Total pages in book: 79
Estimated words: 80074 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 400(@200wpm)___ 320(@250wpm)___ 267(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 80074 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 400(@200wpm)___ 320(@250wpm)___ 267(@300wpm)
“It doesn’t matter. We all knew already. Even Cash.”
“What?”
“Harley, we’re your best friends. We know you.”
“Cash has never admitted any of this to me.”
“Look at the way he protects you from Jackson. It’s blatantly obvious, but you are blind to it. Seeing only what you can handle.”
“He can’t stand him.”
“He knows how Jackson feels about you, and in Cash’s eyes, Pierce is not good enough for you. He’s doing what a best guy friends does.”
“Cockblockin’ like my brothers?”
“Exactly. Cash sees you like a sister. Family. He’s no better than Luke or Owen, thinking he’s doing what’s best for you. Everyone can see how you light up anytime Jackson comes into a room. It’s like this fire inside of you that just burns when he’s present.”
“Yeah, ’cuz I’m usually pissed at him.”
“Babe, even if you guys were a couple, you’d probably still be pissed at him the majority of the time. It’s your guys dynamic. You love to hate one another. It’s like your foreplay or something.”
“Oh my God, Jackson said the same thing to me in the hot tub last night.”
“Hot tub?” Her hand paused on my head, mid stroke through my hair. “Wait, now you’re leaving shit out! What happened in the hot tub, Harley?”
“Umm... I couldn’t get that little voice in the back of my mind to shut up. No matter what, it was there. So I suggested we hit up some whiskey dispensaries and drink our weight in liquor.”
“Oh man ... did you guys fight?”
“Not until I told him to fuck me in the hot tub.”
“Harley Jameson!”
“I know! I was drunk and stupid, and not in the right head space. I royally pissed him off, though, but it’s kind of his fault too. He’s the world’s best kisser—”
“What?! You guys made out?”
“Yes.”
“In the hot tub?”
“Mmm hmm...”
“Did anything else happen?”
“I placed his hands on my boobs at one point and may have dry humped him.”
“Harley!”
I covered my eyes. “It felt so good, Shiloh. God’s honest truth, I think I might be in love with him.”
“Duh. He’s your lobster.”
“He really might be. How did this happen? Do you think he loves me? I mean, the stuff he was sayin’ to me after I told him to do me was insane. Like book boyfriend shit, insane.”
“Wait. Jackson turned you down?”
“Facts. Flat out.”
“No way.”
I nodded, openin’ my eyes. “As soon as I said it, he stopped kissin’ me. Completely turnin’ me down. Without a second thought. No hesitation. He shut off. I’ll never forget the look on his face, Shiloh. He was so hurt by the fact that I thought he’d take me that way.”
Her eyes widened. “Whoa. He reversed roles, he turned into a girl.”
I nodded again. “It was really sweet and genuine. I can’t believe I let my insecurities and flat out stupidity ruin the moment I’d been waiting for since I don’t know, forever. I totally fucked up, and he won’t talk to me now.”
“He’s barely stepped foot out of his room today. Trigger is talking to him, though.”
“Oh, so you guys are makin’ your best friend rounds?”
She smiled. “I think you need to put on somethin’ really cute. Brush your hair and teeth. Spritz on some perfume, and go talk to him.”
“So you’re sayin’ I need to seduce him?”
“Yes, but with your words, not actions. You need to tell him one hundred and ten percent how you feel.”
“Ugh! I can’t do this. What if he doesn’t feel the same way?”
“Harley, he turned you down. Why do you think that is?”
“’Cuz I was drunk.”
“Yes, but you’re missing the bigger picture here. He wants you in a much different way than the girl you can’t stop thinking about.”
“He said that too. That I would never be just another fuck for him.”
“Did he say he wanted to make love to you?”
“Not in those words.”
“Babe! He totally loves you! Now, get up and go win him over with that Harley Jameson sass.”
“Oh God,” I grumbled. “This just gave me the worst anxiety.”
“You got this. Come on, I’ll help you get ready.”
While I was in the shower, Shiloh picked out my outfit. A midriff tank top with a built-in bra and a pair of cotton shorts that rode up my ass. We decided to leave my hair down, addin’ soft curls at the ends to give it more volume and fluff. I’m pretty sure she sprayed half the bottle of my vanilla body mist all over me, coverin’ me head to toe in Jackson’s favorite scent. Teddy coughed and sneezed his life away for a good fifteen minutes.
“Oh my God, Shiloh! No more. Between my strawberry shampoo and conditioner, and now you drenchin’ me in perfume, I’m going to attract all the bugs!”
“Facts. His name is Jackson.”
Next, was my makeup. She packed on my cherry lip gloss, smoked out my eyes a little to make the blue and green in them pop. Finishin’ it off with the blackest of mascaras. Now, I looked like a whole new girl when I peered in the floor-length mirror.