Wilder is like the devil on your shoulder while Hendrix is the good boy you need. Love them both.
Things I want to remember…
Hendrix wilder and Noelle off for Christmas break. “Do you want to know a secret, little rebel?” “No,” she cries a little too loudly. “No,” she repeats. “I don’t want to know anything.” “Well, that’s a real shame, because I’m going to tell you anyway.” Her nostrils flare as she sucks in a deep breath through her nose, although much to my delight, she’s no longer fighting to get away. Leaning closer again, crushing our bodies together, I let my lips brush her ear, loving the way she shudders. “I can’t stop thinking about it” rix Noelle is… Noelle is my best friend. Always has been, always will be. But also… I’m pretty sure I’ve been in love with her since long before I knew what the word meant. “But... there aren’t any other doors,” Noelle exclaims with a frown marring her brow. “We booked a two-bed cabin.”I’ve done everything I can to avoid Wilder since that Halloween party. How am I now stuck here with him for the next five days? It’s got disaster written all over it. Hendrix can’t find out what happened. He’d never forgive me. Sure, I’ve always had feelings for Hendrix. What red-blooded female wouldn’t? He’s hot and sweet. The most loyal and trustworthy friend that exists. “He’s going to notice that you’re uptight, and something tells me he won’t be the one who can fuck it out of you.” She looks up, her eyes holding mine. “And you’d know that how?” “Trust me. There might be a lot of similarities between me and Rix, but only one of us has had a taste of you.” As she gasps, I push to stand and take two steps back. “Isn’t that right, Noelle?”Idon’t remember Hendrix coming to bed last night, but the second I wake up, I’m more than aware that he did. His heavy arm is wrapped around me, and the length of his body is pressed against my back. I love it. He makes me feel so safe, secure, wanted, needed… loved. “Maybe Rix and I can make all your Christmas wishes come true this week, huh? Would you like that? Do you want to be a dirty girl for us?”“Rix, what are you—” My words are cut off as he lurches toward me. His hands grip the sides of my face and his lips slam down on mine. I’ve dreamed about this over and over, tried to imagine what it might feel like, but I never thought it would be like this. “What the fuck, Bro?” Hendrix barks as my hands lift to cover my bare breasts. “Just wanted to know if either of you had seen the weather warning,” he states as if this is fucking normal. “Does it look like we’re watching the fucking weather?” “I dunno, something tells me it’s pretty fucking wet in here.”“We’re getting hit with a storm. They’re predicting it’s going to be really bad,” Noelle explains. “We’re probably going to be stuck here.” “Sounds awful,” Hendrix quips. “Whatever will we do?”“We could have been doing that all this time. We’re such idiots.” I laugh along with him, high on the endorphins he’s released in me. “I love you, Hendrix Kemp.” “I love you too, Noelle Bell.”She needs a man like Hendrix. Someone who will be able to quietly give her the world, not someone like me who’ll inevitably cause her pain and heartache without even lifting a finger. I look up and watch them interact, and my heart aches in my chest. I’m happy for them. I am. I really do hope they manage to get the happily-ever-after they’ve always craved with each other. Blackout snow storm. Vodka shots. “Is he as hard as I am?” Noelle gasps while Wilder’s face beams with pride. Weird thing for him to be proud of me for, but I’ll take it. Pressing myself harder against her stomach, I wait for her response—not that I need it. Call it twin intuition or whatever. “Yes,” she finally breathes. “He complicates things.” “You want him too?” Her eyes snap back to mine. “No. I mean, yeah. Kinda. I want him the way we had him last night. I don’t want him like this,” she says, reaching out and dragging her thumb over the pillow of my bottom lip. “You’re my ride or die, Rix. Always have been, always will be.” “You two are boring.” “I think we’ve proved in the last couple of days that we’re anything but boring,” Hendrix mutters. “Okay, I’ll give you that. So if it’s no to Monopoly, how about we fuck all day?”“Let me finish,” I say when Hendrix tries to interrupt again. “I know things have been… different, and there’s every chance you’ll look back and regret what we’ve done here, but I really hope you don’t. I hope that after we’ve returned to normal life, you’re able to see this for what it was. A bit of fun and the beginning of you two building your life together. You deserve it. Both of you. More than anyone else I know. All I want is for you to be happy, and for that to happen, you need to be together. I was just getting to the point where I wasn’t sure either of you was going to figure it out.” Wilder turns into a dick. Seeing Noelle and Hendrix together... Being with Noelle and Hendrix... It opened my eyes, and sadly, my heart and vulnerabilities. And… I miss them. “Haven’t you heard? They’re taken.” “What? Both of them?” another girl asks, sounding disappointed. “Yep. By the same girl.” “No.” “Yep. She’s fucking both of them.”