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)
This wasn’t over between us.
Far from it.
In this moment. In this second. In this time between us...
We were only gettin’ started.
“Jackson! What the hell?”
“Are you going to be my good little girl, Harley?”
“Fuck no.”
He kissed my neck, slowly, purposely, inhalin’ my scent. “You liked me earlier.”
“I never like you.”
“Not even when I do this?” He gripped onto my ass and I inadvertently moaned. “Baby girl Harley likes it rough.”
“Shut up, Jackson.”
Rubbin’ his nose along my collarbone, he rasped, “Keep goin’, I’m listenin’ now.”
“Ummm...” My thighs clenched around his waist. “I can’t ... think ... when you’re ... doing ... that.”
“Why do you think my mother gave you those results, Harley?”
“You’re really bringin’ that up right now?”
“Mmm hmm...”
“What does that have to do with anythin’?”
“’Cuz it means everything, and you have yet to figure that out.”
“So then...” I moaned, his lips moved toward the nook my neck. “Explain it to me then.”
“I can’t. You have to realize it on your own.”
“That’s not fair.”
“Life’s not fair. You think any of this is fair? My life is far from fuckin’ fair.” Back and forth, he rubbed his lips above my chest. “I spend most of my days thinking, worrying, contemplating when it’s going to be my turn to lose my shit.”
“You can look at the results... You’ve had them for over two years... Give yourself the peace of mind you need to move on.”
“See, that’s where you’re wrong, Harley.” His mouth was now on my cleavage, kissin’ his way down to my breasts. “Not knowing is the only thing that keeps me going.”
It broke my heart to hear him say that. “Jackson...”
“I don’t know what the future holds for me. The only thing I do know is I want you in it.”
“I’ll always be in your life. We’re family.”
“I don’t just want you in my life, Gremlin. I want you in my bed.”
“I’m right here, aren’t I?”
With only his eyes, he peeked up at me through his lashes. His lips resting above the seam of my top. “As what exactly?”
“Your friend.”
I could see it in his gaze, that simple word hurt him in ways I never saw comin’.
“Baby girl, you ever been kissed by another guy?”
“I ... umm...”
“Answer the question.”
“Why? You already know the answer.”
“And why do you think that is?”
“’Cuz you won’t allow it to happen.”
“There’s more to it than that, and you know it. The Harley Jameson I know doesn’t let anyone stop her from getting what she wants. Not even me.”
I never thought about what he was sayin’, ever.
Why hadn’t I kissed anyone else?
Before I could give it a second thought, he answered for me. “Like I’ve been telling you since day one. It’s really plain and simple. You belong to me, and you fuckin’ know it.”
I licked my lips, baitin’, “So what are you gonna do about it?”
He grinned. “I’m gonna show you.”
Chapter 16
<>Jackson<>
Before I could assure her how much she meant to me, how much she always meant to me. Tell her what I felt so deeply in my heart...
I needed to show her.
Actions always spoke louder than words. Yet still, I would try to express them as best as I could.
She deserved it.
Me.
All of me.
The truth, even if it killed me.
“Ever since the first time I kissed you, I knew there was no going back. I’ve wanted you for as long as I can remember, Harley. I should have known what you meant to me. Instead, I claimed you the only way I knew how ... by teasing you, taunting you, worshipping you, until I broke you.
My best friend.
My savior.
My girl.
Every look. Every kiss. Every touch. Every tear. It was always you, Harley. Always.”
Her bottom lip quivered as I gently kissed her, murmuring, “I hated how much I needed you. How much I thought about you. How much you owned me. From my mind to my heart, to every single bone in my body. I’m yours. I pushed you away, I hurt you, I bullied you ’cuz at the end of the day, the only thing I fear more than losing you”—I looked deep into her eyes—“is forgetting who you are.”
She burst into tears.
“Shhh ... baby girl, no crying. You wanted the truth, there it is. There are so many things I can’t say with words. I need you to trust me. Can you do that?”
She nodded, unable to form anything with what I just wholeheartedly shared. Her breathing hitched when I reached for the bottom of her top, pulling it up over her head.
I hoarsely whispered against her lips, “Baby girl, once I start this, there will be no going back for us. I won’t stop until I’ve explored every last inch of your flesh, your heart, your pussy. Until I’m etched so far into your mind, you’ll never be able to touch your skin and not feel me.”