More Than Famous (Famous #2) by Kahlen Aymes Page A

devoured me.
    "You just saw me this morning." I poked him in the ribs with my index finger.
    "Yeah.  I missed you."  He reached out to cup my face as our eyes met.
    "Are you ready for this?"
    We both leaned back in the seats and faced each other.  "As ready as I'll ever be, I guess." I searched his face for reassurance. He had done this numerous times. "Can you believe it's been an entire year? It's weird, isn't it?" I didn't really know how to put my thoughts into words.
    "Yes.  Only a year since we met, and this all started, but so much has happened in that year.   The best part is us, Brook.  Kahlen writing the books; the movie being made… I see all of it as fate's way of making sure you and I find each other. We were meant to be."
    Thud.  My heart was beating so fast at his words.  How in the hell did he do that all of the time?  His words melted me and lifted my heart right out of my chest.
    My eyes began to sting and well with tears as I looked at the beautiful man who had changed my life.
    "You're amazing.  Thank you for being in my life, and for loving me so much."
    His eyes and smile softened. "Like I have a choice in the matter.  You’re everything to me," he said words that echoed Ryan's, but I realized they were his words and he meant them.
    He pulled me into his arms and his mouth brushed mine.  "I'd like to make love to you right here, but I know Ruth would kill me. Literally."  The corners of his mouth quirked in the adorable way I loved.
    "Yeah, I already yanked her chain enough tonight." 
    "What?" He took my hand between both of his and laughed.
    "Oh, I teased her about not knowing the designers I'm wearing.  She thinks that crap is so important."
    We arrived at Mann's where the u-shaped red carpet awaited us with the thousands of screaming fans.  I could hear the din from several blocks away through the closed windows of the limousine.  The skylights sweeping back and forth across the sky guided us to our destination.  This was really happening.  With the rest of the cast already there, we'd be the last to go into the theater, where our families would be ushered through a back door to meet up with us.
    "Did your sister and brother come with your parents?"  I'd met his younger sister Layla, but had yet to meet his older brother, Oliver or his parents.  I was a little nervous at the thought of meeting them.  Cade read my mind.
    "They'll love you, Brook. We won't have much time to talk with them tonight, but I'd like to arrange something for tomorrow evening, okay?"
    "Jeanne told me that we can't have our parents socializing beyond the premiere because it screams that you and I have a relationship outside of the film, but maybe I can sneak over there and have breakfast or something while you're at your radio thing."
    "Yeah, I'd like to be there with all of you, but I guess that would work.  Are you sure?"
    "Sure.  I want to know them, Cade.  Don't worry, I won't ask any embarrassing things about you, I promise." I grinned at him and he smiled in return.
    The screams got louder as we inched closer to where we'd disembark from the limo.  He brought my hand to his mouth and placed a soft, open-mouthed kiss on the top. 
    "Here we go.  I won't be able to kiss you all night, so I need one for the road."  He smiled as he tilted my chin up with his hand and covered my mouth with his.  I opened to him and put my hands at the back of his head, pulling him closer, but careful not to make a mess of it.  Our tongues slid deliciously into each other's mouths as we sucked and pulled on each other's lips in what turned into several kisses.
    "Ugh!"  He pulled his mouth from mine for the last time, and I clung to his lips, not wanting to let him go.
    "You make it hard to stop. I love you, Brook. Tonight while we're talking to all these other people, my mind will only be on you.  Remember, this is my fucking job, and that's it."
    I knew what he was saying, but my heart fell slightly, despite