Maggie Norris and Luke Vaudest come with attitudes of stone-cold, rude, sarcastic snakes. Every single time the pair have clashed, it has never ended up being a good thing. The two are more than fine with never crossing paths, again.
Until Maggie d...
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"With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love." —Ilsa, Casablanca ————————————————————
Chapter 72 <—————————————>
Maggie
"You know, I'm still pissed at you for not letting me know your birthday was coming up." I tugged at the back of Luke's hair, leaning back to look at him. "Why didn't you want me to know, anyway?"
"It wasn't important." At my scowl, he shrugged, "There are three hundred and sixty five days in a year, Maggie. Me being born on one doesn't mean anything special."
I frowned, flicking him in the chest with my finger. "Are you kidding me?" How dare he? "April 14th gave me the best person in the world. My Luke.If anything, it's my favorite day, now."
His sour mood cracked, and fondness took its place. "Thank you, baby." He pressed a kiss to my shoulder, but it was really him trying to bribe his way out of the conversation. "But, my comments still stands. You don't have to make a big deal of it or anything. I promise it's fine."
In a fist, he trapped my hair and with a tug, I found myself robotically following his movements. His lips trailed up my neck, ending on the corner of my jaw. Shudders took me over in every way there was, but I forced myself to respond.
"It's a little too late for that."
His kisses paused. "What do you mean?"
I smiled. "When Levi told me, Kade and Kimberly went to go get cake, food, decorations—"
"I'm gonna kill him." Luke groaned, thumping his head back against the headboard. "Fuck."
I rolled my eyes, raising myself on his chest. "They think your casualty about your birthday is as stupid as I do." My arms fell on top of his shoulders, using one hand to toy at his hair. "What do you usually do, anyway?"
"Kade, Levi, and I used to just go out and do a bunch of really dumb shit, but that's about it," he responded, wrapping his finger around a strand of my hair.
I didn't want to ask about the 'dumb shit' part, since I figured the meaning behind it, but I caught the rest that went along with it.
I tilted my head just as he started to play with the strand of hair. "Have you never had an actual birthday party?"
"No."
I frowned. "None?"
He tugged at the strand, appearing to have the time of his life just playing with my hair. I rolled my eyes, but didn't move since I loved him doing so.
