Total pages in book: 70
Estimated words: 66233 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 331(@200wpm)___ 265(@250wpm)___ 221(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 66233 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 331(@200wpm)___ 265(@250wpm)___ 221(@300wpm)
“Look up,” I hear Brice call out, and a second later, I hear a thud and see his tall shadow appear in front of Haylee, who had wandered toward the flashlight.
“Were you hiding up there the whole time?” she asks him, laughing.
“Yep.” He chuckles, then looks in our direction. “Are we out of the game?”
“Oh my God, you have no faith in us.” Haylee hits his chest while Jace reaches for my hand.
“I have faith in you, baby. It’s Penny that I don’t have faith in.”
“That’s a little rude.” I glare hard in his direction, hoping that even if he can’t see it, he can feel it.
“Cupcake, you do have some pretty bad luck.”
“You’re right, and it started when I met you, so I should probably do something about that.” I look up at him. “Like get rid of the source of it.”
“You’re never getting rid of me.”
“Mmhmm,” I hum, and his hand tightens around mine.
“Shit,” Brice bites out when we hear people shouting, and I know in an instant that it’s another team running toward victory.
Without a word, all of us take off jogging, and when we break through the trees, I see Mel, Ian, Laney—who is Eva’s daughter who showed up yesterday, because she’s a nurse and couldn’t get time off—and Troy come out of the woods a few feet away from us.
“Oh no.” I start to run faster, and the people who were gotten out along with everyone who’s been waiting while we played start to cheer us all on as we run toward the dock.
“Come on!” Janelle yells, waving her arms in the air as she jumps up and down, and I go as fast as I can, which isn’t very fast at all. Actually, it feels like one of those dreams where you’re trying to run as fast as you can, but no matter how much effort you put in, your legs are too heavy to really get any momentum.
“Pick them up!” Brice shouts, and I don’t know what he’s talking about until Jace is spinning around to face me. In the next instant, his shoulder is in my belly and I’m hanging upside down over his back.
“Put me down!” I scream at the top of my lungs as he runs full speed, and I hear Haylee yelling the same thing along with me. Since I can’t see anything, I don’t know when we reach the finish line, but soon, everyone begins to cheer, and I’m jostled around before being placed upright on my feet.
“We won.” He laughs, hugging me so tight my breath leaves on a whoosh, and even though I want to be pissed at him for tossing me over his shoulder like a useless sack of potatoes, I can’t. His happiness is infectious, and like an idiot, I realize I’ve completely fallen for him.
Darn.
Chapter 27
Talented
“Oh God,” I whimper, and Jace’s hand covers my mouth.
“You have to be quiet, princess,” he whispers, his warm breath against my ear. Locking my eyes on his in the mirror, I nod, feeling frantic as his fingers curl against my clit and his hard cock slowly fills me from behind.
When I came inside to change into my swimsuit so I could hang out by the lake with Janelle and Haylee, I wasn’t expecting him to come downstairs and ambush me in the bathroom while I was naked. I had a plan in place to put some distance between us today, and my plan was working. I woke up before him and untangled myself from his hold, and then I kept myself busy by helping his mom get ready for the talent show tonight, which is the final event of the reunion.
And with him working, I thought I’d be safe, that I wouldn’t have to see him again until this evening.
But the second I was naked, he opened the door, crowded me against the sink, and started whispering dirty things against my ear. Just like that, my plan to do the right thing, the smart thing, went right out the window, and like an addict, I started practically begging him to have his way with me.
“Good girl.” His hand leaves my mouth and his teeth nip my ear. “Now tip that ass back, princess. I want to get deep in there.”
Oh God, I lift up on my toes and do as he asked.
His growl of approval sends a tingle down my spine, and my eyes slide closed, cutting off the sight of him behind me. His heated gaze watches us in the mirror, while mine is on his tattooed arms crisscrossing over my body, a total contrast to my creamy unmarked skin. Panting, shaking, and on edge, I wrap my fingers around the edge of the counter. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out. Part of me doesn’t want to let go, to tip over the edge, because when that happens, this moment will be over, and I’ll have to go back to lying to myself for my own damn good.