Love Collides (Fate's Love #3) by L.A. Cotton Read Free Book Online

leaned against a huge toolbox.
    My mind flashed back to the last time I'd seen him. Kade Ford suited and booted was a hot wire to a girl's panties, but him standing there in his dirty coveralls, holding some kind of wrench in his hand with grease smeared across his chiseled face, was enough to make my panties combust.
    "Sorry to disappoint. Ethan's not here."
    Livy, the conniving...
    After being in Gainesville for a couple of weeks, Livy had finally demanded answers about why I kept avoiding social plans that included the guys. I had told her about the night of the wedding. About how I had given in and slept with Kade…again. She had just looked at me with a smug grin and nodded. Neither of us had mentioned it again.
    "Guess I'll have to make do with you then. I told Livy I'd pick up a package for her as I was passing."
    "Just passing or staying?" Kade's eyes narrowed, and my thighs clenched together. The way he was looking at me, like he was the hunter and I was the prey.
    Trying to shake off the dangerous thoughts, I gulped. "Hmm, I'll be in town... for a while."
    "I know," he replied curtly. A hint of anger...or hurt in his voice.
    Not likely .
    "The package?" I asked, ignoring his comment. Of course, I knew he probably knew I was in Gainesville for the foreseeable. I was staying with Lou and Russ, and I knew they all drank together now and again.
    Kade pushed off the wall and stalked in my direction, staring right at me. My pulse hitched, and I stepped back as he entered my space. My back pressed up against something, but I didn't look to see what. Kade's blazing eyes had me too entranced.
    "You ran?"
    "Wh-what?" I stuttered, taken aback by his statement.
    "At the wedding. You ran. I saw you."
    Shit!
    "I- I wasn't running," I said sharply. "I had a flight to catch. And it's not like we do morning afters. There was nothing to stick around for."
    Something flashed in his eyes again, and I felt a stab of guilt at my words. But then I silently cursed myself for letting Kade Ford get to me like this. It was ridiculous.
    He studied me, searching my eyes. For what, I wasn't sure. Moving into me, Kade pressed my body against the hard surface, caging me in. I was wearing flat pumps, and he towered over my five foot nothing height. It should have intimidated me, but it didn't. Instead, it ignited something in me.
    I craned my neck up to look at him, and he reached up, sliding a hand over my cheek and down the column of my neck. My heart slammed against my chest over and over.
    "Why did you run? What are you afraid of?"
    "I- I..." The words were on the tip of my tongue, but Kade's eyes dropped to my mouth and the memories of that night invaded my mind.
    His lips crashed down on mine, stealing my breath and any shred of rational thought. Skilled hands snaked around my waist and down to my butt, drawing me up to him. My feet were barely scraping on the floor.
    Kissing Kade was like going to war. Scary as hell, messy, but completely exhilarating. His tongue swept across my bottom lip, nudging my lips apart. But I nudged back, fighting for control. He smiled against my mouth as I nipped at his lip, groaning low in his throat. Our tongues clashed as the kiss grew clumsier and more frantic.
    Catching me off guard, Kade hitched my thighs up, forcing me to wrap my legs around his waist. His tongue darted into my mouth at my momentary surprise as he started walking backward; his lips still covering mine.
    Swinging me around, he dropped me onto something solid, and I bounced a little from the impact. The kiss was broken, giving me a second to collect my thoughts. What the hell was with him? I glared up at him as he watched me with an amused sparkle in his dark eyes.
    "What the hell-"
    Kade pressed his finger to my lips and shook his head. Anger ignited in my veins; how dare he just think he could kiss the shit out of me with no explanation. But I didn't have time to protest as Kade nudged my legs wider and stepped up to what I now realized