably give them some time to digest their engagement, with it being so fresh and new. I do think that they should start off the dancing, though, what do y’all say?” Janet asked as she motioned for us to head to the dance floor.
A rush of applause filled the room, and Landon leaned down and kissed me on the cheek and whispered, “Shall we?”
Okay, looked like Landon was officially on board with my little white lie.
Landon held onto my hand as I lifted my dress to walk down the steps of the stage. Hailey stood there with a bemused Mike behind her. No one else could see it, but Landon shot Mike the middle finger in a covert way, which caused Mike to laugh and Hailey to cover her mouth in a sad attempt not to laugh.
As we walked over to the dance floor, I tried not to look like I was freaking the hell out, which was kind of hard to do because I was most certainly freaking the hell out.
Landon pulled me into his arms and a song began to play. We were the only two on the dance floor, and I could feel every eye in the room on us.
Looking up at him with a smile, I started to speak, but he beat me to it.
“What in the hell was that all about, Emme?” he asked with a charming smile and nothing but anger in his voice.
“I don’t know what came over me, Landon. I’m so sorry!”
His smile faltered slightly as he looked at someone over my shoulder. “I know what came over you. Jealousy that your ex is getting married.”
The absurd statement made me stumble, but Landon was right there, and he covered it up so effortlessly, you’d think it was on purpose. He pulled me closer to his body, and for a moment, I forgot what we were even talking about. Oh, that’s right. Jealousy.
“I’m not jealous. I don’t even care that Jason’s getting married!” I whisper-shouted. It was harder to do that when you had to keep a smile on your face and all you wanted to do was scream.
Landon’s smile faded, and he rolled his eyes.
“What was that?” I asked.
“Not jealous, my ass. If you weren’t bothered that he was getting married, you wouldn’t have popped off with the ridiculous lie in the first place.”
I tried to ignore the way those words felt like they ripped at my heart. “It’s not like that at all, Landon. I don’t have any feelings for him anymore. None. He made me mad. He said I wasn’t capable of being in love. That’s why I said that.”
Landon spun us around as he let out a bark of laughter. He didn’t seem convinced as his eyes looked back at someone.
“Who do you keep looking at?” I asked, feeling real jealousy once again.
“Your ex. He keeps staring at us.”
I exhaled. “I don’t care about him. Landon, what are we going to do now?”
“Nothing.”
I widened my eyes as I laughed. “Nothing? The entire ballroom full of people thinks we’re engaged, including our parents.”
He let out a humorless laugh. “Trust me, our parents do not think we’re engaged.”
“Well, you didn’t see the look on my father’s face then.”
His eyes went back to the same spot, and this time I looked to confirm it was Jason he was glaring at.
“For fuck’s sake, Landon. I do not have feelings for him. Why can’t you believe me? It was a stupid, crazy thing to do, but I’m tired of everyone else getting…” My voice trailed off as I saw the way Landon was looking at me.
Suddenly and without warning, Landon leaned down and kissed me. Not a friendly peck on the cheek or lips, or the cute little forehead kisses he often gave me. He full-on kissed me.
And oh my word, what a kiss it was.
It didn’t take long to open up to him. The feeling of his warm breath caused a rush of electricity as his tongue found mine. I couldn’t help myself, I moaned. He growled low in the back of his throat and pulled me closer. Before I knew what I was doing, I brought my hands up and curled them around his neck. I laced my fingers through his thick hair, and I fought