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“Once again, I force myself to concentrate. “So, you want a date on Friday night—”
“A fake date.”
“A fake date,” I amend. “Well, in return, I want a real one.”
“A real what?
“A real date. You get a fake date, I get a real one.”
“Are you joking?” Her mouth falls open. “You want to go out with me?”
I examine her expression. “I know, right? It caught me by surprise, too.”

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“I’m saying—quid pro quo. I don’t know if you learned this in school, but nothing comes for free.” I wink. “I scratch your back, you scratch mine.”
“I am not scratching any part of your body.”
“All I mean is, if I help you out, I want something in return.”
“Like what”

“Well, I need you to do it again, okay? It’s one night—I’ll even pay you if you want.”
“Hey, I’m no gigolo.”
“Fine, then do it for free. Be a good Samaritan.”
I ponder for a moment. “Nah.”
“Come on, Connelly. Dont make me beg.”
A bolt of lust streaks straight to my groin. “That sounds so fucking appealing.”
“It’s not happening.”
“Mmmm, you on your knees…begging…”

Ahhh

J:Did you seriously just slide into
B: Unfortunately. Do you want to meet up ?
ME: Are you asking me out?
B: In your dreams, Jakey.

B:I’m in the city and have about an hour before I need to go back to Briar. Can we meet
J: Gonna need a lot more than an hour for our first time, babe. I mean, foreplay alone will eat up most of that time.
B:An hour of foreplay? Aren’t you ambitious
J: Not ambitious. Realistic.

He told Brenna about his lucky bracelet that he always wear for game day. Watch and see he’s gonna give her it

Melodic laughter spills out of her throat. I can’t deny I like hearing it. No, I like knowing that I’m the one who made her laugh. This beautiful, bitchy girl with the prickliest attitude I’ve ever encountered, who doesn’t miss an opportunity to neg me.

Fantasizing about squeezing her ass and fucking her doggy-style over a table in the club . Like sirrr

Icurl my fingers around the bottle and force myself to accept the truth: I’m horny.

No shit you’re horny ! Lolll

Melodic laughter spills out of her throat. I can’t deny I like hearing it. No, I like knowing that I’m the one who made her laugh. This beautiful, bitchy girl with the prickliest attitude I’ve ever encountered, who doesn’t miss an opportunity to neg me.

He’s a downbad loser

You make a cute couple.”
I plant a kiss on Brenna’s shoulder. Another bad idea. Her skin is hot beneath my lips, and smells so good. “Yeah. We’re in it for the long haul.”
“Forever and ever,” she chirps, beaming up at me.

Control it Jake ! Control it

“How long’ve you been together?”
“About a year,” I lie.
“One year too many”
“Ignore her. Trust me, she’s obsessed with me. Blows up my phone every day telling me how much she loves me. I think psychologists call that love-bombing.”
“Oh, don’t get me started on love-bombing.He writes me a beautiful haiku every night before bed. Usually about my eyes. And my lips.”
“And her ass”

I didn’t plan on kissing her. I was merely going over there to save her from the dude she was clearly trying to escape. But her lips are right there. Pouty and red and so damn tempting I can’t resist.
My mouth brushes over hers in a scant tease of a kiss. I think it teases me more than it teases her, though, and I regret it almost instantly because fuuuuuck, I want more. I want tongue. I want it all.

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